San Cristóbal de Las Casas

Population 183,509 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Mexico

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Daylight 11 h 08 in Dec, dark by 17:39 · 13 h 07 in Jun
  1. January: 11 h 14 of daylight
  2. February: 11 h 36 of daylight
  3. March: 12 h 02 of daylight
  4. April: 12 h 31 of daylight
  5. May: 12 h 55 of daylight
  6. June: 13 h 07 of daylight
  7. July: 13 h 02 of daylight
  8. August: 12 h 42 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 14 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 46 of daylight
  11. November: 11 h 21 of daylight
  12. December: 11 h 08 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Spring Fair and Peace

    April

    Spring Fair and Peace weeklong annual fair, held in April, showcasing the city's diverse traditional arts and crafts and featuring a "Burning of Judas" event

  2. International Cervantino-Baroque Festival

    October

    International Cervantino-Baroque Festival annual performing arts festival, held in October, with musical performances in various genres, traditional and modern dance, poetry readings, and theatrical productions

2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (San Cristóbal de Las Casas); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Tianguis Agroecologico y Artesanal

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: 10:00–15:00
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 10:00–15:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    10:00–15:00

    380 m from the centre

  • Mercado de Dulces y Artesanías

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    320 m from the centre

  • Mercado Jose Castillo Tielemans

    No hours mapped

    850 m from the centre

  • Mercadito 2

    No hours mapped

    870 m from the centre

  • Mercaltos

    No hours mapped

    1.8 km from the centre

  • Mercado Merposur

    No hours mapped

    1.9 km from the centre

  • Mercado La Hormiga

    No hours mapped

    2.0 km from the centre

  • Mercado Zona Norte, Chiapas Solidario

    No hours mapped

    2.4 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 96 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.