Lima to Ayacucho bus

Buses from Lima to Ayacucho start at €19.98 and take 5h 24m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Lima to Ayacucho starts at €19.98 and takes 5h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 329 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 24mDoor to door
  • 4h 40mMoving
  • €19.98From
  • 8.9 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€17.23
  1. Aeroexpreso A677006:454h 44m11:29Movil Bus Lima Norte TerminalTerminal Sur de Ayacucho

Door to door 5h 28mCO2 8.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Aeroexpreso€17.235h 4m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Ayacucho is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Ayacucho

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Booking window

When to book Lima to Ayacucho

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €16.6890 days
  2. €15.0360 days
  3. €17.7845 days
  4. €18.3330 days
  5. €18.8821 days
  6. €19.9814 days
  7. €29.337 days
  8. €33.733 days
  9. €50.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 234 percent. The most expensive point is €50.23, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €24.93Sun
  2. €19.98Mon
  3. €22.18Tue
  4. €19.98Wed
  5. €27.13Thu
  6. €26.03Fri
  7. €23.28Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Lima

Bus
  • Movil Bus Lima Norte Terminal
  • NORLIMA SA

Ayacucho

Bus
  • Terminal Sur de Ayacucho
  • SebasTours
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 329 km against 329 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ica, Chincha Alta, Huancayo, Huánuco. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Lima at 06:45 and the last at 16:59, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 2m52m3h 10m€46.1683.4 kg2
Coach5h 24m4h 40m44m€19.988.9 kg6

Questions about Lima to Ayacucho

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Coach from Lima to Ayacucho take?

The Coach from Lima to Ayacucho takes 5h 24m door to door, of which 4h 40m is spent moving. The route runs 329 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Lima to Ayacucho cost?

The Coach from Lima to Ayacucho starts at €19.98 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €20.81. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Lima to Ayacucho?

1 operators run the Coach from Lima to Ayacucho: Aeroexpreso. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Lima to Ayacucho use?

The Coach from Lima to Ayacucho leaves from Movil Bus Lima Norte Terminal and arrives at Terminal Sur de Ayacucho. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Lima to Ayacucho?

Traveling from Lima to Ayacucho by Flight costs €46.16 and takes 4h 2m door to door, against 5h 24m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Lima to Ayacucho?

Fares for the Coach from Lima to Ayacucho bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €15.03. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 234 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Lima to Ayacucho produce?

The Coach from Lima to Ayacucho produces about 8.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 329 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Lima to Ayacucho?

Operators on the Coach from Lima to Ayacucho publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 24m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Lima to Ayacucho on September 9, 2026: 329 km of route against 329 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €19.98, and 5h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Ayacucho is somebody else's catalog.

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Things to do in Ayacucho

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Ayacucho, with free cancellation on most of it.

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