There are 11 ways to get from Matamoros to Tijuana by plane, bus, train, 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.
Fly General Servando Canales International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
best- Fly from General Servando Canales International Airport (MAM) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ)plane MAM - TIJ
7h 7m$2,214–9,256Bus to Monterrey International Airport, fly to Tijuana International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Matamoros to Monterreybus
- Fly from Monterrey International Airport (MTY) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ)plane MTY - TIJ
10h 43m$1,788–5,231Bus, train via San Antonio
- Take the bus from Brownsville to San Antoniobus
- Take the train from San Antonio Station to Yuma Amtraktrain
- Take the bus from Yuma County Area Transit to Calexico Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Mexicali to Tijuanabus
37h 7m$4,671–8,934Bus
- Take the bus from Matamoros to Chihuahuabus
- Take the bus from Chihuahua to Tijuanabus
38h 35m$5,090–9,093Drive 2,487.1 km
- Drive from Matamoros to Tijuanacar 2,487.1 km
24h 17m$4,591–6,631Fly Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
- Fly from Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ)plane BRO - TIJ
12h 2m$1,885–8,715Bus to Mcallen Miller International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the bus from Brownsville to McAllen Central Stationbus
- Fly from Mcallen Miller International Airport (MFE) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane MFE - SAN
9h$2,826–14,460Fly Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Fly from Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane BRO - SAN
8h 39m$3,831–18,419Bus to Rio Grande Valley International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the bus from Brownsville to Harlingen Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Rio Grande Valley International Airport (HRL) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane HRL - SAN
10h$3,731–15,296Bus via Ciudad Juárez
- Take the bus from Matamoros to Ciudad Juárezbus
- Take the bus from Ciudad Juárez to Tijuanabus
44h 10m$5,406–8,018Bus, train
- Take the bus from La Plaza at Brownsville to San Marcosbus
- Take the train from San Marcos Amtrak to Yuma Amtraktrain
- Take the bus from 3rd Street @ Gila Street to William Brook Ave @ B Streetbus 95
- Take the bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Tijuanabus
47h 35m$2,952–9,614
Matamoros to Tijuana by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Matamoros to Tijuana is to bus and fly which costs $1700 - $5500 and takes 10h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Matamoros to Tijuana is to fly which takes 7h 7m and costs $2200 - $9500.
No, there is no direct bus from Matamoros to Tijuana. However, there are services departing from Matamoros and arriving at Tijuana via Chihuahua. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 35m.
The distance between Matamoros and Tijuana is 2053 km. The road distance is 2487.1 km.
The best way to get from Matamoros to Tijuana without a car is to bus and train via San Antonio which takes 37h 7m and costs $4600 - $9000.
It takes approximately 7h 7m to get from Matamoros to Tijuana, including transfers.
Matamoros to Tijuana bus services, operated by Omnibus de Mexico, depart from Matamoros station.
The best way to get from Matamoros to Tijuana is to fly which takes 7h 7m and costs $2200 - $9500. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $5000 - $9500 and takes 38h 35m.
Matamoros to Tijuana bus services, operated by Omnibus de Mexico, arrive at Chihuahua station.
Tijuana is 2h behind Matamoros. It is currently 1:59 PM in Matamoros and 11:59 AM in Tijuana.
What companies run services between Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico and Tijuana, Mexico?
Aeroméxico, Viva Aerobus, and Mexicana fly from General Servando Canales International Airport (MAM) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Matamoros to Tijuana via Chihuahua in around 38h 35m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,500
Flights from Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Houston, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–8,500
Flights from Mcallen Miller International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,200–15,000
Flights from Mcallen Miller International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,600–13,000
Flights from Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,800–18,000
Flights from Rio Grande Valley International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,200–15,000
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Monterrey International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,200–9,000
Flights from Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Houston, Monterrey International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,900–11,000
Flights from Monterrey International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,200
Flights from Monterrey International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Culiacan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Mcallen Miller International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,100–15,000
Flights from Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,700–18,000
Flights from Rio Grande Valley International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,100–15,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Houston, Monterrey International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,000–13,000
Flights from Monterrey International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–3,500
Flights from Monterrey International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Ciudad Juarez
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–3,500
Flights from Monterrey International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Culiacan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–3,500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Rio Grande Valley International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–15,000
Flights from Rio Grande Valley International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,900–14,000
Flights from Rio Grande Valley International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–15,000
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from General Servando Canales International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–9,500
- Website
- mexicana.gob.mx
Flights from General Servando Canales International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,000–9,000
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Rio Grande Valley International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,900–21,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Antonio Station to Yuma Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $2,500–5,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Marcos Amtrak to Yuma Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $1,800–6,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $1,800–5,500
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $2,700–6,500
- Business - advance purchase
- $3,700–15,000
- Business Class
- $5,500–14,000
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Brownsville to San Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,600
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Brownsville to McAllen Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,000
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Brownsville to Harlingen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–900
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Yuma County Area Transit to Calexico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $380–470
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from La Plaza at Brownsville to San Marcos
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $850–1,700
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $850–1,700
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Yuma County Area Transit to Calexico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $440–950
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +52 664 104 7400
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- abc.com.mx
Bus from Mexicali to Tijuana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $300–600
- Schedules at
- abc.com.mx
- Book at
- abc.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 5141 4300
- contacto@odm.com.mx
- Website
- odm.com.mx
Bus from Matamoros to Chihuahua
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2,100–3,200
- Schedules at
- odm.com.mx
- Book at
- odm.com.mx
Bus from Matamoros to Ciudad Juárez
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2,700–4,100
- Schedules at
- odm.com.mx
- Book at
- odm.com.mx
Bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Tijuana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $650–950
- Schedules at
- odm.com.mx
- Book at
- odm.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- futura.com.mx
Bus from Matamoros to Chihuahua
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,100
- Schedules at
- futura.com.mx
- Book at
- futura.com.mx
Bus from Chihuahua to Tijuana
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3,500–5,000
- Schedules at
- futura.com.mx
- Book at
- futura.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 956-682-3481
- ValleyMetroRGV@LRGVDC.org
- Website
- lrgvdc.org
Bus from Brownsville to McAllen Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $36
- Website
- https://www.lrgvdc.org/valleymetro.html
- Phone
- +52 55 5141 4300
- Website
- noreste.com.mx
Bus from Matamoros to Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $550–800
- Schedules at
- noreste.com.mx
- Book at
- noreste.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- chihuahuenses.com.mx
Bus from Ciudad Juárez to Tijuana
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2,700–4,000
- Schedules at
- chihuahuenses.com.mx
- Book at
- chihuahuenses.com.mx
Bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Tijuana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $550–850
- Schedules at
- chihuahuenses.com.mx
- Book at
- chihuahuenses.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 928-783-2235
- Website
- ycipta.org
Bus from 3rd Street @ Gila Street to William Brook Ave @ B Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–36
- Website
- https://www.ycipta.org/
- Youth 5-18 w/ Student ID, Seniors 65+, Disabled
- $18
- Adults 19-64
- $36
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- autobuseselite.com.mx
Bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Tijuana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $500–750
- Schedules at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Book at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Tijuana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $280–550
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $280–500
- Titanium
- $320–550
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- servicios@acnautobuses.com
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Tijuana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $950–1,400
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
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