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Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires. From €162.98, fastest 6h 6m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:40 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €162.98 and €173.60, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 6m over 1,989 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€162.98 to €173.60

  • 153%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:40First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €342.34Mon21
  2. about €289.24Tue22
  3. about €373.02Wed23
  4. about €321.10Thu24
  5. about €294.55Fri25
  6. about €299.86Sat26
  7. about €276.26Sun27
  8. about €230.24Mon28
  9. about €234.37Tue29
  10. about €207.23Wed30
  11. about €272.13Thu1
  12. about €227.88Fri2
  13. about €254.43Sat3
  14. about €262.69Sun4
  15. about €162.98Mon5
  16. about €168.88Tue6
  17. about €197.79Wed7
  18. about €223.75Thu8
  19. about €226.70Fri9
  20. about €237.32Sat10
  21. about €178.91Sun11

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Buenos Aires for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Buenos Aires train station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires

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

  1. €219.0390 days
  2. €201.3360 days
  3. €147.6445 days
  4. €168.2930 days
  5. €178.9121 days
  6. €262.6914 days
  7. €276.267 days
  8. €373.023 days
  9. €342.341 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €147.64.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 153 percent. The most expensive point is €373.02, 3 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.
€373.02€147.64137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires 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

1,989 km

1,931 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

1,831,4342,891,082

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

The route

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The journey

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
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,989 km against 1,931 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 Asunción, Santiago. The gap between arriving and leaving is 104 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 9 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.

Buenos Aires is large, and the road in from EZE can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Buenos Aires

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

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Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Buenos Aires train station

Most of the points near Buenos Aires train station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires

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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires?

The fastest journey from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires takes 6h 6m door to door, of which 2h 57m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 19m, 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires?

The cheapest fare from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires is €162.98, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €267.41. 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires?

The cheapest way from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires is by flight, at €162.98 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 6h 7m 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires?

Fares from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €147.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 153 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires, at €207.23. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires, at €129.35 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires?

2 operators sell services from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires across 1 mode: Aerolineas Argentinas, Boliviana de Aviación. 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires?

50 percent of the services we sell from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires are direct. The rest connect at Asunción, Santiago, with about 104 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires use?

Services from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires by flight leave from Viru Viru International Airport VVI and arrive at Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini EZE. 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires 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 Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Buenos Aires on September 20, 2026: 1989 km of route against 1931 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €162.98, and 6h 6m 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 Buenos Aires a set of days out that do not start at a station.

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The two ends, compared

Santa Cruz de la Sierra reaches 17 places in 9 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 8,918 km. Buenos Aires reaches 86 places in 22 countries, from 46 to 13,476 km.

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  • 9Countries
  • 13Operators

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  • 22Countries
  • 55Operators

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