Travel to Montevideo

Every way to reach Montevideo: 3 modes compared, with fares.

Montevideo is reachable from 30 places across 9 countries by 3 modes, on services run by 39 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 2h 1m door to door. The nearest origin is 79 km away.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Montevideo

Every mode that actually calls at Montevideo, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Coach38€10.072h 1m1,089 km21
Flight22€31.413h 51m9,949 km17
Ferry4€15.746h 44m203 km1
  • 30Places you can arrive from
  • 30Places you can leave for
  • 9Countries
  • 39Operators

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Montevideo is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Terminal de Pasajeros de Montevideo

Sort by distance from Terminal de Pasajeros de Montevideo and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km1422%San José de Mayo, 79 km
200 to 600 km2438%Buenos Aires, 203 km
600 to 1,500 km1219%Porto Alegre, 714 km
Over 1,500 km1422%São Paulo, 1565 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Montevideo that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Uruguay3047%
Brazil1219%
Argentina1016%
Chile23%
Spain23%
Panama23%
Peru23%
Paraguay23%
United States23%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Montevideo

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Montevideo

Rail
  • Terminal de Pasajeros de Montevideo
  • Colón station
  • Estación Manga
Bus
  • Terminal Colón
  • Terminal Portones
Air
  • MVD
Ferry
  • Buquebus

Landing at MVD after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Montevideo

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

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Montevideo

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Montevideo, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Minas to Montevideo bus€10.072h 24m105 km
San Jose de Mayo to Montevideo bus€10.072h 1m79 km
Florida to Montevideo bus€10.072h 10m89 km
Durazno to Montevideo bus€12.833h 24m172 km
Colonia del Sacramento to Montevideo bus€12.833h 12m159 km
Trinidad to Montevideo bus€12.833h 21m168 km
Buenos Aires to Montevideo bus€13.383h 27m203 km
Buenos Aires to Montevideo ferry€15.747h 41m203 km
Dolores to Montevideo bus€16.684h 25m241 km
Mercedes to Montevideo bus€17.784h 32m250 km
Treinta y Tres to Montevideo bus€17.784h 32m249 km
Berisso to Montevideo ferry€17.946h 44m155 km
Fray Bentos to Montevideo bus€19.434h 59m279 km
Melo to Montevideo bus€22.735h 52m338 km
Paysandú to Montevideo bus€22.735h 49m337 km
Salto to Montevideo bus€27.687h 7m424 km

A day in Montevideo hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Montevideo?

Most of the points near Terminal de Pasajeros de Montevideo open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Montevideo

Common questions about Travel to Montevideo

How can I get to Montevideo?

Montevideo is reachable by 3 modes on our network, from 30 places, across 9 countries, on services run by 39 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Montevideo?

The cheapest way into Montevideo is by Coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 30 origins we sell into Montevideo over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Montevideo?

The fastest journey into Montevideo is by Coach, at 2h 1m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 79 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Montevideo have?

Montevideo has 7 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Terminal de Pasajeros de Montevideo, Colón station, Estación Manga. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Montevideo from within 200 km?

14 of the routes we sell into Montevideo start within 200 km. The nearest is San José de Mayo, 79 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Montevideo in Uruguay?

Montevideo connects to 30 places on our network across 9 countries, the furthest of them 9,949 km away in a straight line. Uruguay routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Uruguay

The wider region

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Montevideo afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

What to book in Montevideo before you go

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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