Antigua to Guatemala City (and Back): Bus, Shuttle & Uber Prices [2026]

OSRM, a routing engine on OpenStreetMap data, puts the drive from central Antigua to the capital’s Plaza de la Constitución at about 41 km by road (read 7 October 2026). Whether you are heading to a meeting in Zona 10, catching a flight from La Aurora Airport, or connecting to another bus, you have three kinds of option.

Adrenalina, one of the shuttle sellers, warns that its collective shuttle from Guatemala City usually runs late because of the city’s heavy traffic, by up to an hour. Plan accordingly.

The Three Ways to Make This Trip

There is no Pullman line in this table on purpose. Earlier versions of this page listed a Transportes Rebuli Pullman every 15 minutes at Q20–30. Rebuli’s published timetable is a Guatemala City – Panajachel route (Municipalidad de Panajachel), and none of the operator sources cited on this page gives a coach timetable between Antigua and the capital (checked 24 September 2026). Uber is door to door; the chicken bus has the lowest published fare. The chicken-bus fare is the one the Sacatepéquez extraurbano gremial announced (reported by Emisoras Unidas, 24 September 2026) and the shuttle fares are the sellers’ own, read 1-2 October 2026.

Earlier versions of this page also gave an Uber figure of about Q320. It came from an in-app check of the airport-to-Antigua trip in May 2026 with no stored capture, and Uber’s own airport page says the price depends on the ride type, distance, duration, tolls, fees and demand. It was removed on 7 October 2026: the app quote is the only Uber price.

How to Take Each Option

Uber

Open the app in Antigua and set your destination. Uber publishes no fixed fare for this route, so the quote the app shows before you confirm is the only reliable number.

Advantages: Door-to-door service, no terminal and no waiting for a bus to fill.

Disadvantages: No published fare, and Uber says the price depends partly on current demand.

Why there is no Pullman option here

The primary source checked for a Transportes Rebuli timetable, the Municipalidad de Panajachel, lists it between Guatemala City and Panajachel (07:00, 10:15, 11:20 and 13:30 from the capital; 04:55, 06:10 and 13:00 from Panajachel, read 24 September 2026), with no Antigua stop, so this page gives no Rebuli timetable, fare or terminal for Antigua. If you are heading to the lake from the capital, that timetable is on our Guatemala City airport to Lake Atitlán page.

Tourist Shuttle

Three sellers publish the Antigua to Guatemala City/airport shuttle:

• AtitlanTour (read 2 October 2026): 03:00 and 04:00 at USD 18; 07:00, 09:00, 11:00, 12:30, 15:00 and 18:30 at USD 16. It says the shuttle covers only hotels in zones 9, 10 and 13; other destinations need to be requested in advance.
• Guatemala Transportation (read 1 October 2026): 03:00 and 04:00 at USD 20; 07:30, 09:00, 12:30, 15:00 and 18:30 at USD 17, plus a departure printed as 11:00pm between the 12:30 and 15:00 rows (possibly 11:00 am; confirm when booking). Its note: “Shuttle service covers Zones 9,10,13. For any other destination, please ask in advance”.
• Adrenalina (read 2 October 2026): every day at 04:00, 07:00, 09:00, 12:30, 15:00 and 19:00, USD 15, door to door, 2.15 hours. It picks up only at hotels in the centre of Antigua and drops off at the airport or a hotel or address in zones 9, 10 or 13, or at the Fuente del Norte (FDN) bus station in zone 1, and asks for bookings 48 hours ahead.

Best for: Travelers heading to the airport or a specific hotel. Book with the seller directly or through your hotel.

Chicken Bus

Chicken buses leave from the Antigua bus terminal. From Saturday 26 September 2026 the fare is Q25 (it was Q20): the Gremial de Transportistas Extraurbanos de Sacatepéquez announced the rise, citing fuel and operating costs, as reported by Emisoras Unidas on 24 September 2026 with its fare list. Guatemalteca Viajando, a Guatemalan travel blog (undated, read 29-30 September 2026), advises asking for the direct bus.

Best for: Budget travelers comfortable with crowded, no-frills transport. Guatemalteca Viajando advises not showing your belongings during the trip, especially at bus terminals. The UK Foreign Office advises travellers to avoid these buses; see the chicken bus guide for its reasons.

Going the other way: Guatemala City to Antigua

For the camioneta, the return leg has the same fare. What changes is where you get picked up: the shuttle sellers collect you at a hotel in the capital’s business zones or at the airport, and their timetables and prices are not the same as on the Antigua side.

Chicken bus. The fare list the Gremial de Transportistas Extraurbanos de Sacatepéquez announced, reported by Emisoras Unidas on 24 September 2026, covers both directions: “Guatemala-Antigua = Q.25.00 (antes Q20)”, the same as the Antigua-to-capital row. None of the operator or municipal sources cited on this page says where the camionetas to Antigua board in Guatemala City; the travel blog Guatemalteca Viajando reports 1a Avenida in the El Trébol area of zona 7, and stops along Calzada Roosevelt at Centro Comercial Gran Vía and Peri-Roosevelt. Our chicken bus guide covers how to ride and pay.

