There are 8 ways to get from San Diego to Manzanillo by plane, bus, car, or train
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Fly Tijuana International Airport to Licenciado Miguel De La Madrid Airport, bus
best- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Licenciado Miguel De La Madrid Airport (CLQ)plane TIJ - CLQ
- Take the bus from Colima to Manzanillobus
8h 57m$2,885–6,953Fly Tijuana International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR)plane TIJ - PVR
- Take the bus from Puerto Vallarta to Manzanillobus
11h 40m$1,666–4,768Bus
- Take the bus from Tijuana to Terminal Portalesbus
- Take the bus from Nueva Central Camionera de Guadalajara Mod 1 1/2 to Manzanillobus
37h 19m$2,851–3,213Drive 2,451.1 km
- Drive from San Diego to Manzanillocar 2,451.1 km
29h 41m$4,733–6,837Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Playa De Oro International Airport
- Take the train from San Diego to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Playa De Oro International Airport (ZLO)plane LAX - ZLO
9h 54m$5,433–19,478Fly Tijuana International Airport to Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport, bus
- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport (GDL)plane TIJ - GDL
- Take the bus from Tren Ligero to Manzanillobus
11h 25m$2,036–4,914Bus via Parada en Av. Azul Marino
- Take the bus from Tijuana to Nueva Central Camionera de Guadalajara Mod 7bus
- Take the bus from Nueva Central Camionera de Guadalajara Mod 1 to Manzanillobus
42h 39m$3,551–6,863Bus via Parada en Av. Azul Marino #2
- Take the bus from Tijuana to Nueva Central Camionera de Guadalajara Mod 6bus
- Take the bus from Nueva Central Camionera de Guadalajara Mod 1 to Manzanillobus
44h 43m$3,551–7,863
Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Licenciado Miguel De La Madrid Airport (CLQ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Diego to Manzanillo is to fly and bus which costs $1600 - $4800 and takes 11h 40m.
The fastest way to get from San Diego to Manzanillo is to fly and bus which takes 8h 57m and costs $2800 - $7000.
No, there is no direct bus from San Diego to Manzanillo. However, there are services departing from San Ysidro and arriving at Parada en Av. Elias Zamora Verduzco via Tijuana, Nueva Central Camionera de Guadalajara Mod 1 1/2 and Parada en Obras Maritimas 42. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 19m.
The distance between San Diego and Manzanillo is 2150 km. The road distance is 2451.1 km.
The best way to get from San Diego to Manzanillo without a car is to bus which takes 37h 19m and costs $2800 - $3300.
It takes approximately 8h 57m to get from San Diego to Manzanillo, including transfers.
San Diego to Manzanillo bus services, operated by GTB Autobuses Norte de Sinaloa, depart from Tijuana station.
San Diego to Manzanillo bus services, operated by GTB Autobuses Norte de Sinaloa, arrive at Terminal Portales station.
Manzanillo is 1h ahead of San Diego. It is currently 5:57 PM in San Diego and 6:57 PM in Manzanillo.
Yes, the driving distance between San Diego to Manzanillo is 2451 km. It takes approximately 29h 41m to drive from San Diego to Manzanillo.
What companies run services between San Diego, CA, USA and Manzanillo, Mexico?
You can take a vehicle from Fifth Avenue Station to Parada en Av. Elias Zamora Verduzco via San Ysidro Station, San Ysidro, Tijuana, Terminal Portales, Nueva Central Camionera de Guadalajara Mod 1 1/2, Manzanillo, and Parada en Obras Maritimas 42 in around 37h 19m.
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Licenciado Miguel De La Madrid Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–6,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,200
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport via Hermosillo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,200
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport via Culiacan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,200
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport via La Paz
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,200
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,400
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,400
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Morelia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,400
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Aguascalientes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,400
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,300
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Playa De Oro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9,500–38,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Playa De Oro International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,900–17,000
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Licenciado Miguel De La Madrid Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,800–16,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Playa De Oro International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,900–20,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Playa De Oro International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9,500–38,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Diego to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 800 622 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- autovias.com.mx
Bus from Colima to Manzanillo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $200–410
- Website
- https://www.autovias.com.mx/english/
Bus from Tren Ligero to Manzanillo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $550–1,200
- Website
- https://www.autovias.com.mx/english/
- Website
- gtbautobuses.com.mx
Bus from Tijuana to Terminal Portales
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2,400
- Schedules at
- gtbautobuses.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 33 3600 0598
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Nueva Central Camionera de Guadalajara Mod 1 1/2 to Manzanillo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $400–550
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Puerto Vallarta to Manzanillo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $380–550
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- [email protected]
- Website
- autobuseselite.com.mx
Bus from Tijuana to Nueva Central Camionera de Guadalajara Mod 7
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2,800–5,500
- Schedules at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Book at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 477 710 0060
- Website
- primeraplus.com.mx
Bus from Nueva Central Camionera de Guadalajara Mod 1 to Manzanillo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $700–1,100
- Schedules at
- primeraplus.com.mx
- Book at
- primeraplus.com.mx
Bus from Nueva Central Camionera de Guadalajara Mod 1 to Manzanillo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $700–1,100
- Schedules at
- primeraplus.com.mx
- Book at
- primeraplus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 5141 4300
- [email protected]
- Website
- odm.com.mx
Bus from Tijuana to Nueva Central Camionera de Guadalajara Mod 6
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2,800–6,500
- Schedules at
- odm.com.mx
- Book at
- odm.com.mx
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