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$103 Find Cheap Flights from Houston to Cancun

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Cheapest round-trip
$256
Typical prices: $255-$432
Volaris, Frontier
Fri 7/31Tue 8/4
IAH - CUN • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$278
Typical prices: $246-$444
Frontier
Mon 8/10Fri 8/14
IAH - CUN • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Houston to Cancún

Fri, Jul 31 - Tue, Aug 4
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8:55 pm - 10:03 am
IAH
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CUN
13h 08m
1 stop
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1:59 pm - 4:31 pm
CUN
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IAH
2h 32mnonstop
$256Multiple Airlines
Fri, Jul 31 - Tue, Aug 4
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8:55 pm - 10:03 am
IAH
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CUN
13h 08m
1 stop
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1:59 pm - 4:31 pm
CUN
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IAH
2h 32mnonstop
$258Multiple Airlines
Tue, Jul 7 - Tue, Jul 14
Volaris Logo
9:10 pm - 9:55 am
IAH
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CUN
12h 45m
1 stop
Volaris Logo
12:49 pm - 7:37 pm
CUN
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IAH
6h 48m
1 stop
$264Volaris
Tue, Jul 7 - Thu, Jul 9
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9:10 pm - 9:55 am
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CUN
12h 45m
1 stop
Volaris Logo
10:40 am - 7:37 pm
CUN
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IAH
8h 57m
1 stop
$265Volaris
Mon, Jul 27 - Wed, Jul 29
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9:05 am - 3:05 pm
HOU
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CUN
6h 00m
1 stop
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12:40 pm - 8:05 pm
CUN
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HOU
7h 25m
1 stop
$299Southwest
Tue, Jul 21 - Wed, Jul 29
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6:00 am - 8:23 pm
HOU
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CUN
14h 23m
1 stop
Delta Logo
8:00 am - 9:51 pm
CUN
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HOU
13h 51m
1 stop
$329Delta
Tue, Aug 11 - Fri, Aug 14
American Airlines Logo
9:37 am - 2:54 pm
HOU
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CUN
5h 17m
1 stop
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8:00 am - 7:51 pm
CUN
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HOU
11h 51m
1 stop
$343American Airlines
Mon, Jul 27 - Wed, Jul 29
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2:00 pm - 4:10 pm
HOU
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CUN
2h 10mnonstop
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12:40 pm - 8:05 pm
CUN
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HOU
7h 25m
1 stop
$345Southwest
Wed, Jul 22 - Wed, Jul 29
American Airlines Logo
6:03 am - 8:10 pm
HOU
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CUN
14h 07m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
8:00 am - 6:19 pm
CUN
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HOU
10h 19m
1 stop
$354American Airlines
Sat, Jul 18 - Thu, Jul 23
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11:00 am - 8:23 pm
HOU
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CUN
9h 23m
1 stop
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8:00 am - 9:51 pm
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HOU
13h 51m
1 stop
$359Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Houston to Cancún flights

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.

How much is a round-trip flight from Houston to Cancún?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Houston to Cancún departing in July.

What is the cheapest Houston to Cancun flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from Houston to Cancun costs $214 on the route between Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH) and Cancun (CUN). Over the past month, this route was, on average, 24% cheaper than other Houston-Cancun routes. It is also the most popular route.

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, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly and Monday is the most expensive.

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

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 Cancun is September, where tickets cost $92 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and February, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $896 and $865 respectively.

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

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 Cancun, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

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Expert advice for your flight from Houston to Cancún

 
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Brandon Schultz is an award-winning food and travel writer based in New York City. His work has appeared in Forbes, AAA, Thrillist, Travel + Leisure, and The Daily Meal, among many others, and he is the author of 6 books, including 3 cookbooks.

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Yulia Denisyuk

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Yulia is a freelance journalist who’s dispatched from 90+ countries. Her work focuses on cultures, adventure trips and air travel, appearing in NatGeo, NYT, CNTraveler, and more. For past assignments, she’s stayed with nomads in Mongolia and learned the art of Imigongo in Rwanda. She’s based in Chicago; in winter she often questions that decision.

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Cheapest flight$103
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.
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FAQs for booking flights from Houston to Cancun

  • What is the cheapest flight from Houston to Cancun?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Houston to Cancun was $103 for a one-way ticket and $256 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 oneworld 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.

