Direct Flights from Houston to Puebla
Puebla · Mexico
Nonstop service from IAH to PBC on CommuteAir. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Houston is the only city in our data with a nonstop to Puebla — everywhere else connects.
How long to go to Puebla for, from Houston
2h 5m in the air, 772 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Puebla. Two nights works.
Puebla is 7,264 ft higher than Houston, at 7,361 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 Puebla
Puebla is a city in Mexico. It is in the Puebla Valley, surrounded by volcanoes and snow-capped mountains, slightly over 110 km south-east of Mexico City. It has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its architecture. Puebla is also considered to be the "cradle of Mexican Baroque" in architecture and in the decorative arts, and one of the five most important colonial cities in Mexico.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Puebla
- The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl, is a complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico.
- Cacaxtla is an archaeological site located near the southern border of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. It contains a sprawling palace with vibrantly colored murals painted in Maya style.
- The Basilica Cathedral of Puebla, as the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception is known according to its Marian invocation, is the episcopal see of the Archdiocese of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico).
- Xochitecatl is a pre-Columbian archaeological site located in the Mexican State of Tlaxcala, 18 km southwest of Tlaxcala city.
- La Malinche National Park is located in the states of Tlaxcala in Central Mexico. The park is east of Mexico City, and about 44 kilometres (27 mi) from the capital city of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala.
- Cholula was an important city of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, dating back to at least the 2nd century BC, with settlement as a village going back at least some thousand years earlier.
- The International Museum of the Baroque is a museum of Baroque art designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito located in Puebla, Mexico. It opened on February 4, 2016.
- The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, also Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl Cathedral, is the main Catholic church in the city of Tlaxcala, Mexico. It was first known as the Temple of St.
- La Constancia Mexicana is a museum and former textile factory located 9 km (5.6 mi) from downtown Puebla, Mexico. The factory was the first textile mill to integrate automatic machinery into the production process.
- The Convent Church of San Francisco is an historic church in the city of Puebla, in the Mexican state of Puebla.
- The Museo Amparo, located in the historic center of Puebla City, is one of the most important historical museums in Mexico.
- Las Bocas is a minor archaeological site in the Mexican state of Puebla, whose name has become attached, often erroneously, to a wide-ranging type of Olmec-style figurines and pottery.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Puebla weather, compared with Houston
3° cooler than Houston on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Puebla 73°F · Houston 64°F · 10° warmer
- April
- Puebla 84°F · Houston 80°F · 4° warmer
- July
- Puebla 77°F · Houston 94°F · 18° colder
- October
- Puebla 75°F · Houston 82°F · 7° colder
Puebla is the steadier of the two, moving 11° between its coldest and warmest months where Houston moves 31°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to Puebla
- Best time to visit
- Puebla is comfortable to visit year-round, with daytime highs averaging around 77°F.
- How long to stay
- Puebla rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Great Pyramid of Cholula, Cacaxtla, and Puebla Cathedral and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Houston to Puebla?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Houston (IAH) to Puebla (PBC) on CommuteAir.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Houston to Puebla?
- CommuteAir flies nonstop between Houston (IAH) and Puebla (PBC).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Houston to Puebla?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Houston to Puebla.
- How far is Puebla from Houston?
- Puebla is about 772 miles from Houston by air.
- Is there a direct flight from Houston to Mexico?
- Yes — Puebla (PBC) has nonstop service from Houston on CommuteAir, making it a nonstop gateway to Mexico.
- What is there to do in Puebla?
- Popular things to do include Great Pyramid of Cholula, Cacaxtla, Puebla Cathedral, Xochitecatl, and more.
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