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$82 Find Cheap Flights from Houston to Cancún

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Cheap Flight Deals from Houston to Cancún

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Houston to Cancún that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Houston to Cancún

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Houston to Cancún.
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9:02 am - 11:14 amIAH-CUN
2h 12mnonstop
9:19 am - 11:48 amCUN-IAH
2h 29mnonstop
$191Spirit Airlines
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Mon, May 5 - Sat, May 10
9:02 am - 11:14 amIAH-CUN
2h 12mnonstop
12:20 pm - 2:50 pmCUN-IAH
2h 30mnonstop
$194Spirit Airlines
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Sat, Apr 12 - Sat, Apr 19
9:03 pm - 9:24 amIAH-CUN
12h 21m1 stop
9:19 am - 11:48 amCUN-IAH
2h 29mnonstop
$199Spirit Airlines
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Mon, May 5 - Sat, May 10
11:38 am - 2:10 pmIAH-CUN
2h 32mnonstop
11:20 am - 2:08 pmCUN-IAH
2h 48mnonstop
$261Frontier
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Wed, Jun 11 - Tue, Jun 17
11:38 am - 2:10 pmIAH-CUN
2h 32mnonstop
11:20 am - 2:08 pmCUN-IAH
2h 48mnonstop
$284Frontier
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Thu, May 29 - Sun, Jun 1
9:50 am - 4:58 pmIAH-CUN
7h 08m1 stop
11:17 am - 6:03 pmCUN-IAH
6h 46m1 stop
$296Aeromexico
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Thu, Apr 24 - Tue, Apr 29
9:40 am - 7:36 pmIAH-CUN
9h 56m1 stop
1:50 pm - 7:58 pmCUN-IAH
6h 08m1 stop
$316Aeromexico
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Sun, Mar 9 - Wed, Mar 12
8:02 am - 10:25 amIAH-CUN
2h 23mnonstop
3:49 pm - 6:25 pmCUN-IAH
2h 36mnonstop
$336United Airlines
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Sun, Mar 23 - Wed, Mar 26
5:35 pm - 7:45 pmHOU-CUN
2h 10mnonstop
5:05 pm - 7:35 pmCUN-HOU
2h 30mnonstop
$336Southwest
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Wed, Mar 26 - Wed, Apr 2
5:35 pm - 7:45 pmHOU-CUN
2h 10mnonstop
5:05 pm - 7:35 pmCUN-HOU
2h 30mnonstop
$346Southwest
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Fri, Mar 28 - Fri, Apr 4

Expert advice for your flight from Houston to Cancún

Our travel pros reveal their best tips for your Houston to Cancún journey.
Airlines
United Airlines

Consider Economy Plus for extra legroom, especially on short international flights.


Purchase Priority Boarding to ensure overhead bin space for carry-ons.

Frontier

Choose the Premium Bundle for priority boarding and extra legroom at a small additional cost.


Avoid Basic Fare to ensure seat selection and carry-on bag inclusion.

Read more about Frontierby Stefanie Waldek
Spirit Airlines

Upgrade to Big Front Seat for more space and comfort.


Use Wi-Fi gate-to-gate for uninterrupted connectivity.

Airports
IAH

IAH's free Wi-Fi is available across all terminals. Look for the 'Free Airport WIFI' network to stay connected before your flight.

Read more about IAHby John Walton
CUN

At CUN, immigration is typically quick, often taking just 5-15 minutes thanks to automated passport checks for most US arrivals.

Read more about CUNby Brandon Schultz
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Joe Cortez is a seasoned managing editor in aviation with over a decade of industry experience. His work has been featured on prominent platforms such as FlyerTalk and TripSavvy, establishing him as a respected voice in aviation journalism.

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Flights from Houston to Cancún - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Houston to Cancún to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Houston to Cancún flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Houston to Cancún.
Our data shows that the cheapest route for a return flight from Houston to Cancún cost $134 and was between Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH) and Cancún (CUN). On average, the best prices are found if you fly this route. The average price for a return flight for this route is $134.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Houston to Cancun?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Houston to Cancún clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from Houston to Cancun, look for departures on Mondays and avoid leaving on a Thursday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Cancun, Saturday is the cheapest day to fly and Monday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Houston to Cancún?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to Cancún, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Houston to Cancún is April, where tickets cost $271 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and February, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $487 and $461 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Houston to Cancún?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to Cancún, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price on the flight from Houston to Cancún, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight

$82
Flight from Houston George Bush Airport to Cancun

When to book flights from Houston to Cancún

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Houston to Cancún based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or round-trips with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Houston to Cancun

  • What is the cheapest flight from Houston to Cancún?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Houston to Cancún was $82 for a one-way ticket and $191 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Houston and Cancun?

    A passport is required to fly from Houston to Cancun.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Houston to Cancun?

    Houston is served by 2 major airports and there is only 1 main airport in Cancun. You will leave Houston from one of these airports: Houston Hobby or Houston George Bush Intcntl. You will be arriving at Cancun.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Houston to Cancun?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Houston to Cancun?