Atitrans. Its Guatemala City to Antigua page (read 29-30 September 2026) lists departures every day at 06:00, 09:30, 11:00, 13:30, 16:30, 19:30 and 21:30, with pick-up at “Airport or hotel in zone 10, 13” and drop-off at “Your hostel in Antigua | Atitrans Office”. The price is “From: $ 18.00”. Atitrans lists 1.5 hours for the trip; treat that as the operator’s estimate, not a guarantee. Of the four shuttle timetables on this page, only Atitrans lists departures from the city after 16:30 (19:30 and 21:30).

Guatemala Transportation. Its schedule (read 1 October 2026) has four Guatemala City/Airport to Antigua runs at 05:30, 10:30, 14:30 and 16:30, all at USD 18 per person, with a minimum of 3 passengers on the 16:30. Its coverage note on zones 9, 10 and 13 is printed under the Antigua-to-city list, not under these runs, so confirm your pick-up address when booking.

AtitlanTour and Adrenalina. AtitlanTour (read 2 October 2026) runs Guatemala City/airport to Antigua at 05:30, 10:30, 14:30 and 16:30 for USD 17. Adrenalina (read 2 September 2026) runs 06:00, 11:00 and 13:30 for USD 15 and lists 1.30 hours, but warns that this collective shuttle usually runs late because of the capital’s traffic, by up to an hour, and recommends a private shuttle if you are arriving on an international flight, because collective shuttles do not wait.

Uber. App-quoted in both directions, with no published fare. For how Uber works in the capital, see Uber in Guatemala and taxi vs Uber.

Landing at La Aurora rather than leaving from a city hotel? The airport to Antigua page has the airport-side timetable.

Additional Guatemala City pickup option

Experience Guatemala lists shared shuttles from Guatemala City to Antigua with airport and city-hotel pickups (read 25 October 2026).

Adrenalina’s page names Caffe Barreto in an airport pick-up or drop-off note and lists its departure point as selected locations only. It also says collective shuttles do not wait for international flight arrivals (read 25 October 2026).

Route Details

OSRM’s routing puts the road distance from central Antigua to the capital’s Plaza de la Constitución at about 41 km. The camioneta enters the city along Calzada Roosevelt, stopping as it goes, according to Guatemalteca Viajando, and the same blog mentions San Lucas as the point where non-direct buses connect. This page lists no traffic hotspots or rush-hour times; the shuttle sellers’ own delay warnings are above.

Tips for This Route

• Carry small bills for the camioneta. Guatemalteca Viajando says the driver’s ayudante collects fares seat by seat partway through the trip, or you pay when you get off.
• Rainy season: the UK Foreign Office says the rainy season normally runs from May to November and that heavy rains cause frequent flooding and landslides. Leave time for delays.
• Return trips: The same options work in reverse. Uber is app-quoted either direction and the chicken-bus fare is Q25 both ways (per the gremial’s fare list), but shuttle fares and timetables differ by direction — see Guatemala City to Antigua above.
• Flying in or out? The airport leg is a different trip from the city-centre one, with its own published shuttle timetable and a pre-dawn departure for early flights. See Guatemala City airport (GUA) to Antigua for the fares and departure times in both directions.

If you are driving yourself

Read Antigua parking rules for the curb colours and the disputed tariff, and the Semana Santa street-closure record before any Lent or Holy Week trip.

Connecting Routes

From Guatemala City, you can connect to buses heading to Flores/Tikal, Quetzaltenango, Coban, and Puerto Barrios. From Antigua, shuttles run to Lake Atitlan, Monterrico Beach, and Semuc Champey. Routes we cover are indexed at the Guatemala transport hub.

Chicken-bus fare: Emisoras Unidas, 24 September 2026. Shuttles: AtitlanTour and Adrenalina read 2 October 2026, Guatemala Transportation read 1 October 2026, Atitrans read 29-30 September 2026, Adrenalina’s city-to-Antigua page read 2 September 2026. Road distance: OSRM, read 7 October 2026. The Rebuli Pullman row (Q20-30, every 15 minutes) was removed on 24 September 2026 because no source places Rebuli on this route, and the unsourced Uber figure was removed on 7 October 2026.

Sources

• Experience Guatemala city departures, read 25 October 2026.

• Adrenalina city departures, read 25 October 2026.

• Camioneta fare: Emisoras Unidas, Sacatepéquez extraurbano fare rise, September 24, 2026; boarding points and camioneta advice: Guatemalteca Viajando, rutas seguras para viajar en chicken bus

• Shuttles: AtitlanTour and Adrenalina, Antigua to the city (read October 2, 2026); Guatemala Transportation (read October 1, 2026); Atitrans, Guatemala City to Antigua (read September 29-30, 2026); Adrenalina, city to Antigua (read September 2, 2026)

• Uber: Uber’s La Aurora airport page on how prices are set

• Road distance: OSRM routing, read October 7, 2026

• Safety and rainy season: UK Foreign Office, Guatemala safety and security; US State Department, Guatemala travel advisory