This is a photo of a monument in Mexico, identified by ID

Mexico City to Oaxaca City

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Mexico City to Oaxaca City. From £30.44, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Mexico City to Oaxaca City runs about 24 times a day, with the first departure around 06:07 and the last around 20:49. One passenger pays between £30.44 and £35.00, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 377 km and are run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 4 October 2026Priced for 20 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 20 October 2026

£30.44 to £35.00

  • 115%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Mexico City

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:07First departure
  • 20:49Last departure
  • 24Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about £57.74Mon5
  2. about £49.65Tue6
  3. about £51.68Wed7
  4. about £54.71Thu8
  5. about £49.16Fri9
  6. about £50.67Sat10
  7. about £48.14Sun11
  8. about £36.01Mon12
  9. about £34.49Tue13
  10. about £36.01Wed14
  11. about £44.10Thu15
  12. about £41.56Fri16
  13. about £42.07Sat17
  14. about £43.59Sun18
  15. about £30.95Mon19
  16. about £30.44Tue20
  17. about £31.46Wed21
  18. about £38.03Thu22
  19. about £36.01Fri23
  20. about £37.02Sat24
  21. about £34.49Sun25

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Oaxaca City for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Central de Autobuses Oaxaca ADO OCC and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

Partner links. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

Booking window

When to book Mexico City to Oaxaca City

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

  1. £30.9590 days
  2. £37.5360 days
  3. £26.9145 days
  4. £26.9130 days
  5. £34.4921 days
  6. £43.5914 days
  7. £48.147 days
  8. £51.683 days
  9. £57.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at £26.91.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 115 percent. The dearest point is £57.74, 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.
£57.74£26.91137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Mexico City to Oaxaca 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

377 km

366 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

12,294,193 → 255,029

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

The route

MexicoGulf of MexicoPuebla CityPuebla CityQuerétaro CityQuerétaro CityGuadalajaraGuadalajaraMoreliaMoreliaAcapulco de JuárezAcapulco de JuárezTuxtla GutiérrezTuxtla GutiérrezVeracruzVeracruzXalapaXalapaVillahermosaVillahermosaCoatzacoalcosCoatzacoalcosUruapanUruapanPachucaPachucaLázaro CárdenasLázaro CárdenasCiudad del CarmenCiudad del CarmenPoza RicaPoza RicaSan Miguel de AllendeSan Miguel de AllendeMexico CityMexico CityOaxacaOaxacaMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 377 km against 366 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

The fare from OAX into Oaxaca City is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Oaxaca City

Settled in advance, so the ride into Oaxaca City costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

Partner links. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

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

Left luggage near Central de Autobuses Oaxaca ADO OCC

Most of the points near Central de Autobuses Oaxaca ADO OCC open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Mexico City to Oaxaca City

The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 Mexico City to Oaxaca City?

Mexico City to Oaxaca City covers 377 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Mexico City to Oaxaca City?

The cheapest fare from Mexico City to Oaxaca City is £30.44, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £48.14. 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 Mexico City to Oaxaca City?

The cheapest way from Mexico City to Oaxaca City is by flight, at £30.44 for one passenger on 20 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Mexico City to Oaxaca City?

Fares from Mexico City to Oaxaca City bottom out around 45 days before departure, at £26.91. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 115 percent, measured on 4 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Mexico City to Oaxaca City?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Mexico City to Oaxaca City, at £34.49. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 4 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Mexico City to Oaxaca City?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Mexico City to Oaxaca City, at £26.91 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 services from Mexico City to Oaxaca City?

3 operators sell services from Mexico City to Oaxaca City across 1 mode: AeroMéxico, VivaAerobús, 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 Mexico City to Oaxaca City?

Every service we sell from Mexico City to Oaxaca City is direct. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Mexico City to Oaxaca City use?

Services from Mexico City to Oaxaca City by flight leave from Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport MEX and arrive at Xoxocotlán International Airport OAX. 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 Mexico City to Oaxaca City?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Mexico City to Oaxaca City allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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 labelled 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 Mexico City to Oaxaca City on 4 October 2026: 377 km of route against 366 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of £30.44, and 4h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Oaxaca City is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Oaxaca City and across Mexico

Day trips that leave Oaxaca City in the morning and cover a good part of Mexico by evening.

Partner links. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Mexico City reaches 138 places in 36 countries on services we hold, over distances from 57 to 15,913 km. Oaxaca City reaches 21 places in 3 countries, from 138 to 3,404 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Mexico City

  • 138Places you can leave for
  • 36Countries
  • 33Operators

Arriving in Oaxaca City

Leaving Oaxaca City

  • 21Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 5Operators

Find tickets

Plan with Ori

Ori, the trip planner

Ask it something like this