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Houston and Cancun, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Houston to Cancun?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Houston to Cancun.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Houston to Cancun?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Cancun from Houston is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Houston to Cancun?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Cancun with an airline and back to Houston with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Houston to Cancun?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Cancun from Houston up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Prefer to fly direct from Houston to Cancun?

Find which airlines fly direct from Houston to Cancun Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Houston to Cancun

Monday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +3 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +4 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +3 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +4 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +3 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +4 more

Thursday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +3 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +4 more

Friday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +3 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +4 more

Saturday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +3 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +4 more

Sunday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Lufthansa, +3 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +4 more

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Direct returns

Cancun to Houston

Monday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +4 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +5 more

Tuesday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +4 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +5 more

Wednesday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +4 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +5 more

Thursday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +4 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +5 more

Friday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +4 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +5 more

Saturday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +4 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +5 more

Sunday

ANA, Air New Zealand, Emirates, +4 more

ANA, Air New Zealand, +5 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from Houston to Cancún

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Houston to Cancún. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Houston to Cancún? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.1
SouthwestOverall score based on 4362 reviews
7.1Food
8.7Crew
8.1Comfort
8.2Boarding
7.6Entertainment
Airline reviews

WiFi on the flight was not working. Thus, entertainment options were limited.

8.0 ExcellentJames, Feb 2025SRQ - DEN
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WiFi on the flight was not working. Thus, entertainment options were limited.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Gate agents were informative and friendly… flight attendants were as well. Had a fun time chatting about their legacy AirTran experiences as a former fan of the airline that Southwest acquired.

Flight was awfully bumpy and landing was a bit jolting. I was in the restroom when snacks and drinks were served and was not asked if i wanted any. I had to ask for water finally.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

The last 30 min or so, they put the heat on full. We thought we were being basted.

The plane wasn’t full, so we got the best seats

My experience was find with Southwest. The only issue I have is...at the exact time for me to check in...I don't understand how I always end up in C.

With early bird check in, I might start flying southwest again.

Lousy No wheelchair. As normal at Atlanta Cheap airline Cheap aero plane. - Neither entertainment nor food on a 5 hour saga

The airplane was an old airplane, seats were very uncomfortable and very little space, they changed my seat and that was no option to get back into my seat even when I was traveling a senior who required assistance.

This is not a low cost airline. Stop acting like o e.

Aeromexico crew made me check my hand luggage in the door of the plane. As soon as I reach Mexico City, I notice that my luggage was opened and 8 games of Nintendo Switch were stolen (700 dllrs value aprox) (the console was there) but the games were stolen. I am very dissapointed of Aeromexico and all the crew. Instead of being a good trip, It was a sad trip

Ok. But we arrived to a remote terminal which meant that a bus had to take us to the terminal building

Old aircraft the audio of the entertainment dosent work Dirty seats

The plane was so outdated, that it made it uncomfortable. The temperature was hot during the whole flight

Happy attentive flight crew. All in all good flight the night flight works well. Getting into Mexico City early so you don't get caught up it all the immigration and custom ques, additionally, this helps when exiting the airport and crossing the city to your final destination. All works very well and would do it again

Some entertainment and food/snack service would have been nice

All the pessengers should be wait in a line útil the creo and piloto are arrived.

All male crew was just too woke for me. I felt like a sardine. I will never take a window seat or the rearmost seat again. I booked early and did not pay for seat selection and that was a mistake. The security at IAH was atrocious. I was violated and radiated as I was in a hurry to connect to my other flight. I may have lost items under the seat in front of me that I couldn't see nor bend over to look.

It’s been awhile since I have traveled on United. I, along with my family who were on the flight noted how smoothly everything went . Boarding, flight crew and service was excellent.

In general ok, my only issue is that they had no hot items for purchase. I had very little time in my connection due to baggage/customs/TSA, thag I barely even had a chance for a stop at the washroom and buy water, to make it to my gate when they started boarding. I had nothing to eat because the trip started early, so I was ready to purchase, and they had nothing except for dry items like snacks. I had to purchase a mediocre, overpriced cheese and fruit board, instead of at least a pizza or sliders that I was planning on getting. Other than that, it was fine. But that’s typical Air Canada, to not have enough.

We took off an hour late due to arrival airport not having enough gates. That was followed by 1:30 wait to get our bags delivered for the entire flight.

How badly can you screw up baggage claim? We were told to go to baggage claim too for our bags from this flight. Another flights bags were there. They finished up. More bags from a different flight arrived. Our bags did not Finally the baggage claim belt stopped working and and are flight was still listed on the arrivals for that baggage claim 2. And then nothing It turns out that they had been delivered not only the United baggage claim but far away on a Delta baggage claim No I never told us. It was only the people looking around who had been on the flight But I’m sure there was plenty of time for the employees to raffle through the bags and steal whatever they wanted

Long wait before take off without an update for 20 minutes. Flight was good otherwise.

Flight delayed over 2 hours . I was flying bussiness never got food cause they ran out of what i wanted

Flight was great my baggage was on time everywhere but my bags had been handled ruff cause they got damaged.

Everything was awful Flight attendant was condescending, rude and not helpful at all. Small outdated plane. No service, uncomfortable seats. Flight attendant was really the worst. He used hand gestures to communicate instead of words and whenever he used words he was condescending.

