Miami → Cancun flights

Budget $114 for MIA–CUN — prices cluster tightly between $112–$118

Key takeaways

• The median fare is $114, a reassuringly affordable baseline for this ~1.5-hour hop.
• The interquartile range is just $6 ($112–$118), meaning most days you'll land near the median regardless of when you check.
• The floor is $93 — real, but rare; don't hold out for it as a baseline expectation.
• At $130, the high end is only 14% above median, so price spikes on this route are relatively mild.
• With a 40% spread (low-to-high), there is meaningful range to capture — but the tight IQR suggests deals cluster near the middle, not the extremes.

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the MIA → CUN price history page.

The full picture

Miami to Cancún is one of the most competitive short-haul international routes in the Americas, and the pricing data reflects that. Over 30 daily snapshots, the cheapest available fares ranged from $93 to $130, with a median of $114. More telling is the interquartile range: 50% of all observations fell between $112 and $118 — a $6 window. That kind of compression signals a market where multiple carriers are actively matching each other, keeping everyday fares anchored close to the median.

The $93 floor is genuine, not a data artifact, but it represents the low end of a 40% spread — a spread that sounds dramatic until you realize the high end is only $130. In practical terms, a traveler who books at $118 instead of $93 is paying $25 more, not $200 more. That changes the calculus on how aggressively you need to time your purchase. For most travelers, booking 3–6 weeks out when you have schedule certainty is a reasonable approach; this data doesn't show evidence of fares collapsing in a narrow last-minute window or surging far above $130 at peak demand.

There isn't enough carrier-level granularity in this dataset to make firm recommendations about specific airlines, and day-of-departure patterns aren't resolvable from daily price snapshots alone. The honest caveat: these 30 snapshots reflect cached lowest fares at one point in time each day and may not capture flash sales, holiday surcharges, or baggage-fee differences that can shift the true cost of a ticket. Always verify the all-in price before booking.

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