Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta runs about 24 times a day, with the first departure around 06:07 and the last around 20:49. One passenger pays between £48.14 and £55.72, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 671 km and are run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
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
£48.14 to £55.72
- 146%Moves across the booking window
146%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
06:07
20:49
24
100%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £97.17Mon5
- about £82.51Tue6
- about £86.05Wed7
- about £91.62Thu8
- about £82.01Fri9
- about £84.03Sat10
- about £79.99Sun11
- about £57.74Mon12
- about £55.22Tue13
- about £58.75Wed14
- about £71.90Thu15
- about £68.36Fri16
- about £68.86Sat17
- about £71.90Sun18
- about £48.65Mon19
- about £48.14Tue20
- about £50.16Wed21
- about £61.28Thu22
- about £58.25Fri23
- about £59.77Sat24
- about £55.72Sun25
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Puerto Vallarta. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Puerto Vallarta for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £48.6590 days
- £60.2760 days
- £42.0745 days
- £39.5530 days
- £55.7221 days
- £71.9014 days
- £79.997 days
- £86.053 days
- £97.171 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £39.55.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 146 percent. The dearest point is £97.17, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta 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
671 km
651 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
12,294,193 → 224,166
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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 671 km against 651 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from PVR into Puerto Vallarta is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Puerto Vallarta
Settled in advance, so the ride into Puerto Vallarta costs what it said it would rather than what the rank 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 near Terminal de Autobuses de Puerto Vallarta
Most of the points near Terminal de Autobuses de Puerto Vallarta open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta
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 Puerto Vallarta?
Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta covers 671 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 Puerto Vallarta?
The cheapest fare from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta is £48.14, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £79.48. 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 Puerto Vallarta?
The cheapest way from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta is by flight, at £48.14 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 Puerto Vallarta?
Fares from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £39.55. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 146 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 Puerto Vallarta?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta, at £55.22. 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 Puerto Vallarta?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta, at £41.56 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 Puerto Vallarta?
3 operators sell services from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta 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 Puerto Vallarta?
Every service we sell from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta 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 Puerto Vallarta use?
Services from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta by flight leave from Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport MEX and arrive at Puerto Vallarta International Airport PVR. 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 Puerto Vallarta?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta 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 Puerto Vallarta on 4 October 2026: 671 km of route against 651 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of £48.14, and 4h 25m 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 Puerto Vallarta is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Puerto Vallarta and across Mexico
Day trips that leave Puerto Vallarta in the morning and cover a good part of Mexico by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Mexico City reaches 138 places in 36 countries on services we hold, over distances from 57 to 15,913 km. Puerto Vallarta reaches 41 places in 4 countries, from 105 to 9,217 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Mexico City
- 138Places you can leave for
- 36Countries
- 33Operators
36
33Arriving in Puerto Vallarta
Leaving Puerto Vallarta
- 41Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 16Operators