Prefer to fly direct from Houston to Cancun?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Houston to Cancun.
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Direct departures

Houston to Cancun

Monday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Tuesday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Wednesday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Thursday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Friday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Saturday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Sunday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

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Direct returns

Cancun to Houston

Monday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Tuesday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Wednesday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Thursday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Friday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Saturday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

Sunday

Frontier,Southwest,United Airlines

Frontier,Southwest, +1 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Houston to Cancún

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Houston to Cancun. 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.
7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4245 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.6Crew
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Flight was constantly delayed with significant changes in time, it was supposed to get to Colorado Springs at 8:30 PM but it got there after midnight.

2.0 MediocreMarcela, Jun 2026
DAL - COS
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Flight was constantly delayed with significant changes in time, it was supposed to get to Colorado Springs at 8:30 PM but it got there after midnight.

I don't know why flying out of Sarasota requires two plane changes.

First time I've had to use the disabled accommodations. And I could not have had a better experience with Southwest, i was having trouble getting from one terminal to another due to my heart failure. And the next thing I know a Southwest agent had made sure. I had a wheelchair at all my flights. Can't thank them enough.

The new seat assignment thing is wierd. If you don’t pay for a seat they always assign you a middle seat regardless of how many people are on the flight. Idk… the new company that bought Southwest is trying to make it more profitable, but I’m just not seeing it. The flight attendants aren’t having as much fun anymore. It just feels like the airline is slowly dying. IMO. We shall see if Southwest is the next Toy’s R Us.

I have roller bag with food and medication told me I couldn't bring on my 2nd flight today. 15 years flying with SW never an issue with that bag.

Flight crew and cabin crew were great. I had to rearrange flights because my original flight was 3hrs delayed for weather, the rub is the flight I moved to boarded on time then we sat at the gate for 2 hours because scheduling stole our first officer for another flight, TWICE. Then our actual FO was an hour delayed. To make it worse my original flight went from a 3 hour delay to departing 15min EARLY. Just poor scheduling operations all around.

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.

Very helpful, convenient, nice crew members, no extra fees, helped us saving 4 hrs of travel by booking is on an earlier flight

Our first flight was so delayed that we had 10 mins to board the next one. We requested if the flight attendant could allow us off there plane first and they denied our request even though I have seen this done before. Luck was on our side that we didn’t miss our next flight.

It was a very good experience. No major issues at all.

For the expense of first class, the seats could have been nicer and higher tier snacks would have been nice.

They delayed the flight 3 hours because it wasn't full they moved us to 5 different gates probably the worst airline ever not even spirit is this bad.

Packed flight, which makes it tough on crew and boarding staff (and the customers of course). But this was great boarding, clear instructions, etc. Traveling on the weekends are always fraught with danger as you have families and less frequent flyers thus more confusion. But this flight went as planned.

Boarded early, left early, arrived 40 mins early! A win win for me!

No seat back entertainment. And app had a hard time getting entertainment loaded.

It was great with United overall except for two things. 1) It was a 5-hour flight and we were with kids, so we were asking for extra snacks. They were extremely reticent to dole them out even though there wasn't any meal and the kids were starting to hit their limit towards the end. 2) Baggage didn't arrive until 80 minutes after we landed.

Seats had less pitch than a regional jet. Food was OK. Have to buy alcohol on US based carriers flying international. Boarding was a mess. Did not have bags but overhead space was gone quick. Would like to see the airlines enforce the one bag over and one bag under policy

Staff was rude. Didn’t give water for 2 hours. Worst service

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.

It’s a service to take you from one point to another. No frills. You want it, you take it. It’s upon you to bring food, reading material, games to play, movies to watch, etc. The wifi onboard never works - so you cannot even listen to any podcasts, music, or get updated news feeds. The toilet is a mess, and a four flight does not need any hygienic interventions when people either splatter their pee all over the seats or on the floor. It’s a monopolized service and so smile and bear it.

It was cancelled at the last moment and the customer services seemed unnoticed to this change and hanged me off the phone the first time I called.

