Great1 stop · 12h
MEX to MADSpain
Madrid
$552
usually $885
−38%
Most monthly lows $729–$1,054. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · MEX → CUN
Mexico City to Cancún
Best fare, round trip
$100
−26%
below its usual $135
you keep $35
GoodFound
- Depart
- Wed 20 Jan
- Return
- Sun 24 Jan
- Stay
- 4 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2.5h
- Airline
Volaris
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $131 and $139. The drop beats 69% of measured fares on the board, over 8 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
MexicoCancúnCaribbean blue, Mayan ruins, cenotes — the highest deal-frequency beach route in the Americas.Best windowDec–AprAirportsCancún (CUN)Every route into CancúnFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $100 and peak in October near $147, 47% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Volaris nonstop and takes about 2.5 hours outbound, on a 4-night trip. At $100 for 1,294 km each way, that works out to about $39 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. The best time to be in Cancún: Dec–Apr.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 20 Jan '27, $100
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 44% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $117 then versus $168 now, across 20 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $98, on 19 Sep.
October 2026
15161718Monday 19 October: $198, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $221, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.21Thursday 22 October: $218, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425Monday 26 October: $212, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $166, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $147, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 29 October: $248, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $197, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $191, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $169, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $215, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $150, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.789Tuesday 10 November: $135, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1112Friday 13 November: $305, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $168, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 15 November: $146, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 16 November: $158, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1718Thursday 19 November: $144, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $152, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2122Monday 23 November: $157, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Wednesday 25 November: $124, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $125, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.272829Monday 30 November: $137, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
12345678Wednesday 9 December: $139, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 10 December: $139, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1112Sunday 13 December: $126, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 14 December: $124, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.151617Friday 18 December: $207, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 19 December: $222, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $216, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $225, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $236, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $224, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $156, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Saturday 26 December: $308, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Monday 28 December: $246, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $316, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 128 tracked fares
Cheapest in Jan, around $100
26% below the $135 typical fare
$147Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$124Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$124Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$100Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$105Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$136Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$142Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$131Jun, around the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Mexico City to Cancún, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Benito Juárez (MEX) · Felipe Ángeles (NLU) ↔ Cancún (CUN)
- Flight time
- ≈2.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,294 km each way
- Typical price
- $135 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Volaris
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
MEX → CUN, answered.
Is $100 a good price for Mexico City to Cancún?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $135 round-trip. At $100 you're 26% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Mexico City to Cancún?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Cancún are Dec–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book MEX → Cancún?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 8 months of cached fares, Jan comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Mexico City to Cancún?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Volaris). The outbound leg runs around 2.5 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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