There are 8 ways to get from Dubai to Cuenca by shuttle, plane, taxi, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Shuttle to Abu Dhabi, fly to Cuenca
best- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Cuenca (CUE)plane AUH - CUE
28h 21m$331–913Fly Dubai International Airport to Cuenca
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Cuenca (CUE)plane DXB - CUE
24h 31m$391–1,102Fly Dubai International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane DXB - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Cuencataxi
29h 6m$811–1,442Shuttle to Abu Dhabi, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane AUH - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Cuencataxi
31h 31m$621–1,653Fly Dubai International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport, bus
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR)plane DXB - ETR
- Take the bus from Santa Rosa to Cuencabus
29h 36m$447–1,642Fly Dubai International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, car, bus
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane DXB - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
- Take the bus from Quito to Terminal Terrestre de Ambatobus
- Take the bus from Ambato to Cuencabus
33h 29m$439–1,247Shuttle to Abu Dhabi, fly to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, car, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane AUH - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
- Take the bus from Quito to Terminal Terrestre de Ambatobus
- Take the bus from Ambato to Cuencabus
35h 19m$389–1,008Fly Dubai International Airport to Loja, bus
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Loja (LOH)plane DXB - LOH
- Take the bus from Catamayo to Cuencabus
29h 39m$509–1,916
Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Cuenca (CUE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dubai to Cuenca is to shuttle and fly which costs $330 - $950 and takes 28h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Dubai to Cuenca is to fly which takes 24h 31m and costs $390 - $1,100.
The distance between Dubai and Cuenca is 14617 km.
It takes approximately 28h 21m to get from Dubai to Cuenca, including transfers.
Cuenca is 9h behind Dubai. It is currently 6:56 AM in Dubai and 9:56 PM in Cuenca.
There are 422+ hotels available in Cuenca.
What companies run services between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Cuenca, Ecuador?
KLM, LATAM Chile, and five other airlines fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Cuenca (CUE) twice daily.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Cuenca via Madrid, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Cuenca via New York JFK, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–900
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Cuenca via Barcelona, Bogota, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cuenca via New York JFK, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cuenca via Madrid, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Dubai International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
Flights from Dubai International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Abu Dhabi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Abu Dhabi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via London Heathrow, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Abu Dhabi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Abu Dhabi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via London Heathrow, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Cuenca via Madrid, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Cuenca via Madrid, José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Cuenca via New York JFK, José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–900
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 54m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cuenca via Amsterdam Schiphol, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 41m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cuenca via Madrid, José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cuenca via New York JFK, José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Cuenca via Toronto, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 3m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Dubai International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Abu Dhabi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Loja via Amsterdam Schiphol, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Loja via Madrid, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Website
- go2sky.aero
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Loja via Amsterdam Schiphol, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Abu Dhabi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Abu Dhabi to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
- Website
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
Shuttle from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–11
- Schedules at
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
- Phone
- +593-07 2823163
- gerencia@transportesazuay.com
- Website
- transportesazuay.com
Bus from Santa Rosa to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Schedules at
- transportesazuay.com
- Phone
- +593 99 354 7653
- tacaandica@gmail.com
- Website
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Quito to Terminal Terrestre de Ambato
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Quito to Terminal Terrestre de Ambato
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
- Phone
- +593 3 252 1073
- info@cooperativasanta.com
- Website
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Ambato to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- cooperativasanta.ec
- Phone
- +593 7-267-7278
- catamayoexpress@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Catamayo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- cooploja@loja.telconet.net
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Catamayo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
- Phone
- +593 98 414 6312
- fantasytravelecuador@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Car from Quito Airport to Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Estimated price
- $110–140
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 0 4371 1800
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 0 4371 1800
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
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