Denver to Tucson

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Denver to Tucson. From €85.69, fastest 4h 52m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Denver to Tucson costs €85.69 at the cheapest and takes 4h 52m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 5 operators. The route covers 1,021 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,021 km
Fastest
4h 52m
Average
4h 58m
Services per day
40
Cheapest
€85.69
CO2 per passenger
251.2 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

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 52m1h 42m3h 10m€101.62251.2 kg40
  • 4h 52mFastest, by Flight
  • €101.62Cheapest, by Flight
  • 251.2 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,021 kmDistance traveled
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€85.69
  1. Frontier Airlines FA999508:401h 49m10:29Denver DENTucson TUS

Door to door 4h 59mCO2 251.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€105.16
  1. SkyWest SW566208:391h 42m10:21Denver DENTucson TUS

Door to door 4h 52mCO2 251.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Today's real departures
OperatorServiceDepartsArrivesTakes
Greyhound-us4 changesGreyhound US120017:0503:4534h 54m
Greyhound-us4 changesGreyhound US114402:1014:2536h 33m
Greyhound-us5 changesGreyhound US114402:1005:4527h 49m
FlixBus-us2 changesFlixBus 224520:1002:3654h 40m
Greyhound-us3 changesGreyhound US114001:3500:5223h 31m
Greyhound-us4 changesGreyhound US114402:1014:3636h 40m
Greyhound-us5 changesGreyhound US114402:1013:3635h 40m
Greyhound-us5 changesGreyhound US114402:1013:1535h 8m

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Denver to Tucson
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Denver to TucsonFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€219.03€195.43€177.73€127.58€123.45€132.89€165.93€124.63€126.99€120.50€102.80€101.62€110.47€137.02

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €85.69

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

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Booking window

When to book Denver to Tucson

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

  1. €88.0590 days
  2. €67.4060 days
  3. €82.1545 days
  4. €86.8730 days
  5. €104.5721 days
  6. €137.0214 days
  7. €165.937 days
  8. €177.733 days
  9. €219.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €67.40.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 225 percent. The most expensive point is €219.03, 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.
€219.03€67.401371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €120.50Sun
  2. €102.80Mon
  3. €101.62Tue
  4. €110.47Wed
  5. €137.02Thu
  6. €124.63Fri
  7. €126.99Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €123.45Sep
  2. €91.59Oct
  3. €81.56Nov
  4. €83.33Dec
  5. €79.79Jan
  6. €68.58Feb

The route

DenverDenverTucsonTucson
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,021 km against 992 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Denver at 06:27 and the last at 20:53, across 40 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Denver

Rail
  • 38th & Blake
  • Union Station
  • Moffat Station
Bus
  • Civic Center Station
  • Union Station Bus Concourse
Air
  • DEN

Tucson

Rail
  • Tucson station
  • El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Depot
Bus
  • Tucson Greyhound Bus Depot
  • Ronstadt Transit Center
Air
  • TUS
Carriers

Who runs this route

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.
OperatorFrom
Air Canada€87.46
Frontier Airlines€85.69
SkyWest€87.46
Southwest Airlines€89.82
United Airlines€86.28
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€65.0076%
Taxes€11.7014%
Supplier fees€7.008%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€85.69100%

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Tucson

Most of the points near Tucson station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Denver to Tucson

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 Denver to Tucson?

The fastest journey from Denver to Tucson takes 4h 52m door to door, of which 1h 42m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 58m, 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 Denver to Tucson?

The cheapest fare from Denver to Tucson is €85.69, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €142.92. 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 Denver to Tucson?

The cheapest way from Denver to Tucson is by Flight, at €101.62 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 52m 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.

When should I book Denver to Tucson?

Fares from Denver to Tucson bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €67.40. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 225 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Denver to Tucson?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Denver to Tucson, at €101.62. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Denver to Tucson?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Denver to Tucson, at €68.58 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 Denver to Tucson?

5 operators sell services from Denver to Tucson across 1 modes: Air Canada, Frontier Airlines, SkyWest, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines. 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 Denver to Tucson?

Every service we sell from Denver to Tucson is direct, with around 40 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 52m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Denver to Tucson use?

Services from Denver to Tucson by Flight leave from Denver DEN and arrive at Tucson TUS. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Denver to Tucson?

0 of the 5 operators we sell from Denver to Tucson 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

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Denver to Tucson on September 10, 2026: 1021 km of route against 992 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €85.69, and 4h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Tucson afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

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Day trips that leave Tucson in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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