There are 10 ways to get from Mérida to Santa Barbara by plane, train, bus (Flixbus), car, 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 Mérida International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
best- Fly from Mérida International Airport (MID) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane MID - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
16h 4m$198–454Fly Mérida International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Mérida International Airport (MID) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane MID - SBA
15h 39m$162–653Bus
- Take the bus from Mérida Centro Histórico to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Nortebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Mexicalibus
- Take the bus from Calexico Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station Arrivalsbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Barbara Bus Stopbus
3d$378–742Drive 2,710.4 mi
- Drive from Mérida to Santa Barbaracar 2,710.4 mi
2d 2h$495–715Fly Mérida International Airport to Tijuana International Airport, train
- Fly from Mérida International Airport (MID) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ)plane MID - TIJ
- Take the train from San Diego to Santa Barbaratrain
17h 14m$164–405Train to Cancún International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Mérida Teya to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuertotrain
- Fly from Cancún International Airport (CUN) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane CUN - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
16h 4m$221–615Fly Mérida International Airport to Ontario International Airport, train
- Fly from Mérida International Airport (MID) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane MID - ONT
- Take the train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
17h 45m$251–785Fly Mérida International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from Mérida International Airport (MID) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane MID - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Santa Barbaratrain
19h 45m$275–1,040Bus, train
- Take the bus from Mérida Centro Histórico to Pueblabus
- Take the bus from Puebla to Los Angelesbus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
3d 13h$358–556Bus, train via Tonalá
- Take the bus from Mérida Centro Histórico to Tonalábus
- Take the bus from Tonalá to Tijuana Los Pinosbus
- Take the bus from Otay Mesa Transit Center to India St & C Stbus
- Take the train from San Diego to Santa Barbaratrain
3d 19h$289–517
Mérida to Santa Barbara by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mérida to Santa Barbara is to fly and train which costs $160 - $410 and takes 17h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Mérida to Santa Barbara is to fly which takes 15h 39m and costs $160 - $700.
No, there is no direct bus from Mérida to Santa Barbara. However, there are services departing from Mérida Centro Histórico and arriving at Santa Barbara Bus Stop via Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte, Central de Autobuses de Mexicali, Calexico Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 0h.
The distance between Mérida and Santa Barbara is 2115 miles. The road distance is 2726.2 miles.
The best way to get from Mérida to Santa Barbara without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 0h and costs $370 - $750.
It takes approximately 16h 4m to get from Mérida to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Mérida to Santa Barbara bus services, operated by ADO, depart from Mérida Centro Histórico station.
The best way to get from Mérida to Santa Barbara is to bus which takes 3 days 0h and costs $370 - $750. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $160 - $700 and takes 15h 39m.
Mérida to Santa Barbara bus services, operated by ADO, arrive at Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte station.
Santa Barbara is 1h behind Mérida. It is currently 11:47 AM in Mérida and 10:47 AM in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between Mérida, Mexico and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Mérida Centro Histórico to Santa Barbara Bus Stop via Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte, Mexicali, Central de Autobuses de Mexicali, C. José Azueta y Blvr. López Mateos, Calexico Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station Arrivals, and Los Angeles Union Station in around 3d. Alternatively, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Mérida International Airport (MID) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) once daily.
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–380
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–380
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Tijuana International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–220
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Leon/Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–350
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–1,000
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Monterrey, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Monterrey, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Mérida International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Monterrey, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Mérida International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–240
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–240
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–240
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–180
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–310
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Houston, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Leon/Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–350
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–700
- Website
- mexicana.gob.mx
Flights from Mérida International Airport to Tijuana International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Cancún International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Diego to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Diego to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +52 559 771 1000
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
Train from Estación Tren Maya Mérida Teya to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–200
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
- Special Tourist (INAPAM)
- $22–50
- Local Tourist
- $27–65
- National Tourist
- $40–95
- International Tourist
- $55–130
- National Premier
- $65–150
- International Premier
- $85–200
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- Metrolink Trains
Train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- Metrolink Trains
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- [email protected]
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Mérida Centro Histórico to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Mérida Centro Histórico to Puebla
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 5141 4300
- [email protected]
- Website
- odm.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Mexicali
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $190–440
- Schedules at
- odm.com.mx
- Book at
- odm.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Calexico Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Barbara Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Puebla to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $200–290
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- [email protected]
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Mérida Centro Histórico to Tonalá
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 713 120 0700
- [email protected]
- Website
- autotravel.mx
Bus from Tonalá to Tijuana Los Pinos
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 18h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Schedules at
- autotravel.mx
- Book at
- autotravel.mx
- Phone
- +1 619-557-4555
- Website
- MTS
Bus from Otay Mesa Transit Center to India St & C St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- MTS
- Schedules at
- MTS Schedules
- One Way - Adult/Youth
- $2–5
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