There are 5 ways to get from Istanbul to Cancún by plane, ferry, shuttle, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Istanbul Airport to Cancún International Airport
best- Fly from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane IST - CUN
20h 20m$11,067–25,152Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cancún International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane SAW - CUN
21h 5m$5,568–20,159Fly Istanbul Airport to Cozumel International Airport, ferry, shuttle
- Fly from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Cozumel International Airport (CZM)plane IST - CZM
- Take the ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmenferry
- Take a shuttle bus from Playa del Carmen to Cancún
25h 16m$10,777–38,342Fly Istanbul Airport to Tulum International Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)plane IST - TQO
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuertotrain
35h 7m$9,172–30,332Bus, shuttle to Varna Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Burgasbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Burgas to Varna Airport
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane VAR - CUN
39h 48m$10,750–27,135
Istanbul Airport (IST) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Cancún is to fly which costs $5500 - $21000 and takes 21h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Istanbul to Cancún is to fly which takes 20h 20m and costs $11000 - $26000.
The distance between Istanbul and Cancún is 10481 km.
It takes approximately 20h 20m to get from Istanbul to Cancún, including transfers.
Cancún is 8h behind Istanbul. It is currently 11:29 PM in Istanbul and 3:29 PM in Cancún.
There are 1602+ hotels available in Cancún.
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Cancún, Mexico?
Turkish Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and three other airlines fly from Istanbul Airport (IST) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) every 4 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cancún International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–23,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cancún International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–23,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $9,500–32,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Tulum International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9,000–30,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–33,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Tulum International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–28,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Tulum International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–28,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cancún International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–24,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cancún International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–23,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Tulum International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–29,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 34m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–24,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $11,000–37,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–28,000
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cancún International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 34m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–24,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $11,000–37,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–28,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cancún International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,000–23,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cancún International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 33m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,000–23,000
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–30,000
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Tulum International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–28,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Tulum International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–28,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Cancún International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–23,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to Cozumel International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $11,000–37,000
- Website
- aircaraibes.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $11,000–25,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–20,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–24,000
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Cancún International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $12,000–17,000
- Phone
- +52 559 771 1000
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
Train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
- Special Tourist (INAPAM)
- $240–300
- Local Tourist
- $310–370
- National Tourist
- $460–550
- International Tourist
- $600–750
- National Premier
- $700–900
- International Premier
- $950–1,200
- Phone
- +52 984 188 6604
- Website
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Playa del Carmen to Cancún
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $1,000–5,500
- Schedules at
- taxisplayadelcarmen.com
- To Airport
- $3,600–5,500
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- [email protected]
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Istanbul to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $616
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- [email protected]
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
Shuttle from Burgas to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $1,600–3,400
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
- Phone
- +52 998 460 3084
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ultramar Ferry
Ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $99–376
- Website
- Ultramar Ferry
- Premium Plus
- $290–320
- Premium Plus Adult
- $316
- Premium Plus Children
- $237
- Residentes Q.Roo
- $188
- INAPAM
- $99
- First Class Adult
- $376
- First Class Children
- $376
- Phone
- +52 987 872 1508
- [email protected]
- Website
- winjet.mx
Ferry from Cozumel to Playa del Carmen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $109–341
- Schedules at
- winjet.mx
- Book at
- winjet.mx
- General
- $341
- Handicapped
- $109
- Minor
- $262
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