Playa del Carmen to Mexico City runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €99.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 15m over 1,338 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €99.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€99.88
- 174%Moves across the booking window
174%When it runs, leaving Playa del Carmen
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
1
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €273.68Wed23
- about €297.33Thu24
- about €223.63Fri25
- about €210.98Sat26
- about €223.63Sun27
- about €164.78Mon28
- about €142.78Tue29
- about €137.28Wed30
- about €187.88Thu1
- about €182.93Fri2
- about €176.88Sat3
- about €189.53Sun4
- about €123.53Mon5
- about €99.88Tue6
- about €130.13Wed7
- about €168.08Thu8
- about €135.08Fri9
- about €137.83Sat10
- about €152.68Sun11
- about €135.63Mon12
- about €124.08Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The ferry gets you into Mexico City. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Mexico City for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Playa del Carmen to Mexico City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €135.6390 days
- €111.4360 days
- €103.7345 days
- €141.6830 days
- €124.0821 days
- €99.8814 days
- €142.787 days
- €223.633 days
- €273.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €99.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 174 percent. The most expensive point is €273.68, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Playa del Carmen to Mexico City and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
1,338 km
1,265 km as the crow flies, 6% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
149,923 → 12,294,193
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,338 km against 1,265 km in a straight line, a detour of 6 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cozumel. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
Mexico City is large, and the road in from MEX can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Mexico City
Settled in advance, so the ride into Mexico City costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Amajac
Most of the points near Amajac open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Playa del Carmen to Mexico City
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 Playa del Carmen to Mexico City?
The fastest journey from Playa del Carmen to Mexico City takes 6h 15m door to door, of which 3h 5m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 6h 25m, 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 Playa del Carmen to Mexico City?
The cheapest fare from Playa del Carmen to Mexico City is €99.88, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €164.78. 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 Playa del Carmen to Mexico City?
The cheapest way from Playa del Carmen to Mexico City is by ferry, at €99.88 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 6h 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 Playa del Carmen to Mexico City?
Fares from Playa del Carmen to Mexico City bottom out around 14 days before departure, at €99.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 174 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 Playa del Carmen to Mexico City?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Playa del Carmen to Mexico City, at €124.08. 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 Playa del Carmen to Mexico City?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Playa del Carmen to Mexico City, at €105.38 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 Playa del Carmen to Mexico City?
2 operators sell services from Playa del Carmen to Mexico City across 1 mode: Ultramar Ferry, 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 Playa del Carmen to Mexico City?
0 percent of the services we sell from Playa del Carmen to Mexico City are direct. The rest connect at Cozumel, with about 54 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 Playa del Carmen to Mexico City use?
Services from Playa del Carmen to Mexico City by ferry leave from Ferry Calica and arrive at Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport MEX. Allow about 2h 20m 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 Playa del Carmen to Mexico City?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Playa del Carmen to Mexico City 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 Playa del Carmen to Mexico City on September 22, 2026: 1338 km of route against 1265 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €99.88, and 6h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The ferry is the simple part. What you do once you are in Mexico City is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Mexico City and across Mexico
Day trips that leave Mexico City in the morning and cover a good part of Mexico by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Playa del Carmen reaches 23 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 20 to 4,499 km. Mexico City reaches 138 places in 36 countries, from 57 to 15,913 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Playa del Carmen
- 23Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 1Operators
4
1Arriving in Mexico City
Leaving Mexico City
- 138Places you can leave for
- 36Countries
- 33Operators