Oaxaca City to Cancún

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Oaxaca City to Cancún. From €116.96, fastest 5h 3m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Oaxaca City to Cancún costs €116.96 at the cheapest and takes 5h 3m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 1,168 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 22, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,168 km
Fastest
5h 3m
Average
5h 10m
Services per day
3
Cheapest
€116.96
CO2 per passenger
287.3 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 22, 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
Flight5h 15m2h 5m3h 10m€116.96287.3 kg3
  • 5h 15mFastest, by Flight
  • €116.96Cheapest, by Flight
  • 287.3 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,168 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026

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

Cheapest€116.96
  1. Volaris V552007:301h 41m09:11Oaxaca OAXMérida MID
  2. Mongolian International Air Lines MI335310:2648m11:14Mérida MIDCancún CUN

Changes at Mérida, with 75 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 6h 54mCO2 292.2 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€128.76
  1. Volaris V980906:432h 5m08:48Oaxaca OAXCancún CUN

Door to door 5h 15mCO2 287.3 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 Oaxaca City to Cancún
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Oaxaca City to CancúnFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€216.67€281.57€165.93€168.88€150.59€162.98€152.95€156.49€157.08€180.68€142.33€116.96€121.09€162.39

Cheapest day: 2026-09-22 · €116.96

The trip ends at Estación de Cancún Aeropuerto. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

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Booking window

When to book Oaxaca City to Cancún

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

  1. €110.4790 days
  2. €92.7760 days
  3. €115.1945 days
  4. €102.2130 days
  5. €124.0421 days
  6. €162.3914 days
  7. €152.957 days
  8. €165.933 days
  9. €216.671 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €92.77.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 134 percent. The most expensive point is €216.67, 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.
€216.67€92.771371421304560

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. €165.93Sun
  2. €142.33Mon
  3. €121.09Tue
  4. €128.17Wed
  5. €152.95Thu
  6. €156.49Fri
  7. €157.08Sat
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. €150.59Sep
  2. €130.53Oct
  3. €111.65Nov
  4. €132.30Dec
  5. €112.24Jan
  6. €88.64Feb

The route

OaxacaOaxacaCancúnCancún
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.

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,168 km against 1,134 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 Mérida, Mexico City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Oaxaca City at 06:43 and the last at 07:30, across 3 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.

Oaxaca

Bus
  • Central de Autobuses Oaxaca ADO OCC
  • Autobuses Halcon De Huixtepec Zimatlan Oaxaca
Air
  • OAX

Cancún

Rail
  • Estación de Cancún Aeropuerto
Bus
  • ADO Terminal de Autobuses Cancún
  • Paradero Playa Express
Air
  • CUN
Ferry
  • El Embarcadero
  • Playa Tortugas

The fare from CUN into Cancún is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from CUN into Cancún

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Volaris€121.095h 3m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Volaris
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 2026-09-22, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€91.5078%
Taxes€16.4714%
Supplier fees€7.006%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€116.96100%

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Estación de Cancún Aeropuerto

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

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Questions about Oaxaca City to Cancún

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 Oaxaca City to Cancún?

The fastest journey from Oaxaca City to Cancún takes 5h 3m door to door, of which 2h 5m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 5h 10m, 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 Oaxaca City to Cancún?

The cheapest fare from Oaxaca City to Cancún is €116.96, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €156.49. 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 Oaxaca City to Cancún?

The cheapest way from Oaxaca City to Cancún is by Flight, at €116.96 for one passenger on September 22, 2026. That journey takes 5h 15m 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 Oaxaca City to Cancún?

Fares from Oaxaca City to Cancún bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €92.77. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 134 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 Oaxaca City to Cancún?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Oaxaca City to Cancún, at €121.09. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 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 Oaxaca City to Cancún?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Oaxaca City to Cancún, at €88.64 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 Oaxaca City to Cancún?

1 operators sell services from Oaxaca City to Cancún across 1 modes: Volaris. 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 Oaxaca City to Cancún?

33 percent of the services we sell from Oaxaca City to Cancún are direct. The rest connect at Mérida, Mexico City, with about 75 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 Oaxaca City to Cancún use?

Services from Oaxaca City to Cancún by Flight leave from Oaxaca OAX and arrive at Cancún CUN. 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 Oaxaca City to Cancún?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Oaxaca City to Cancún 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 Oaxaca City to Cancún on September 10, 2026: 1168 km of route against 1134 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €116.96, and 5h 3m 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 Cancún are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Cancún before you go?

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Cancún, with free cancellation on most of it.

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