Direct Flights from Houston to Oaxaca
Oaxaca · Mexico
Nonstop service from IAH to OAX on Mesa, SkyWest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 3 cities fly direct to Oaxaca, and Houston is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Oaxaca for, from Houston
2h 20m in the air, 901 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Oaxaca. Two nights works.
Oaxaca is 4,892 ft higher than Houston, at 4,989 ft. Enough that a first-day hike or a hard workout will feel harder than it does at home, and enough that alcohol goes further.
About Oaxaca
Oaxaca is the colorful, delicious, and culturally-rich capital of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Its historical city center, along with the archeological ruins of Monte Albán overlooking it, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Oaxaca
- Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
- Mitla is the second-most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, after Monte Albán, and the most important of the Zapotec culture.
- Yagul is an archaeological site and former city-state associated with the Zapotec civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
- The Benito Juárez National Park is in the Valles Centrales Region of Oaxaca, Mexico, and includes parts of the municipalities of San Felipe Tejalapam and San Andres Huayapan.
- The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, located in the city of Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca.
- San José Mogote is a pre-Columbian archaeological site of the Zapotec, a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in the region of what is now the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
- Guilá Naquitz Cave in Oaxaca, Mexico, is the site of early domestication of several food crops, including teosinte, squash from the genus Cucurbita, bottle gourds, and beans.
- Dainzú is a Zapotec archaeological site located in the eastern side of the Valles Centrales de Oaxaca, about 20 km south-east of the city of Oaxaca, Oaxaca State, Mexico.
- Zaachila was a powerful Mesoamerican city in what is now Oaxaca, Mexico, 6 km (3.7 mi) from the city of Oaxaca. The city is named after Zaachila Yoo, the Zapotec ruler, in the late 14th and early 15th century.
- The Jardín Etnobotánico de Oaxaca is a botanical garden in Oaxaca City, Mexico. It occupies 2.32 acres of land adjacent to the Church of Santo Domingo. It is administered by the state government of Oaxaca.
- Lambityeco is a small archaeological site of the Zapotec civilization located about three kilometers west of the city of Tlacolula de Matamoros in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
- The Graphic Arts Institute of Oaxaca is a school of art located in the city of Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Oaxaca weather, compared with Houston
4° warmer than Houston on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Oaxaca 82°F · Houston 64°F · 19° warmer
- April
- Oaxaca 91°F · Houston 80°F · 11° warmer
- July
- Oaxaca 83°F · Houston 94°F · 11° colder
- October
- Oaxaca 82°F · Houston 82°F · much the same
Oaxaca is the steadier of the two, moving 9° between its coldest and warmest months where Houston moves 31°.
Average daily highs, station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Oaxaca
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Oaxaca is September–January, when daytime highs are a comfortable 81–82°F.
- How long to stay
- Oaxaca rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Monte Albán, Mitla, and Yagul and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Houston to Oaxaca?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Houston (IAH) to Oaxaca (OAX) on Mesa, SkyWest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Houston to Oaxaca?
- Mesa, SkyWest fly nonstop between Houston (IAH) and Oaxaca (OAX).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Houston to Oaxaca?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Houston to Oaxaca.
- How far is Oaxaca from Houston?
- Oaxaca is about 901 miles from Houston by air.
- Is there a direct flight from Houston to Mexico?
- Yes — Oaxaca (OAX) has nonstop service from Houston on Mesa, SkyWest, making it a nonstop gateway to Mexico.
- What is there to do in Oaxaca?
- Popular things to do include Monte Albán, Mitla, Yagul, Benito Juárez National Park, and more.
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