Poor and identical to the first two legs, except for the crew who were patient, professional and of pleasant and jovial disposition!

They changed our departure time 6 times before I even reached the airport. Delayed, Ontime, Delayed Back on time, Then Delayed. We finally boarded the plane and then we had to sit on the runway for over an hour only to be told they were taking us back to the gate for an additional 2 hour delay. Lack of communication and a complete waste of time! Never again!

Very difficult. Flew out on Dec 24th and it was a mess. They know it is going to be the busiest time of the year and they had no organization. Finally they called for people going on certiam flights so they could get them thru thw line then we had to rush to our gate to get in li e to board.We missed our flight do to being stuck at the border of Mexico. They would not work with us to make an affordable price so we had to wait a day with no where to go and pay 280 more for our flights. I would think that a complimentary drink would be nice. But we had to pay 4.49 for a coke. Not an overall good experience

I couldn't understand the crew when they announced it was a new plane and there was therefore no wifi, huh? Seriously lame for 2025!

I did not fly Spirit. Connie fraudulently used my email to book her flight. I do not know Connie!

Boarding attendant was rude. Crew on the plan were more interested in talking amongst themselves and did not ask parentage if they needed anything or even walk down the isles.

Flight was ok with exception of the multiple delays. As with all Spirit flights, the sights are extremely uncomfortable and lack leg space. However, the price savings is the plus.

WiFi didn’t work despite paying for it. Crew was nice.

Okay for the most part but Good boarding and on time

The gate employees and the flight crew were friendly and professional. Afterboarding we waited 20 minutes for another flight; a complimentary beverage would have ben appreciated for the inconvenience.

Quick flight. But crew was late so boarding was delayed. No food or entertainment as flight was an hour so no possible eating there…flight was also delayed but I think that was the fault of SAN airport not spirit…

Better to put road truck seat in plain it so uncomfortable can not adjustable and fill metal don’t have cushions at all it’s very hard to travel for five hours

Since they are a budget airline, I wasn’t expecting too much but they did some things well. They were on time, the plane was clean, boarding was fairly straightforward and the staff was cheerful and friendly. The only downside was comfort. The seats were fairly hard and after a 2 hour flight your rear end is not feeling so great. Maybe a little more cushion in the seats, Frontier!

They cancelled the flight and did nothing. I should be compensated for my uber rides to and from airport. Not a good service by frontier or kayak.

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

food not having to pay for it, reclining seat would be nice, more leg room, HEAT!!!!!!!

An absolutely fraudulent experience. Extremely unprofessional. Terrible in all ways possible. Rude staff, flight attendants, and deceptive "policies."

The worst service , the agents from the counter are really bad . Poor customer service . They didnt help me to get in the flight . I was on line when they close the flight without telling and I couldn’t board the plane . I will like to get my money back ey back because it was their fault. Really bad management , bad manners, bad additud

The check in process was a mess for no reason. I spent an hour waiting in line trying to get them to print my boarding pass and as a result I missed my flight.

The airline used deceptive tactics to charge us more for our trip. Search Frontier Class Action Lawsuit to find out more or read the hundreds of reviews that have nearly identical stories.. don't fly this airline.. you've been warned.

Check in at Philadelphia international was absolutely terrible! I fly 2 to 3 times a month and avoid frontier at all cost and will never fly Frontier again! The night before travel, I tried checking in however, the app was giving me an error, so I went to the desktop, which instructed you that you need to use the app. The next day I presented at the check-in gate after trying at least a half dozen times prior to getting into the airport and continuing to getting the error in the app. I actually had rebooted my phone numerous times and reinstall the app just in case. My phone is only one generation older than the current model. It has no problems completing a frontier flight purchase or any other app issues. There was only three frontier employees working at check-in and a huge line while I was in line I continued to try and check in via the app. As I approach the desk, I was dreading dealing with the agent. He was extremely unprofessional, anti-semantic & very ignorant, and mean to the people in front of me, as well as the people who ended up being behind me. He literally told people “Man I don’t care bout y’all” in his native dialect! Maintaining my composure I approached and explained the situation. To which he replied, you’re gonna have to pay then! I don’t understand. It’s an issue with their app not allowing me to check in! Not my issue! He told me if I pay cash it would be $15, $25 if I pay credit card. I don’t understand a $10 difference for paying with a credit card? I am completely cashless so I continued to try using the app to avoid the $25 fee, Which I still don’t believe that I should be responsible for since it was Frontier’s technical issue!!! I continued to check in via the app a couple more times after he verified I was doing everything right he proceeded to continue to belittle the people behind me. Yelling at them saying I don’t care about you people! I cannot believe that this is the way that businesses would treat its customers! Unfortunately, the black mail with dreadlocks did not have a name tag all he had was a frontier sweater on! For the $25 fee that I ended up getting charged on my credit card. I should’ve just booked originally with Spirit or any other carrier! I have no problem paying fees that I should be responsible for, but when it’s due to a technical failure of a company, the customer should not be responsible for it! I cannot believe that it’s not frontier going out of business!

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