There are 7 ways to get from Riobamba to Cochabamba by car, plane, or bus
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Drive to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, fly
best- Drive from Riobamba to Guayaquil-Airport-GYEcar
- Fly from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) to Cochabamba (CBB)plane GYE - CBB
12h 19m$563–1,019Bus via Chiclayo
cheapest- Take the bus from Riobamba to Cuencabus
- Take the bus from Cuenca to Chiclayobus
- Take the bus from Chiclayo to Lima - Nicolás Arriolabus
- Take the bus from Lima - Terminal Arriola to La Pazbus
- Take the bus from La Paz to Cochabambabus
2d 18h$177–718Drive 3,403.9 km
- Drive from Riobamba to Cochabambacar 3,403.9 km
2d$193–279Bus to Cuenca, fly
- Take the bus from Riobamba to Cuencabus
- Fly from Cuenca (CUE) to Cochabamba (CBB)plane CUE - CBB
15h 48m$207–812Bus, car to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Riobamba to Quitobus
- Drive from Quito to Quito Airportcar
- Fly from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to Cochabamba (CBB)plane UIO - CBB
15h 42m$211–737Bus
- Take the bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquilbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Lima Javier Pradobus
- Take the bus from Oltursa Lima Terminal to La Pazbus
- Take the bus from La Paz to Cochabambabus
2d 21h$232–371Bus #2
- Take the bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Nortebus
- Take the bus from Oltursa Lima Terminal to La Pazbus
- Take the bus from La Paz to Cochabambabus
2d 22h$269–346
José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) to Cochabamba (CBB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riobamba to Cochabamba is to drive which costs $190 - $280 and takes 2 days 0h.
The fastest way to get from Riobamba to Cochabamba is to drive and fly which takes 12h 19m and costs $550 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Riobamba to Cochabamba. However, there are services departing from Riobamba and arriving at Cochabamba via Cuenca, Chiclayo, Lima - Terminal Arriola and La Paz. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 18h.
The distance between Riobamba and Cochabamba is 2496 km. The road distance is 3403.9 km.
The best way to get from Riobamba to Cochabamba without a car is to bus via Chiclayo which takes 2 days 18h and costs $170 - $750.
It takes approximately 12h 19m to get from Riobamba to Cochabamba, including transfers.
Riobamba to Cochabamba bus services, operated by Turismo Oriental, depart from Riobamba station.
Riobamba to Cochabamba bus services, operated by Turismo Oriental, arrive at Cuenca station.
Cochabamba is 1h ahead of Riobamba. It is currently 3:21 PM in Riobamba and 4:21 PM in Cochabamba.
Yes, the driving distance between Riobamba to Cochabamba is 3404 km. It takes approximately 2 days 0h to drive from Riobamba to Cochabamba.
What companies run services between Riobamba, Ecuador and Cochabamba, Bolivia?
You can take a bus from Riobamba to Cochabamba via Cuenca, Chiclayo, Chiclayo, Lima - Nicolás Arriola, Lima - Terminal Arriola, and La Paz in around 2d 18h.
- Website
- boa.bo
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Cochabamba via Lima, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Cochabamba via Lima, La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Cochabamba via Panama City, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Cochabamba via Bogota, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Cochabamba via Bogota, La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Cochabamba via Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Lima, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 48m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Cochabamba via Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Lima, La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Cuenca to Cochabamba via Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Lima, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Cuenca to Cochabamba via Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Lima, La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Cuenca to Cochabamba via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Lima, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 26m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,000
Flights from Cuenca to Cochabamba via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Lima, La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Cochabamba via Lima, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Cochabamba via Lima, La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Cochabamba via Panama City, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Cochabamba via Bogota, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Cochabamba via Bogota, La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Cochabamba via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Lima, Santa Cruz
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Cochabamba via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, Lima, La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
- Phone
- +593 7-282-4005
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Riobamba to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 095 887 1622
- Website
- cooperativapatria.com
Bus from Riobamba to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–24
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–24
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–18
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593-07 2823163
- gerencia@transportesazuay.com
- Website
- transportesazuay.com
Bus from Cuenca to Chiclayo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Schedules at
- transportesazuay.com
- Phone
- +51 1 716 8000
- info@movilbus.pe
- Website
- movilbus.pe
Bus from Chiclayo to Lima - Nicolás Arriola
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Schedules at
- movilbus.pe
- Phone
- +591 22283843
- nuevo.continente.srl@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lima - Terminal Arriola to La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Book at
- https://www.ticketsbolivia.com/company/nc_internacional.php
- Phone
- +591 69414917
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from La Paz to Cochabamba
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–16
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Normal
- $6–9
- Semicama
- $9–12
- Cama
- $13–15
- Phone
- +591-72233555
- info@transcopacabanasa.com
- Website
- transcopacabanasa.com
Bus from La Paz to Cochabamba
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Schedules at
- transcopacabanasa.com
- Phone
- +591 60340030
- flotaimperialpotosi@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from La Paz to Cochabamba
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +591 7297 1111
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from La Paz to Cochabamba
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +591 69416892
- flotacosmos1@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from La Paz to Cochabamba
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +59176400493
- Website
- flotaeldorado.com
Bus from La Paz to Cochabamba
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–25
- Schedules at
- flotaeldorado.com
- Book at
- flotaeldorado.com
- Phone
- +593 3 252 1073
- info@cooperativasanta.com
- Website
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Riobamba to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Riobamba to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
- Phone
- +593 99 354 7653
- tacaandica@gmail.com
- Website
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Riobamba to Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–13
- Schedules at
- tacaandina.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- viajabus.com
- Phone
- +51 1 311-5050
- Website
- cruzdelsur.com.pe
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Lima Javier Prado
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://www.cruzdelsur.com.pe/home-en/
- Phone
- +591 2245 8945
- Victoursbol3@hotmail.com
- Website
- vicuna-travel.com
Bus from Oltursa Lima Terminal to La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $103
- Schedules at
- ticketsbolivia.com.bo
- Book at
- ticketsbolivia.com.bo
- Phone
- +593 03 296 1964
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/TRANSPORTESCOLTA/
- Website
- https://andestransit.com/Search
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- cooploja@loja.telconet.net
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
- Phone
- +51 9 6788 4526
- servicioalcliente@lineasdelosandes.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Gran Terminal Terrestre Plaza Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–150
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/lineasdelosandesve/
- Phone
- +593 98 414 6312
- fantasytravelecuador@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Car from Quito to Quito Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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