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Route · Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America

YYZ Toronto ⇄ CUN Cancún

Toronto Pearson International Airport (Canada) and Cancún International Airport (Mexico): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,605 km1,618 mi1,406 nautical miles
YYZ → CUN4 h 05 minestimated block time
CUN → YYZ3 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hCancún vs Toronto, today
Great-circle route from Toronto (YYZ) to Cancún (CUN)YYZTorontoCUNCancún
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

YYZ → CUN

4 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 197° (SSW).

Leave Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Cancún Sat 7 Nov, 14:05 local.

CUN → YYZ

3 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 13° (NNE).

Leave Cancún Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 13:55 local.

The two directions differ by 8 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance2,605 km · 1,618 mi · 1,406 nmi
Initial heading197° (SSW) from YYZ; 13° (NNE) from CUN
Farthest from the equator43.7°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip13% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

YYZAmerica/Toronto — 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 Toronto 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 YYZ → 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

YYZ Toronto Pearson International AirportToronto, Canada · longest runway 11,120 ft3,389 m CUN Cancún International AirportCancún, Mexico · longest runway 11,483 ft3,500 m

More routes from YYZ and CUN

YULYYZ Montreal – Toronto 507 km315 mi · 1 h 40 min YYZMCO Toronto – Orlando 1,702 km1,058 mi · 3 h YYZPUJ Toronto – Punta Cana 2,984 km1,854 mi · 4 h 20 min YYZDUB Toronto – Dublin 5,261 km3,269 mi · 6 h 35 min YYZCDG Toronto – Paris 6,020 km3,741 mi · 7 h 20 min YYZHKG Toronto – Hong Kong 12,548 km7,797 mi · 15 h 35 min MIACUN Miami – Cancún 855 km531 mi · 2 h 05 min IAHCUN Houston – Cancún 1,307 km812 mi · 2 h 30 min ORDCUN Chicago – Cancún 2,330 km1,448 mi · 3 h 40 min 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

JFKDEN New York – Denver 2,610 km1,622 mi · 4 h 20 min LGWJTR London – Santorini 2,610 km1,622 mi · 3 h 50 min GRUSCL São Paulo – Santiago 2,615 km1,625 mi · 4 h 15 min PERDPS Perth – Bali (Denpasar) 2,580 km1,603 mi · 4 h

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).