There are 10 ways to get from Tulum to California by taxi, plane, bus, car, or shuttle
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Taxi to Tulum International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
best- Take the taxi from Tulum to Tulum International Airport (TQO)
- Fly from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)TQO - LAX
9h 53m$263–514Shuttle to Cancún International Airport, fly to Tijuana International Airport
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
- Fly from Cancún International Airport (CUN) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ)CUN - TIJ
10h 18m$148–470Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Take the bus from Playa del Carmen Alterna to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tepic
- Take the bus from Tepic to Los Angeles
2d 19h$274–502Drive 2,760.9 mi
- Drive from Tulum to Los Angeles2,760.9 mi
2d 3h$504–728Taxi to Tulum International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the taxi from Tulum to Tulum International Airport (TQO)
- Fly from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)TQO - SAN
8h 27m$354–1,225Taxi to Tulum International Airport, fly to Tijuana International Airport
- Take the taxi from Tulum to Tulum International Airport (TQO)
- Fly from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ)TQO - TIJ
10h 22m$248–430Shuttle to Cancún International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
- Fly from Cancún International Airport (CUN) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)CUN - LAX
10h 17m$188–464Shuttle to Cancún International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
- Fly from Cancún International Airport (CUN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)CUN - SFO
10h 28m$357–903Bus via Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Take the bus from Tulum to Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Take the bus from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Central ACN
- Take the bus from Terminal Tlaquepaque to Los Angeles Downtown
3d 12h$305–631Bus #2
- Take the bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Take the bus from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Los Angeles
3d 20h$319–523
Tulum to California by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tulum to California is to shuttle and fly which costs $140 - $470 and takes 10h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Tulum to California is to taxi and fly which takes 8h 27m and costs $350 - $1,300.
No, there is no direct bus from Tulum to California. However, there are services departing from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum and arriving at Olive / General Thaddeus Kosciuszko via Playa del Carmen Alterna, Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte, Tepic and 7th / Decatur. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Tulum and California is 2160 miles. The road distance is 2777 miles.
The best way to get from Tulum to California without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 19h and costs $270 - $500.
It takes approximately 9h 53m to get from Tulum to California, including transfers.
Tulum to California bus services, operated by ADO, depart from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum station.
Tulum to California bus services, operated by ADO, arrive at Playa del Carmen Alterna station.
California is 3h behind Tulum. It is currently 8:25 AM in Tulum and 5:25 AM in California.
Yes, the driving distance between Tulum to California is 2777 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 3h to drive from Tulum to California.
What companies run services between Tulum, Estado de Quintana Roo, Mexico and California, USA?
You can take a bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Olive / General Thaddeus Kosciuszko via Playa del Carmen Alterna, Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte, Tepic, Los Angeles, and 7th / Decatur in around 2d 19h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Tulum International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Cancún International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Tulum International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Tulum International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Cancún International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–300
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–310
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–350
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–410
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via San Luis Potosi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Aguascalientes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Leon/Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Tulum International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Cancún International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Cancún International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Tulum International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- mexicana.gob.mx
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Playa del Carmen Alterna to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–24
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–11
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Tulum to Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–160
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Tuxtla Gutiérrez
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–160
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 983 119 9526
- alianzabacalar@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–30
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- autobuseselite.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Schedules at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Book at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 5141 4300
- contacto@odm.com.mx
- Website
- odm.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Schedules at
- odm.com.mx
- Book at
- odm.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- servicios@acnautobuses.com
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Tepic to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
- Phone
- +52 998 980 0807
- contact@cancunshuttle.com
- Website
- cancunshuttle.com
Shuttle from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancún Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Schedules at
- cancunshuttle.com
- Phone
- +52 713 120 0700
- ventas@autotravel.mx
- Website
- autotravel.mx
Bus from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Central ACN
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Schedules at
- autotravel.mx
- Book at
- autotravel.mx
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Tlaquepaque to Los Angeles Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $170–324
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $170–250
- Titanium
- $190–200
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 3d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $240–370
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Estimated price
- $100–120
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