Matanzas to Cienfuegos runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:20 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €19.59, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h over 176 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €19.59, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€19.59
- 131%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Matanzas
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.
- 06:20First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Buying this trip
We have not found anyone selling Matanzas to Cienfuegos online. Tickets for this leg are bought at the station or from a local agent.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €42.69Sun20
- about €36.09Mon21
- about €38.29Tue22
- about €42.69Wed23
- about €46.54Thu24
- about €50.39Fri25
- about €39.39Sat26
- about €38.29Sun27
- about €34.44Mon28
- about €25.09Tue29
- about €30.04Wed30
- about €30.04Thu1
- about €34.44Fri2
- about €30.59Sat3
- about €30.04Sun4
- about €19.59Mon5
- about €22.34Tue6
- about €27.84Wed7
- about €24.54Thu8
- about €24.54Fri9
- about €28.39Sat10
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 train gets you into Cienfuegos. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Cienfuegos for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal de Ómnibus de Cienfuegos and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Matanzas to Cienfuegos
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.4990 days
- €20.1460 days
- €18.4945 days
- €23.4430 days
- €28.3921 days
- €30.5914 days
- €39.397 days
- €38.293 days
- €42.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €18.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 131 percent. The most expensive point is €42.69, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Matanzas to Cienfuegos 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
176 km
153 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
146,733 → 186,644
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 176 km against 153 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Guanabacoa, Mantilla, Santa Clara, San Miguel del Padrón. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 CFG into Cienfuegos is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Cienfuegos
Settled in advance, so the ride into Cienfuegos costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Terminal de Ómnibus de Cienfuegos
Most of the points near Terminal de Ómnibus de Cienfuegos open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Matanzas to Cienfuegos
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 Matanzas to Cienfuegos?
The fastest journey from Matanzas to Cienfuegos takes 2h door to door, of which 1h 28m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 5m, 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 Matanzas to Cienfuegos?
The cheapest fare from Matanzas to Cienfuegos is €19.59, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €30.59. 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 Matanzas to Cienfuegos?
The cheapest way from Matanzas to Cienfuegos is by train, at €19.59 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 2h 12m 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 Matanzas to Cienfuegos?
Fares from Matanzas to Cienfuegos bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €18.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 131 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 Matanzas to Cienfuegos?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Matanzas to Cienfuegos, at €25.09. 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 Matanzas to Cienfuegos?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Matanzas to Cienfuegos, at €16.29 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 Matanzas to Cienfuegos?
No operator record names Matanzas to Cienfuegos directly. FC 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 Matanzas to Cienfuegos?
20 percent of the services we sell from Matanzas to Cienfuegos are direct. The rest connect at Guanabacoa, Mantilla, Santa Clara, San Miguel del Padrón, with about 65 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 Matanzas to Cienfuegos use?
Services from Matanzas to Cienfuegos by train leave from Matanzas station and arrive at Cienfuegos 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 Matanzas to Cienfuegos?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Matanzas to Cienfuegos 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 Matanzas to Cienfuegos on September 19, 2026: 176 km of route against 153 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €19.59, and 2h 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 Cienfuegos a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Cienfuegos and across Cuba
Day trips that leave Cienfuegos in the morning and cover a good part of Cuba by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Matanzas reaches 46 places in 12 countries on services we hold, over distances from 48 to 9,555 km. Cienfuegos reaches 30 places in 2 countries, from 48 to 587 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Matanzas
- 46Places you can leave for
- 12Countries
- 17Operators
Arriving in Cienfuegos
Leaving Cienfuegos
- 30Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 3Operators