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Lima to Buenos Aires

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Lima to Buenos Aires. From €257.38, fastest 7h 38m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Lima to Buenos Aires costs €257.38 at the cheapest and takes 7h 38m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 6 operators. The route covers 3,232 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
3,232 km
Fastest
7h 38m
Average
7h 57m
Services per day
42
Cheapest
€257.38
CO2 per passenger
478.3 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 28, 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
Flight7h 38m4h 28m3h 10m€299.27478.3 kg42
  • 7h 38mFastest, by Flight
  • €299.27Cheapest, by Flight
  • 478.3 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 3,232 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€257.38
  1. LAN Ecuador LA958306:164h 28m10:44Lima LIMBuenos Aires EZE

Door to door 7h 38mCO2 478.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€381.87
  1. LAN Peru LA519709:034h 28m13:31Lima LIMBuenos Aires EZE

Door to door 7h 38mCO2 478.3 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.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

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.

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 Lima to Buenos Aires
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Lima to Buenos AiresFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€657.40€604.30€552.97€380.10€371.84€400.16€505.18€383.05€382.46€364.76€312.84€299.27€324.05€404.88

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €257.38

Buenos Aires sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Buenos Aires

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Booking window

When to book Lima to Buenos Aires

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

  1. €256.7990 days
  2. €194.8460 days
  3. €241.4545 days
  4. €257.3830 days
  5. €311.6621 days
  6. €404.8814 days
  7. €505.187 days
  8. €552.973 days
  9. €657.401 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €194.84.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 237 percent. The most expensive point is €657.40, 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.
€657.40€194.841371421304560

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. €364.76Sun
  2. €312.84Mon
  3. €299.27Tue
  4. €324.05Wed
  5. €404.88Thu
  6. €383.05Fri
  7. €382.46Sat
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. €371.84Sep
  2. €270.36Oct
  3. €245.58Nov
  4. €242.63Dec
  5. €232.01Jan
  6. €200.15Feb

The route

LimaLimaBuenos AiresBuenos Aires
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 3,232 km against 3,138 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 Lima at 06:16 and the last at 20:23, across 42 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.

Lima

Rail
  • San Juan de Dios
  • Desamparados station
Bus
  • Movil Bus Lima Norte Terminal
  • NORLIMA SA
Air
  • LIM

Buenos Aires

Rail
  • Buenos Aires train station
  • Central Station of Buenos Aires
  • Parada Agronomía
Bus
  • Terminal 46
  • Terminal Línea 194
Air
  • EZE
  • AEP
Ferry
  • Buquebus
  • Colonia Express

Buenos Aires is large, and the road in from EZE can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from EZE into Buenos Aires

Settled in advance, so the ride into Buenos Aires costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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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
Avianca El Salvador€260.92
LAN Airlines€262.69
LAN Ecuador€257.38
LAN Peru€257.97
Lufthansa€265.05
TACA Peru€266.23
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 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€210.5082%
Taxes€37.8915%
Supplier fees€7.003%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€257.38100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Buenos Aires well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Buenos Aires train station

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Lima to Buenos Aires

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 Lima to Buenos Aires?

The fastest journey from Lima to Buenos Aires takes 7h 38m door to door, of which 4h 28m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 7h 57m, 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 Lima to Buenos Aires?

The cheapest fare from Lima to Buenos Aires is €257.38, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €432.91. 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 Lima to Buenos Aires?

The cheapest way from Lima to Buenos Aires is by Flight, at €299.27 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 7h 38m 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 Lima to Buenos Aires?

Fares from Lima to Buenos Aires bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €194.84. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 237 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Lima to Buenos Aires?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Lima to Buenos Aires, at €299.27. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Lima to Buenos Aires?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Lima to Buenos Aires, at €200.15 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 Lima to Buenos Aires?

6 operators sell services from Lima to Buenos Aires across 1 modes: Avianca El Salvador, LAN Airlines, LAN Ecuador, LAN Peru, Lufthansa, TACA Peru. 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 Lima to Buenos Aires?

Every service we sell from Lima to Buenos Aires is direct, with around 42 departures a day and a fastest journey of 7h 38m 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 Lima to Buenos Aires use?

Services from Lima to Buenos Aires by Flight leave from Lima LIM and arrive at Buenos Aires EZE. 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 Lima to Buenos Aires?

0 of the 6 operators we sell from Lima to Buenos Aires 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 Lima to Buenos Aires on September 10, 2026: 3232 km of route against 3138 km in a straight line, 42 services a day, 6 operators, a cheapest fare of €257.38, and 7h 38m 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 Buenos Aires a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

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Things to do in Buenos Aires

Day trips that leave Buenos Aires in the morning and cover a good part of Argentina by evening.

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