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Mexico City to Tulum

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Mexico City to Tulum. From €100.44, fastest 5h 10m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Mexico City to Tulum runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:47 and the last around 16:59. One passenger pays €100.44, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 10m over 1,260 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €100.44, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€100.44

  • 172%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Mexico City

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:47First departure
  • 16:59Last departure
  • 3Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €272.72Wed23
  2. about €256.20Thu24
  3. about €259.15Fri25
  4. about €201.92Sat26
  5. about €188.35Sun27
  6. about €187.76Mon28
  7. about €162.98Tue29
  8. about €139.38Wed30
  9. about €154.13Thu1
  10. about €139.38Fri2
  11. about €143.51Sat3
  12. about €183.04Sun4
  13. about €118.14Mon5
  14. about €118.14Tue6
  15. about €126.40Wed7
  16. about €157.67Thu8
  17. about €147.05Fri9
  18. about €129.35Sat10
  19. about €113.42Sun11
  20. about €104.57Mon12
  21. about €100.44Tue13

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Tulum. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Tulum for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Estación Tulum and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Mexico City to Tulum

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

  1. €117.5590 days
  2. €116.3760 days
  3. €103.3945 days
  4. €138.7930 days
  5. €100.4421 days
  6. €118.1414 days
  7. €162.987 days
  8. €259.153 days
  9. €272.721 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €100.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 172 percent. The most expensive point is €272.72, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€272.72€100.44137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Mexico City to Tulum 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

1,260 km

1,223 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

12,294,19318,233

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

MexicoHondurasGuatemalaCubaCaribbean SeaGulf of MexicoHavanaHavanaQuerétaro CityQuerétaro CityMéridaMéridaGuatemala CityGuatemala CityCuliacánCuliacánSan Pedro SulaSan Pedro SulaMoreliaMoreliaSan Luis Potosí CitySan Luis Potosí CityAguascalientesAguascalientesAcapulco de JuárezAcapulco de JuárezTuxtla GutiérrezTuxtla GutiérrezDurangoDurangoMazatlánMazatlánVillahermosaVillahermosaCiudad VictoriaCiudad VictoriaCoatzacoalcosCoatzacoalcosMexico CityMexico CityTulumTulumMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey 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 1,260 km against 1,223 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

The fare from TQO into Tulum is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Tulum

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

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Who runs this route

Tulum is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Estación Tulum

Most of the points near Estación Tulum open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Mexico City to Tulum

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 Mexico City to Tulum?

The fastest journey from Mexico City to Tulum takes 5h 10m door to door, of which 2h is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 18m, 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 Mexico City to Tulum?

The cheapest fare from Mexico City to Tulum is €100.44, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €168.29. 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 Mexico City to Tulum?

The cheapest way from Mexico City to Tulum is by flight, at €100.44 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 5h 10m 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 Mexico City to Tulum?

Fares from Mexico City to Tulum bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €100.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 172 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Mexico City to Tulum?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Mexico City to Tulum, at €118.14. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 22, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Mexico City to Tulum?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Mexico City to Tulum, at €89.23 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 Mexico City to Tulum?

1 operators sell services from Mexico City to Tulum across 1 mode: VivaAerobús. 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 Mexico City to Tulum?

Every service we sell from Mexico City to Tulum is direct, with around 3 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 10m 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 Mexico City to Tulum use?

Services from Mexico City to Tulum by flight leave from Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport MEX and arrive at Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport Tulum TQO. 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 Mexico City to Tulum?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Mexico City to Tulum 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Mexico City to Tulum on September 22, 2026: 1260 km of route against 1223 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €100.44, and 5h 10m 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 Tulum is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Tulum and across Mexico

Day trips that leave Tulum in the morning and cover a good part of Mexico by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Mexico City reaches 138 places in 36 countries on services we hold, over distances from 57 to 15,913 km. Tulum reaches 10 places in 2 countries, from 61 to 1,677 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Mexico City

  • 138Places you can leave for
  • 36Countries
  • 33Operators

Arriving in Tulum

Leaving Tulum

  • 10Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 2Operators

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