There are 8 ways to get from Tulum to Chicago by taxi, plane, bus, car, shuttle, ferry, train, or bus (Greyhound)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Taxi to Tulum International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Take the taxi from Tulum to Tulum International Airport (TQO)taxi
- Fly from Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane TQO - ORD
7h 30m$268–880Shuttle to Cancún International Airport, fly to Chicago Midway 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 Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane CUN - MDW
8h 1m$169–745Bus via Mesquite
- Take the bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Coatzacoalcosbus
- Take the bus from Coatzacoalcos to Reynosabus
- Take the bus from Reynosa to Tornado Bus Co - Dallas I-30bus
- Take the bus from Tornado Bus Co - Dallas I-30 to Chicagobus
2d 20h$440–675Drive 2,739.3 mi
- Drive from Tulum to Chicagocar 2,739.3 mi
2d 4h$500–723Shuttle to Cancún International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare 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 Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane CUN - ORD
8h 32m$189–645Bus, ferry to Cozumel International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alternabus
- Take the ferry from Playa del Carmen to Cozumelferry
- Fly from Cozumel International Airport (CZM) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane CZM - ORD
9h 47m$188–883Bus, train
- Take the bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alternabus
- Take the bus from Playa del Carmen Alterna to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Nortebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to San Marcosbus
- Take the train from San Marcos Amtrak to Chicago Union Stationtrain
3d 8h$626–1,324Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alternabus
- Take the bus from Playa del Carmen Alterna to Puebla Capubus
- Take the bus from Puebla CAPU to Saltillobus
- Take the bus from Saltillo to Omahabus
- Take the bus from Omaha, NE to Chicago Bus Stationbus
3d 10h$559–883
Tulum International Airport (TQO) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tulum to Chicago is to shuttle and fly which costs $180 - $650 and takes 8h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Tulum to Chicago is to taxi and fly which takes 7h 30m and costs $260 - $900.
No, there is no direct bus from Tulum to Chicago. However, there are services departing from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum and arriving at Dearborn & Harrison via Coatzacoalcos, Reynosa, Tornado Bus Co - Dallas I-30, California & 35th Street and 35th/Archer Orange Line Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 20h.
The distance between Tulum and Chicago is 1559 miles. The road distance is 2755.3 miles.
The best way to get from Tulum to Chicago without a car is to bus via Mesquite which takes 2 days 20h and costs $440 - $700.
It takes approximately 7h 30m to get from Tulum to Chicago, including transfers.
Tulum to Chicago bus services, operated by Turismo y Excursiones Alianza, depart from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum station.
Tulum to Chicago bus services, operated by Turismo y Excursiones Alianza, arrive at Coatzacoalcos station.
Yes, the driving distance between Tulum to Chicago is 2755 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 4h to drive from Tulum to Chicago.
There are 2010+ hotels available in Chicago.
What companies run services between Tulum, Estado de Quintana Roo, Mexico and Chicago, IL, USA?
You can take a bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Dearborn & Harrison via Coatzacoalcos, Reynosa, Tornado Bus Co - Dallas I-30, California & 35th Street, and 35th/Archer Orange Line Station in around 2d 20h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–480
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Tulum International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Cozumel International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Marcos Amtrak to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $350–800
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +52 984 128 4243
- alianzacancunpaseodelmar@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Coatzacoalcos
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Coatzacoalcos to Reynosa
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–200
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- 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
- $130–260
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Playa del Carmen Alterna to Puebla Capu
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 81 2152 6736
- info@conexionestornado.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Reynosa to Tornado Bus Co - Dallas I-30
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $123
- Website
- https://tornadobus.com/en/home/
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Tornado Bus Co - Dallas I-30 to Chicago
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–290
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $140–290
- 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
- +52 997 976 0191
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 555 784 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Terminal de Autobuses ADO Tulum to Playa del Carmen Alterna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–7
- Schedules at
- ahorrobus.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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–35
- 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
- $8–16
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 983 119 9526
- turismoalianzabacalar@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
- $31–35
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1 800 923 1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to San Marcos
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +52 800 800 0386
- atn_clientes@etn.com.mx
- Website
- etn.com.mx
Bus from Puebla CAPU to Saltillo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- https://etn.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +52 449 913 0502
- tours.lopez@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Saltillo to Omaha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $240–290
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Omaha, NE to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +52 998 460 3084
- servicioalcliente@ultramarferry.com
- Website
- ultramarferry.com
Ferry from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–22
- Website
- https://www.ultramarferry.com/en
- Premium Plus Adult
- $19
- Premium Plus Children
- $14
- Residentes Q.Roo
- $11
- INAPAM
- $6
- First Class Adult
- $22
- First Class Children
- $22
- Phone
- +52 987 872 1588
- info@winjet.mx
- Website
- winjet.mx
Ferry from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–17
- Schedules at
- winjet.mx
- General
- $17
- INAPAM
- $6
- Handicapped
- $6
- Minor
- $12
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
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