Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:32 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €27.84 and €34.99, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 36m over 264 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
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
€27.84 to €34.99
- 189%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Santo Domingo de los Colorados
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:32First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Tren Ecuador runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €72.39Mon21
- about €50.94Tue22
- about €62.49Wed23
- about €64.14Thu24
- about €63.04Fri25
- about €53.69Sat26
- about €55.89Sun27
- about €39.94Mon28
- about €35.54Tue29
- about €36.64Wed30
- about €50.39Thu1
- about €45.99Fri2
- about €41.04Sat3
- about €44.34Sun4
- about €27.84Mon5
- about €30.59Tue6
- about €32.24Wed7
- about €40.49Thu8
- about €42.14Fri9
- about €39.39Sat10
- about €36.64Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Guayaquil. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Guayaquil for the night the train gets in
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When to book Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €35.5490 days
- €36.6460 days
- €25.0945 days
- €27.2930 days
- €36.6421 days
- €44.3414 days
- €55.897 days
- €62.493 days
- €72.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €25.09.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 189 percent. The most expensive point is €72.39, 1 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil 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
264 km
230 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
458,580 → 2,723,665
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
- 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 264 km against 230 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at El Empalme, Quevedo, Babahoyo, Latacunga. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Guayaquil is large, and the road in from GYE can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Guayaquil
Settled in advance, so the ride into Guayaquil 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 Estación BUEES
Most of the points near Estación BUEES open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil
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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil?
The fastest journey from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil takes 2h 36m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 43m, 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil?
The cheapest fare from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil is €27.84, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €49.02. 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil?
The cheapest way from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil is by train, at €27.84 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 2h 41m 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil?
Fares from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €25.09. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 189 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil, at €35.54. 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil, at €25.64 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil?
Ferrocarriles del Ecuador, Tren Ecuador publish service areas covering both Santo Domingo de los Colorados and Guayaquil, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil?
33 percent of the services we sell from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil are direct. The rest connect at El Empalme, Quevedo, Babahoyo, Latacunga, with about 50 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil use?
Services from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil by train leave from Santo Domingo de los Colorados station and arrive at Guayaquil station. Allow about 44m 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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil 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.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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 Santo Domingo de los Colorados to Guayaquil on September 20, 2026: 264 km of route against 230 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €27.84, and 2h 36m 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
Santo Domingo de los Colorados reaches 12 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 72 to 230 km. Guayaquil reaches 24 places in 11 countries, from 59 to 9,847 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Santo Domingo de los Colorados
- 12Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Guayaquil
Leaving Guayaquil
- 24Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 16Operators