✈ MEX → CUN
2H 38M IN ECONOMY. YOUR KNEES WILL REMEMBER.
Flight from Mexico City to Cancun
From Benito Juárez (MEX), Mexico North America → Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Cancun → Mexico City
How long is the flight from Mexico City to Cancun?
A nonstop flight from Mexico City (MEX) to Cancun (CUN) takes about 2 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 798 miles (1,284 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
2h 38m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
798 mi
1,284 km · great-circle
Avg speed
486 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Mexico City timezone
UTC-6
America/Mexico_City
Cancun timezone
UTC-5
America/Cancun
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Mexico City
- Mexico City → Dallas
- Mexico City → Miami
- Mexico City → Atlanta
- Mexico City → Las Vegas
- Mexico City → Los Angeles
- Mexico City → Chicago
- Mexico City → San Francisco
- Mexico City → Toronto
- Mexico City → New York
- Mexico City → Boston
- Mexico City → Seattle
- Mexico City → Vancouver
- Mexico City → Santiago
- Mexico City → Buenos Aires
- Mexico City → São Paulo
- Mexico City → Rio de Janeiro
- Mexico City → Dublin
- Mexico City → Edinburgh
- Mexico City → Lisbon
- Mexico City → Manchester
Flights to Cancun
- Miami → Cancun
- Atlanta → Cancun
- Dallas → Cancun
- Chicago → Cancun
- New York → Cancun
- Toronto → Cancun
- Boston → Cancun
- Las Vegas → Cancun
- Los Angeles → Cancun
- San Francisco → Cancun
- Seattle → Cancun
- Vancouver → Cancun
- Santiago → Cancun
- São Paulo → Cancun
- Rio de Janeiro → Cancun
- Buenos Aires → Cancun
- Lisbon → Cancun
- Dublin → Cancun
- Edinburgh → Cancun
- Casablanca → Cancun