Lima to Cajamarca

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Lima to Cajamarca. From €53.83, fastest 4h 19m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Lima to Cajamarca costs €53.83 at the cheapest and takes 4h 19m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 3 operators. The route covers 583 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
583 km
Fastest
4h 19m
Average
4h 22m
Services per day
12
Cheapest
€53.83
CO2 per passenger
143.4 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 19m1h 9m3h 10m€61.50143.4 kg12
  • 4h 19mFastest, by Flight
  • €61.50Cheapest, by Flight
  • 143.4 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 583 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€53.83
  1. JetSMART Perú JS515710:141h 14m11:28Lima LIMCajamarca CJA

Door to door 4h 24mCO2 143.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€71.53
  1. JetSMART Perú JS370714:531h 9m16:02Lima LIMCajamarca CJA

Door to door 4h 19mCO2 143.4 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 Cajamarca
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Lima to CajamarcaFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€116.37€116.37€88.64€78.02€74.48€79.79€81.56€74.48€78.02€73.30€64.45€61.50€67.99€68.58

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €53.83

The trip ends at Cajamarca Nuevo terminal terrestre. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Cajamarca for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Cajamarca Nuevo terminal terrestre and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Lima to Cajamarca

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

  1. €53.8390 days
  2. €42.0360 days
  3. €50.2945 days
  4. €53.8330 days
  5. €63.8621 days
  6. €68.5814 days
  7. €81.567 days
  8. €88.643 days
  9. €116.371 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €42.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 177 percent. The most expensive point is €116.37, 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.
€116.37€42.031371421304560

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. €73.30Sun
  2. €64.45Mon
  3. €61.50Tue
  4. €67.99Wed
  5. €68.58Thu
  6. €74.48Fri
  7. €78.02Sat
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. €74.48Sep
  2. €56.19Oct
  3. €51.47Nov
  4. €53.83Dec
  5. €52.65Jan
  6. €44.98Feb

The route

LimaLimaCajamarcaCajamarca
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 583 km against 566 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 06:12 and the last at 18:54, across 12 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

Cajamarca

Bus
  • Cajamarca Nuevo terminal terrestre
  • TRC
Air
  • CJA

Landing at CJA after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Cajamarca

Settled in advance, so the ride into Cajamarca 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
JetSMART Perú€53.83
LAN Airlines€55.60
LAN Peru€53.83
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€38.0071%
Taxes€6.8413%
Supplier fees€7.0013%
Our service fee€1.994%
Total you pay€53.83100%

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

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Cajamarca?

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Lima to Cajamarca

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 Cajamarca?

The fastest journey from Lima to Cajamarca takes 4h 19m door to door, of which 1h 9m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 22m, 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 Cajamarca?

The cheapest fare from Lima to Cajamarca is €53.83, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €85.10. 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 Cajamarca?

The cheapest way from Lima to Cajamarca is by Flight, at €61.50 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 19m 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 Cajamarca?

Fares from Lima to Cajamarca bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €42.03. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 177 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 Lima to Cajamarca?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Lima to Cajamarca, at €61.50. 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 Lima to Cajamarca?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Lima to Cajamarca, at €44.98 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 Cajamarca?

3 operators sell services from Lima to Cajamarca across 1 modes: JetSMART Perú, LAN Airlines, LAN 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 Cajamarca?

Every service we sell from Lima to Cajamarca is direct, with around 12 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 19m 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 Cajamarca use?

Services from Lima to Cajamarca by Flight leave from Lima LIM and arrive at Cajamarca CJA. 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 Cajamarca?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Lima to Cajamarca 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 Cajamarca on September 10, 2026: 583 km of route against 566 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €53.83, and 4h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Cajamarca are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Cajamarca and across Peru

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