There are 10 ways to get from Washington to Matamoros by plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), train, bus, car, subway, 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.
Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport (BRO)plane DCA - BRO
6h 57m$5,143–21,809Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport
cheapest- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport (BRO)plane IAD - BRO
8h 59m$2,978–13,173Bus
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to La Grange Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from La Grange Bus Station to Houston - Telephone Rdbus
- Take the bus from Houston - Telephone Rd to Brownsville Bus Stationbus
35h 1m$5,248–7,936Train, bus via Victoria
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Downtown Houstonbus
- Take the bus from Houston Bus Station to Victoriabus
- Take the bus from Victoria to Brownsville Bus Stationbus
43h 2m$8,865–16,462Drive 2,779.6 km
- Drive from Washington to Matamoroscar 2,779.6 km
30h 56m$5,485–7,923Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport, bus
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Rio Grande Valley International Airport (HRL)plane DCA - HRL
- Take the bus from Harlingen Bus Station to Brownsvillebus
8h$4,481–17,166Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport (BRO)plane BWI - BRO
8h 59m$4,070–23,523Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Rio Grande Valley International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Rio Grande Valley International Airport (HRL)plane BWI - HRL
- Take the bus from Harlingen Bus Station to Brownsvillebus
9h 48m$3,320–22,423Bus via Memphis
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Nashville Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tornado Bus Co - Nashville to Tornado Bus Co - West Memphisbus
- Take the bus from Tornado Bus Co - West Memphis to Tornado Bus Co - Laredo, TXbus
- Take the bus from Laredo Bus Station to La Plaza at Brownsvillebus
45h 18m$5,640–11,750Train, bus
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminaltrain
- Take the train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Houstontrain
- Take the bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Brownsville Bus Stationbus
46h 51m$9,937–18,697
Washington to Matamoros by train, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Matamoros is to bus which costs $5000 - $8000 and takes 35h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Matamoros is to fly which takes 6h 57m and costs $5000 - $22000.
No, there is no direct bus from Washington station to Matamoros station. However, there are services departing from Washington Union Station and arriving at Brownsville Bus Station via Atlanta Bus Station, La Grange Bus Station and Houston - Telephone Rd. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 1m.
The distance between Washington and Matamoros is 2393 km. The road distance is 2779.6 km.
The best way to get from Washington to Matamoros without a car is to bus which takes 35h 1m and costs $5000 - $8000.
It takes approximately 6h 57m to get from Washington to Matamoros, including transfers.
Washington to Matamoros bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Washington Union Station.
The best way to get from Washington to Matamoros is to fly which takes 6h 57m and costs $5000 - $22000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $5000 - $8000 and takes 35h 1m.
Washington to Matamoros bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Atlanta Bus Station.
Matamoros is 1h behind Washington. It is currently 5:33 PM in Washington and 4:33 PM in Matamoros.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico?
United Airlines and American Airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Washington Union Station to Brownsville Bus Station via Atlanta Bus Station, La Grange Bus Station, and Houston - Telephone Rd in around 35h 1m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,000–22,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,800–17,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,900–13,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Knoxville, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,900–13,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via New Orleans, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,000–13,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Atlanta, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $2,900–13,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Pittsburgh, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–14,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,500–16,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,600–12,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,800–17,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,000–18,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,900–17,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,600–12,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,800–12,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,700–12,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,500–24,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,100–18,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,100–14,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,800–16,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,800–12,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–21,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Rio Grande Valley International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,600–15,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6,500–13,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $170–330
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $170–330
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6,500–13,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $2,000–4,100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $42–140
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $42–45
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $100–140
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $35–160
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $35–160
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–9,500
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $110–8,000
- First Class
- $1,700–9,500
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–9,500
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $110–8,000
- First Class
- $1,700–9,500
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Washington Union Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–2,800
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Downtown Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $850–1,500
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Washington Union Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–3,300
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to La Grange Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–310
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Washington Union Station to Nashville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,700–3,300
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Laredo Bus Station to La Plaza at Brownsville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from La Grange Bus Station to Houston - Telephone Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2,100–2,700
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Houston - Telephone Rd to Brownsville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–1,700
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Victoria to Brownsville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,400
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Harlingen Bus Station to Brownsville
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–900
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Harlingen Bus Station to Brownsville
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–900
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Brownsville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–1,700
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +1-800-231-2222
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com.mx
Bus from Houston Bus Station to Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $400–700
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Tornado Bus Co - Nashville to Tornado Bus Co - West Memphis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $950–2,700
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $950–2,700
Bus from Tornado Bus Co - West Memphis to Tornado Bus Co - Laredo, TX
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2,400–4,800
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $2,400–4,800
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