✈ CUN → MEX
2H 38M FLIGHT. JUST ENOUGH TIME TO REGRET CHECKING A BAG.
Flight from Cancun to Mexico City
From Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America → Benito Juárez (MEX), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Mexico City → Cancun
How long is the flight from Cancun to Mexico City?
A nonstop flight from Cancun (CUN) to Mexico City (MEX) 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
Cancun timezone
UTC-5
America/Cancun
Mexico City timezone
UTC-6
America/Mexico_City
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
Westward — easier
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 Cancun
Nearest destinations
- Cancun → Miami
- Cancun → Atlanta
- Cancun → Dallas
- Cancun → Chicago
- Cancun → New York
- Cancun → Toronto
- Cancun → Boston
- Cancun → Las Vegas
- Cancun → Los Angeles
- Cancun → San Francisco
Long-haul from Cancun
- Cancun → Bali (Denpasar)
- Cancun → Singapore
- Cancun → Kuala Lumpur
- Cancun → Bangkok
- Cancun → Mumbai
- Cancun → Manila
- Cancun → Melbourne
- Cancun → Hong Kong
- Cancun → Delhi
- Cancun → Sydney
More flights to North America
Flights to Mexico City
Nearest origins
- 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
Long-haul to Mexico City
- Kuala Lumpur → Mexico City
- Singapore → Mexico City
- Bali (Denpasar) → Mexico City
- Bangkok → Mexico City
- Mumbai → Mexico City
- Nairobi → Mexico City
- Delhi → Mexico City
- Johannesburg → Mexico City
- Abu Dhabi → Mexico City
- Dubai → Mexico City