There are 9 ways to get from Salt Lake City to Mexicali by plane, bus, car, or bus (Greyhound)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to San Diego International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane SLC - SAN
- Take the bus from Tijuana to Mexicalibus
8h 3m$2,696–6,581Fly to Palm Springs International Airport, line 10 bus, bus
cheapest- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP)plane SLC - PSP
- Take the bus from Varner at Harry Oliver to Indio Blvd at Transportation Cenbus
- Take the bus from Indio Bus Station to Calexico Bus Stationbus
10h 50m$1,339–6,569Bus
- Take the bus from 6271 S Dixie Dr - Salt Lake City to Las Vegasbus
- Take the bus from Las Vegas to San Ysidro, CAbus
- Take the bus from Tijuana to Mexicalibus
20h 40m$3,452–4,753Drive 1,169.8 km
- Drive from Salt Lake City to Mexicalicar 1,169.8 km
12h 45m$2,443–3,529Fly to Yuma International Airport, bus
- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Yuma International Airport (YUM)plane SLC - YUM
- Take the bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Mexicalibus
9h 10m$1,377–8,086Fly to Imperial County Airport
- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Imperial County Airport (IPL)plane SLC - IPL
5h 37m$1,911–10,156Fly to Phoenix, bus
- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Phoenix (PHX)plane SLC - PHX
- Take the bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Calexico Bus Stationbus
9h 33m$2,511–4,971Fly to Ontario International Airport, bus
- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane SLC - ONT
- Take the bus from Fontana Metrolink Transit Center to Indio Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Indio Bus Station to Calexico Bus Stationbus
10h 43m$2,158–8,168Bus via Cedar City
- Take the bus from Salt Lake City Airport to Cedar City - Sunocobus
- Take the bus from Cedar City to Las Vegas Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Las Vegas Bus Terminal to San Ysidro Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Tijuana to Mexicalibus
23h 3m$3,006–5,156
Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Salt Lake City to Mexicali is to drive which costs $2400 - $3600 and takes 12h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Salt Lake City to Mexicali is to fly which takes 5h 37m and costs $1900 - $11000.
No, there is no direct bus from Salt Lake City station to Mexicali. However, there are services departing from West Valley Central Station and arriving at Mexicali via 6271 S Dixie Dr - Salt Lake City, Las Vegas and Tijuana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 40m.
The distance between Salt Lake City and Mexicali is 1231 km. The road distance is 1169.8 km.
The best way to get from Salt Lake City to Mexicali without a car is to bus which takes 20h 40m and costs $3400 - $4800.
It takes approximately 8h 3m to get from Salt Lake City to Mexicali, including transfers.
Salt Lake City to Mexicali bus services, operated by Tufesa, depart from 6271 S Dixie Dr - Salt Lake City station.
The best way to get from Salt Lake City to Mexicali is to bus which takes 20h 40m and costs $3400 - $4800. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $1900 - $11000 and takes 5h 37m.
Salt Lake City to Mexicali bus services, operated by Tufesa, arrive at Las Vegas station.
Mexicali is 1h behind Salt Lake City. It is currently 19:53 in Salt Lake City and 18:53 in Mexicali.
What companies run services between Salt Lake City, UT, USA and Mexicali, Mexico?
You can take a vehicle from Courthouse Station to Mexicali via West Valley Central Station, West Valley Central Station, Dixie Dr / Tuscaloosa Way, 6271 S Dixie Dr - Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, San Ysidro, CA, and Tijuana in around 20h 40m. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Advanced Air, LLC, and two other airlines fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Imperial County Airport (IPL) once daily.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–6,500
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–7,500
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–7,500
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–7,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–7,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–6,500
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Yuma International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Yuma International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,600–12,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–7,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Ontario International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,500–6,500
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Yuma International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,000
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,700–3,700
- Website
- iflysouthern.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Imperial County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–11,000
- Website
- advancedaircharters.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Imperial County Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–10,000
- Phone
- +52 664 104 7400
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- abc.com.mx
Bus from Tijuana to Mexicali
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $360–650
- Schedules at
- abc.com.mx
- Book at
- abc.com.mx
Bus from Tijuana to Mexicali
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $360–650
- Schedules at
- abc.com.mx
- Book at
- abc.com.mx
Bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Mexicali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $140–330
- Schedules at
- abc.com.mx
- Book at
- abc.com.mx
Bus from Tijuana to Mexicali
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $360–650
- Schedules at
- abc.com.mx
- Book at
- abc.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- Tufesa
Bus from 6271 S Dixie Dr - Salt Lake City to Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,500–2,000
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $1,500–2,000
Bus from Las Vegas to San Ysidro, CA
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1,500–2,000
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $1,500–2,000
- Phone
- +52 55 5141 4300
- contacto@odm.com.mx
- Website
- odm.com.mx
Bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Mexicali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $390–550
- Schedules at
- odm.com.mx
- Book at
- odm.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- autobuseselite.com.mx
Bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Mexicali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $290–440
- Schedules at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Book at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Mexicali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–340
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $95–340
- Titanium
- $100–330
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- chihuahuenses.com.mx
Bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Mexicali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $250–370
- Schedules at
- chihuahuenses.com.mx
- Book at
- chihuahuenses.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- servicios@acnautobuses.com
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from San Luis Río Colorado to Mexicali
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–950
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Calexico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,200
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Indio Bus Station to Calexico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $290–460
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Indio Bus Station to Calexico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $290–460
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Cedar City to Las Vegas Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–850
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Las Vegas Bus Terminal to San Ysidro Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,900
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Calexico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $650–1,000
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Indio Bus Station to Calexico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $260–400
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Indio Bus Station to Calexico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $260–400
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 760-343-3451
- Website
- Sunline Transit
Bus from Varner at Harry Oliver to Indio Blvd at Transportation Cen
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Schedules at
- Sunline Transit
- Seniors 60+, Disabled, Medicare
- $10
- Youth 5-17
- $16
- Adults 18-59
- $19
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- Omnibus Express
Bus from Fontana Metrolink Transit Center to Indio Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $800–1,100
- Schedules at
- Omnibus Express
- Phone
- +1 208-656-8824
- info@saltlakeexpress.com
- Website
- Salt Lake Express
Bus from Salt Lake City Airport to Cedar City - Sunoco
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $900–1,700
- Website
- Salt Lake Express
Want to know more about travelling around Mexico
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the US: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guideNeed to know: Greyhound
Read the travel guideBooking & Getting There
Yes, the driving distance between Salt Lake City to Mexicali is 1170 km. It takes approximately 12h 45m to drive from Salt Lake City to Mexicali.
There are 93+ hotels available in Mexicali.