Which airport, and what the journey costs
Airports for Playa del Carmen
Playa del Carmen is 54 km from Cancun airport, forty to sixty minutes straight down Highway 307. It has the deepest transfer inventory of any destination on this site: fourteen one-way products, eleven of them with a published price.
The airport
Getting to Playa del Carmen
Cancun Airport (CUN)54 km by roadPlaya del Carmen- Driving
- 40–60 min
- Private transfer, per vehicle
- MX$2,200
Book a transfer to Playa del Carmen
8 bookable transfers for this route, most reviewed first
Shown in the comparison
Private Transfer Cancun Airport- Playa del Carmen
- Door to door
- Up to 9 in one vehicle
- 81 reviews
Private Transfer: Cancun Airport CUN to Playa del Carmen in SUV
- Door to door
- 9 reviews
Cancun Airport Private Transfers to Playa del Carmen 30 Miles
- Door to door
- 7 reviews
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Three currencies, one journey
Suppliers on this coast list in whatever they sell in, so the same fifty-four kilometres is quoted at 1,190 to 4,000 Mexican pesos, at 109 to 150 US dollars and at 166 euros. This site publishes each figure in the currency it was quoted in rather than converting at a rate that would be stale by the time you read it. Compare seats against price, not one headline against another.
One road, two speed models
Our two routing engines agree on the distance to within a kilometre and differ on the time by fifteen minutes. Highway 307 is a straight dual carriageway with no toll and no alternative worth taking; the gap is how fast each engine thinks it can be driven, not a different way round.
What the journey costs
From about 1,190 MXN for a small car to 4,000 MXN for a nine-seat van, checked at Viator on 11 September 2026. Across nine people the top of that range is under 450 pesos each.
Frequently asked questions
Which airport should I fly into for Playa del Carmen?
Cancun, at 54 km. Tulum has a new airport further south, which this site does not yet cover.
How much is a transfer?
From about 1,190 MXN, or 109 to 150 USD, or 166 EUR, depending on the supplier and the vehicle.
How long is the drive?
Forty to sixty minutes on Highway 307.
Related pages
Where these facts come from
Every figure on this page is checked against a named source and dated. We do not publish a number we cannot point at.
- Facts last checked
OSRM routing engine on OpenStreetMap data, opens in a new tabCalculated by us
Road distance · checked Sep 11, 2026
Valhalla routing engine on OpenStreetMap data, opens in a new tabCalculated by us
Journey time by road · checked Sep 11, 2026