One of the flight was delayed an hour. We then boarded a new flight. We were told to unboard after some other time. To wait for the next flight for another hour. I paid for a short flight that turned in to half a day of travel.

No entertainment, charging, nor wifi on board but I napped for basically the entire time so it was alright. Was allowed to switch seats because the flight was not full but everyone was assigned to the back. Comfortable seats and we got moved to the emergency exit so the extra room was nice.

Painless trip. Only downside: No entertainment system (which we know with Viva & Volaris) and very small seat space. I'm petite and felt squizzed. I'm not sure how most overweight passengers do.

THE AIRLINE FUCKEN SUCKS... NO DAMN PROFESIONALS.. NO CURTESY THEY CANCEL THE DAMN FLIGHT AS ITS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF

They need to have enough immigration forms for every one. They should offer free water to everyone, unless some one needs bottled water

Buen servicio y muy puntual El problema ENORME es pagar por la página de Viva Aerobús lo cual es imposible aún con fondos suficientes en la tarjeta. Eso te obliga a acudir al callcenter de la aerolínea, en donde para que te atiendan transcurren 45 minutos, y ya que se tiene la suerte de comenzar la llamada, te toma otros 60 minutos terminar el proceso de pago de los tickets o de la maleta extra que deseas comprar.

It is ridiculous that electronic checkin for under age kids can be done and need to be done over the counter. Having said so, we were requested to do the single line for this as if we never did any checkin or made services for this to happen fast. Just ridiculous. Flight delayed as it is the regular business for this airline.

They cancel the fly and don’t give a money refund.

The air conditioner was poor and we were delayed 1 hour for no apparent reasons and no information provided

Overall a good red eye. Crew chatted very loudly the whole time making it difficult to sleep.

The fly was 2 hours delayed and the plane was old and dirty. A very umcorfotable flight, which I won't recomend to anyone

Confusion over extra fees. Held up on ramp during boarding. Thin seat cushion. Minimal leg room.

The check-in is either at a kiosk that didn’t allow me to check-in because my middle name was not on the reservation or at an agent that cost $15.

They don’t give anything for free you have to pay for everything which it’s expected but at least give out water and a snack as a courtesy for flying with them.

The app doesn’t work. I am having a lot of trouble checking in for flight tomorrow. Very disconcerting. Then they es t to charge extra for checking in at the airport;(

Overall good flight. The flight attendants were annoying and unfriendly. They would ask me to grab someone else’s trash can just waiting until the person woke up or after the flight is done. It’s not my job to pick up someone else’s trash. Especially when it’s not easily reachable.

To many extra fees, poor customer service and very uncomfortable flight. No leg room and seat wont recline.

I am disabled and was unable to get any assistance from Volaris. I had to wait in line at front desk for 45 minutes, I am by myself, and unable to stand. When I got to front desk check in, they had no assistance for me. I did however, have wheelchair assistance when I arrived in Mexico City. Thank God for that!

Delayed 2 hours. Boarding line took more than 30 minutes. Flight was really hot and made sleeping on a red eye impossible. Not a pleasant experience.

We were delayed three times ,and that destroyed my plans, and reservations

The reps working at the airport counter were dumber than a second coat of paint.

Delayed each time on a round trip with no significant weather interference. Updates to flight times came after the fact. 30 min behind in boarding and board and phone still show an on time departure. Some mysterious extra 300 miles that came so surprising they had to fuel while we were already on board?

Airline changed the gate from Terminal A to Terminal D which is quite far and only sent a text message few minutes before boarding. Around 50 people missed their flight and as plane didn’t wait for them.

I don’t know. I’m in the airport Later y will try to have my ticket

Bad experience… crew are extremely strict with personal bags… they overcharge me coz my bag was one inch H

Well I mean u get what u pay for so 🤷‍♂️

I purchased a carry on bag online…was supposed to cost $72 but after a whole slew of bs charges, the total was over $175.00. Because of these hidden charges, I will not even consider flying Frontier ever again. It’s just not worth the hassle. I’m scratching this company off my list forever.

Plane was clean but they do not allow bag drop until 1 hour before flight. Just encouraging late fees and other issues. The worst I have experienced. Total hostage situation, pay or you miss your flight.

Got ripped off by chatdeal. For 318 would like my money back. Neal. Did not take flight

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