San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €69.63, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 14m over 798 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €69.63, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€69.63
- 166%Moves across the booking window
166%When it runs, leaving San Cristóbal de las Casas
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
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 €162.04Wed23
- about €203.29Thu24
- about €171.94Fri25
- about €128.49Sat26
- about €124.09Sun27
- about €94.39Mon28
- about €118.04Tue29
- about €88.88Wed30
- about €91.09Thu1
- about €102.64Fri2
- about €116.94Sat3
- about €83.94Sun4
- about €83.38Mon5
- about €87.78Tue6
- about €80.08Wed7
- about €78.44Thu8
- about €71.83Fri9
- about €96.58Sat10
- about €92.18Sun11
- about €81.18Mon12
- about €69.63Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train 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 train gets in
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When to book San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €65.7890 days
- €64.6860 days
- €66.3345 days
- €84.4830 days
- €69.6321 days
- €87.7814 days
- €118.047 days
- €171.943 days
- €162.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €64.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 166 percent. The most expensive point is €171.94, 3 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City 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
798 km
749 km as the crow flies, 7% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
215,874 → 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 798 km against 749 km in a straight line, a detour of 7 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Coatzacoalcos, Tuxtla. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 train 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City?
The fastest journey from San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City takes 5h 14m door to door, of which 1h 58m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 51m, 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City?
The cheapest fare from San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City is €69.63, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €100.44. 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City?
The cheapest way from San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City is by train, at €69.63 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 5h 21m 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City?
Fares from San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €64.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 166 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City, at €83.38. 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City, at €56.98 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City?
2 operators sell services from San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City across 1 mode: AeroMéxico, Ferroistmo. 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City?
0 percent of the services we sell from San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City are direct. The rest connect at Coatzacoalcos, Tuxtla, with about 70 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City use?
Services from San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City by train leave from San Cristóbal de las Casas station and arrive at Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport MEX. Allow about 1h 57m 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from San Cristóbal de las Casas 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 San Cristóbal de las Casas to Mexico City on September 22, 2026: 798 km of route against 749 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €69.63, and 5h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
San Cristóbal de las Casas reaches 19 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 784 km. Mexico City reaches 138 places in 36 countries, from 57 to 15,913 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving San Cristóbal de las Casas
- 19Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
1
1Arriving in Mexico City
Leaving Mexico City
- 138Places you can leave for
- 36Countries
- 33Operators