There are 6 ways to get from Vancouver to Cuenca by plane, taxi, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Vancouver International Airport to Cuenca
best- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Cuenca (CUE)plane YVR - CUE
19h 10m$212–805Fly Vancouver International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane YVR - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Cuencataxi
17h 8m$342–995Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport, taxi
- Take the train from Vancouver to Seattletrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport (GYE)plane SEA - GYE
- Take the taxi from Guayaquil-Airport-GYE to Cuencataxi
21h 57m$397–1,097Fly Vancouver International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport, bus
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Santa Rosa Regional Airport (ETR)plane YVR - ETR
- Take the bus from Santa Rosa to Cuencabus
22h 44m$297–1,032Fly Vancouver International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport, car, bus
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane YVR - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
- Take the bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Puyobus
- Take the bus from Puyo to Cuencabus
22h 4m$254–820Fly Vancouver International Airport to Loja, bus
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Loja (LOH)plane YVR - LOH
- Take the bus from Catamayo to Cuencabus
24h 57m$340–1,219
Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Cuenca (CUE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Vancouver to Cuenca is to fly which costs $210 - $850 and takes 19h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Vancouver to Cuenca is to fly and taxi which takes 17h 8m and costs $340 - $1,000.
The distance between Vancouver and Cuenca is 7192 km.
It takes approximately 19h 10m to get from Vancouver to Cuenca, including transfers.
Cuenca is 2h ahead of Vancouver. It is currently 11:48 AM in Vancouver and 1:48 PM in Cuenca.
There are 460+ hotels available in Cuenca.
What companies run services between Vancouver, BC, Canada and Cuenca, Ecuador?
United Airlines, Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., and five other airlines fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Cuenca (CUE) 3 times a day.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cuenca via Toronto, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cuenca via Montreal, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cuenca via Atlanta, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cuenca via Houston, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cuenca via Miami, José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Houston, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 53m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Cuenca via Houston, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Houston, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Houston, San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Houston, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Santa Rosa Regional Airport via Montreal, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Loja via Houston, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Loja via Montreal, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Loja via Toronto, Mariscal Sucre International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,300
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to José Joaquín De Olmedo International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Vancouver to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +593-07 2823163
- [email protected]
- Website
- transportesazuay.com
Bus from Santa Rosa to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Schedules at
- transportesazuay.com
- Phone
- +593 99 704 9828
- [email protected]
- Website
- tourisanfrancisco.com
Bus from Terminal Terrestre Quitumbe to Puyo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- tourisanfrancisco.com
- Phone
- +593 3-274-0070
- [email protected]
Bus from Puyo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Schedules at
- transportesamazonas.com.ec
- Book at
- busplace.com
- Phone
- +593 99 7670616
- [email protected]
- Website
- flotapelileo.com.ec
Bus from Puyo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–25
- Schedules at
- flotapelileo.com.ec
- Phone
- +593 099 181 9370
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Catamayo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +59 07 257 1861
- [email protected]
- Website
- cooperativaloja.com.ec
Bus from Catamayo to Cuenca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Book at
- api.whatsapp.com
- Phone
- +593 98 414 6312
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Car from Quito Airport to Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Estimated price
- $110–140
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 0 4371 1800
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
Aeropuerto g y e taxis
- Phone
- +593 96 015 5142
- Website
- facebook.com
Auto Amigo
- Phone
- +593 99 317 1528
- Website
- facebook.com
Ivan Car
- Phone
- +593 0 4371 1800
- Website
- ivancar-ec.com
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