There are 6 ways to get from Riobamba to Santiago by car, plane, 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.
Drive to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, fly
best- Drive from Riobamba to Guayaquil-Airport-GYEcar
- Fly from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)plane GYE - SCL
8h 41m$234–622Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquilbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Lima Javier Pradobus
- Take the bus from Lima Javier Prado to Terminal Sur de Santiagobus
3d 17h$148–293Drive 4,836.8 km
- Drive from Riobamba to Santiagocar 4,836.8 km
2d 15h$597–862Bus to Cuenca, fly
- Take the bus from Riobamba to Cuencabus
- Fly from Cuenca (CUE) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)plane CUE - SCL
13h 21m$250–617Bus, car to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbebus
- Drive from Quito to Quito Airportcar
- Fly from Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)plane UIO - SCL
11h 47m$262–457Bus via Tumbes
- Take the bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquilbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Tumbesbus
- Take the bus from Tumbes to Lima Javier Pradobus
- Take the bus from Lima Javier Prado to Terminal Sur de Santiagobus
3d 18h$179–293
José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE) to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Riobamba to Santiago is to bus via Tumbes which costs $170 - $300 and takes 3 days 18h.
The fastest way to get from Riobamba to Santiago is to drive and fly which takes 8h 41m and costs $230 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Riobamba to Santiago. However, there are services departing from Riobamba and arriving at Terminal Sur de Santiago via Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil and Lima Javier Prado. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 17h.
The distance between Riobamba and Santiago is 3841 km. The road distance is 4836.8 km.
The best way to get from Riobamba to Santiago without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 17h and costs $140 - $300.
It takes approximately 8h 41m to get from Riobamba to Santiago, including transfers.
Riobamba to Santiago bus services, operated by Cooperativa de Transportes Patria, depart from Riobamba station.
Riobamba to Santiago bus services, operated by Cooperativa de Transportes Patria, arrive at Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil station.
Santiago is 2h ahead of Riobamba. It is currently 8:53 AM in Riobamba and 10:53 AM in Santiago.
Yes, the driving distance between Riobamba to Santiago is 4837 km. It takes approximately 2 days 15h to drive from Riobamba to Santiago.
What companies run services between Riobamba, Ecuador and Santiago, Chile?
You can take a bus from Riobamba to Terminal Sur de Santiago via Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil and Lima Javier Prado in around 3d 17h.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–600
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–600
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $220–600
Flights from Cuenca to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $240–600
Flights from Cuenca to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–600
Flights from Cuenca to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Saturday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $240–600
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $280–490
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–490
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–490
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–490
- Website
- jetsmart.com
Flights from Mariscal Sucre International Airport to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport via Lima
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–340
- Phone
- +593 095 887 1622
- Website
- cooperativapatria.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–24
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–18
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–24
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +593 98 809 8584
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- viajabus.com
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Book at
- viajabus.com
- Phone
- +51 1 311-5050
- Website
- Cruz Del Sur International
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Lima Javier Prado
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $45–100
- Website
- Cruz Del Sur International
Bus from Lima Javier Prado to Terminal Sur de Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- Cruz Del Sur International
Bus from Lima Javier Prado to Terminal Sur de Santiago
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- Cruz Del Sur International
- Phone
- +593 3 252 1073
- [email protected]
- Website
- cooperativasanta.ec
Bus from Riobamba to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- cooperativasanta.ec
- Phone
- +593 3-274-0070
- [email protected]
Bus from Riobamba to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
- Phone
- +593 03 296 1964
- Website
- Cooperativa de Transporte Colta
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Cooperativa de Transporte Colta
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- [email protected]
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Riobamba to Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
- Phone
- +51 511 418 1111
- [email protected]
- Website
- CIVA
Bus from Terminal Terrestre de Guayaquil to Tumbes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- CIVA
- Phone
- +51 1 311 5050
- Website
- Cruz del Sur
Bus from Tumbes to Lima Javier Prado
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $46–50
- Website
- Cruz del Sur
- Phone
- +593 98 414 6312
- [email protected]
- Website
- Fantasy Travel Ecuador
Car from Quito to Quito Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- Fantasy Travel Ecuador
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