Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:19 and the last around 17:25. One passenger pays between €39.08 and €56.44, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 23m over 388 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€39.08 to €56.44
- 156%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Buenos Aires
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:19First departure
- 17:25Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Trenes Argentinos runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €83.92Mon14
- about €74.59Tue15
- about €68.58Wed16
- about €71.53Thu17
- about €70.35Fri18
- about €69.17Sat19
- about €69.76Sun20
- about €46.16Mon21
- about €46.16Tue22
- about €58.09Wed23
- about €65.24Thu24
- about €54.42Fri25
- about €56.78Sat26
- about €51.47Sun27
- about €40.85Mon28
- about €39.08Tue29
- about €42.03Wed30
- about €52.65Thu1
- about €47.34Fri2
- about €49.70Sat3
- about €44.98Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Mar del Plata. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Mar del Plata for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Mar del Plata Sud train station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €55.6090 days
- €40.8560 days
- €40.4945 days
- €32.7930 days
- €44.9821 days
- €51.4714 days
- €69.767 days
- €68.583 days
- €83.921 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €32.79.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 156 percent. The most expensive point is €83.92, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
388 km
384 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
2,891,082 → 593,337
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 63% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 38% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 388 km against 384 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 La Plata, San Vicente, Berisso. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from MDQ into Mar del Plata is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Mar del Plata
Settled in advance, so the ride into Mar del Plata costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Mar del Plata Sud train station
Most of the points near Mar del Plata Sud train station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata
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 it take to get from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata?
The fastest journey from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata takes 3h 23m door to door, of which 2h 52m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 47m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata?
The cheapest fare from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata is €39.08, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €66.89. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata?
The cheapest way from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata is by flight, at €46.16 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 6m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata?
The fastest way from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata is by train, at 3h 36m door to door. Only 2h 52m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €56.44.
When should I book Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata?
Fares from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €32.79. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 156 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata, at €46.16. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata, at €33.18 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata?
2 operators sell services from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata across 2 modes: Aerolineas Argentinas, Trenes Argentinos. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata?
63 percent of the services we sell from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata are direct. The rest connect at La Plata, San Vicente, Berisso, with about 68 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata produce?
Traveling from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata by train produces about 12.7 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 97.2 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata use?
Services from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata by train leave from Buenos Aires train station and arrive at Mar del Plata Sud train station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata on September 13, 2026: 388 km of route against 384 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €39.08, and 3h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Mar del Plata a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Mar del Plata and across Argentina
Day trips that leave Mar del Plata in the morning and cover a good part of Argentina by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Buenos Aires reaches 90 places in 22 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 13,476 km. Mar del Plata reaches 15 places in 1 countries, from 340 to 387 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Buenos Aires
- 90Places you can leave for
- 22Countries
- 56Operators
Arriving in Mar del Plata
Leaving Mar del Plata
- 15Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators