There are 7 ways to get from Santander to Culiacán by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Santander Airport to Culiacán International Airport
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Culiacán International Airport (CUL)SDR - CUL
20h 6m$9,143–35,163Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Culiacán International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Culiacán International Airport (CUL)BIO - CUL
21h 33m$5,778–22,604Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Culiacán International Airport
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Culiacán International Airport (CUL)MAD - CUL
22h 8m$12,943–31,864Bus, bus to Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport, fly to Culiacán International Airport
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the bus from Bilbao Bolueta to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Fly from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport (VIT) to Culiacán International Airport (CUL)VIT - CUL
34h 28m$9,395–35,921Bus, bus to Asturias Airport, fly to Culiacán International Airport
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Oviedo
- Take the bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]
- Fly from Asturias Airport (OVD) to Culiacán International Airport (CUL)OVD - CUL
23h 23m$7,468–29,099Bus to San Sebastián Airport, fly to Culiacán International Airport
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Fly from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) to Culiacán International Airport (CUL)EAS - CUL
23h 44m$11,417–55,886Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to General Rafael Buelna International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to General Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)MAD - MZT
- Take the bus from Mazatlan H. Familiares to Culiacán
24h 53m$9,138–30,559
Santander Airport (SDR) to Culiacán International Airport (CUL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Culiacán is to bus and fly which costs $5500 - $23000 and takes 21h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Culiacán is to fly which takes 20h 6m and costs $9000 - $36000.
The distance between Santander and Culiacán is 9179 km.
It takes approximately 20h 6m to get from Santander to Culiacán, including transfers.
Culiacán is 8h behind Santander. It is currently 5:41 PM in Santander and 9:41 AM in Culiacán.
There are 86+ hotels available in Culiacán.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Culiacán, Mexico?
Iberia, Aeroméxico, and Viva Aerobus fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Culiacán International Airport (CUL) 6 times a week.
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–55,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,500–32,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Barcelona, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–31,000
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9,000–55,000
Flights from Asturias Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–42,000
Flights from Asturias Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Barcelona, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–39,000
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $11,000–55,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to General Rafael Buelna International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–41,000
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $9,000–35,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–21,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 51m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–32,000
Flights from Asturias Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–28,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to General Rafael Buelna International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–27,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–32,000
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 56m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9,000–35,000
Flights from Vitoria-Gasteiz Airport to Culiacán International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 18m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–49,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to General Rafael Buelna International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–39,000
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to General Rafael Buelna International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $9,000–41,000
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $800–1,800
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $170–470
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $340–800
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander E.A. to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $360–550
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Santander E.A. to Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $370–550
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Bilbao Bolueta to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–320
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- servicios@acnautobuses.com
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Mazatlan H. Familiares to Culiacán
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $950–1,400
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
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