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MIA Miami ⇄ CUN Cancún

Miami International Airport (United States) and Cancún International Airport (Mexico): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance855 km531 mi461 nautical miles
MIA → CUN2 h 05 minestimated block time
CUN → MIA2 hestimated block time
Clock change−1 hCancún vs Miami, today
Great-circle route from Miami (MIA) to Cancún (CUN)MIAMiamiCUNCancún
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

MIA → CUN

2 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 233° (SW).

Leave Miami Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Cancún Sat 7 Nov, 12:05 local.

CUN → MIA

2 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 51° (NE).

Leave Cancún Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Miami Sat 7 Nov, 12:00 local.

The two directions differ by 6 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance855 km · 531 mi · 461 nmi
Initial heading233° (SW) from MIA; 51° (NE) from CUN
Farthest from the equator25.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip4% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MIAAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
CUNAmerica/Cancun — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceCancún is 1 hour behind Miami today; ±0 h in January and −1 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying MIA → CUN. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

MIA Miami International AirportMiami, United States · longest runway 13,016 ft3,967 m CUN Cancún International AirportCancún, Mexico · longest runway 11,483 ft3,500 m

More routes from MIA and CUN

ATLMIA Atlanta – Miami 959 km596 mi · 2 h 05 min LGAMIA New York – Miami 1,768 km1,099 mi · 3 h 10 min ORDMIA Chicago – Miami 1,930 km1,199 mi · 3 h 10 min MIALIM Miami – Lima 4,219 km2,622 mi · 5 h 50 min MIAMAD Miami – Madrid 7,106 km4,415 mi · 8 h 25 min MIACDG Miami – Paris 7,372 km4,580 mi · 8 h 45 min MEXCUN Mexico City – Cancún 1,285 km798 mi · 2 h 25 min ATLCUN Atlanta – Cancún 1,421 km883 mi · 2 h 40 min JFKCUN New York – Cancún 2,506 km1,557 mi · 4 h YULCUN Montreal – Cancún 2,969 km1,845 mi · 4 h 35 min MADCUN Madrid – Cancún 7,960 km4,946 mi · 11 h FRACUN Frankfurt – Cancún 8,605 km5,347 mi · 11 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

BSBGRU Brasília – São Paulo 854 km531 mi · 2 h JEDRUH Jeddah – Riyadh 852 km529 mi · 2 h CDGBCN Paris – Barcelona 858 km533 mi · 2 h ICNKIX Seoul – Osaka 860 km535 mi · 1 h 55 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).