Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta runs about 7 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €157.08 and €211.95, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 7m over 2,026 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€157.08 to €211.95
- 193%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Los Angeles
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.
- 06:01First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 7Services per day
- 57%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €362.40Sun20
- about €305.17Mon21
- about €288.65Tue22
- about €320.44Wed23
- about €318.15Thu24
- about €356.50Fri25
- about €261.59Sat26
- about €232.01Sun27
- about €196.02Mon28
- about €194.25Tue29
- about €230.24Wed30
- about €259.15Thu1
- about €224.93Fri2
- about €193.07Sat3
- about €194.25Sun4
- about €157.08Mon5
- about €167.11Tue6
- about €162.39Wed7
- about €225.52Thu8
- about €194.25Fri9
- about €198.89Sat10
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 Puerto Vallarta. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Puerto Vallarta for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal de Autobuses de Puerto Vallarta and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €198.9790 days
- €134.6660 days
- €125.2245 days
- €123.5430 days
- €198.8921 days
- €193.0714 days
- €261.597 days
- €288.653 days
- €362.401 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €123.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 193 percent. The most expensive point is €362.40, 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 Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
2,026 km
1,967 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
3,820,914 → 224,166
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,026 km against 1,967 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Phoenix, Monterrey, Guadalajara, San Diego. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.
The fare from PVR into Puerto Vallarta is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Puerto Vallarta
Settled in advance, so the ride into Puerto Vallarta 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 Terminal de Autobuses de Puerto Vallarta
Most of the points near Terminal de Autobuses de Puerto Vallarta open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta
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 Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta?
The fastest journey from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta takes 6h 7m door to door, of which 3h 3m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 20m, 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 Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta?
The cheapest fare from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta is €157.08, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €266.53. 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 Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta?
The cheapest way from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta is by flight, at €157.08 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 6h 13m 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 Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta?
Fares from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €123.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 193 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta, at €194.25. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta, at €138.20 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 Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta?
No operator record names Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta directly. Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta?
50 percent of the services we sell from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta are direct. The rest connect at Phoenix, Monterrey, Guadalajara, San Diego, with about 60 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta use?
Services from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta by flight leave from Los Angeles LAX and arrive at Puerto Vallarta PVR. 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 Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta?
0 of the 4 operators we sell from Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta on September 19, 2026: 2026 km of route against 1967 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €157.08, and 6h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Puerto Vallarta is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Puerto Vallarta and across Mexico
Day trips that leave Puerto Vallarta in the morning and cover a good part of Mexico by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Los Angeles reaches 198 places in 41 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 14,124 km. Puerto Vallarta reaches 32 places in 4 countries, from 196 to 9,217 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Los Angeles
- 198Places you can leave for
- 41Countries
- 83Operators
Arriving in Puerto Vallarta
Leaving Puerto Vallarta
- 32Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 16Operators