City buses
Buses that run inside each city: where they go, who runs them and how much the fare is.
75 routes
City buses in Managua
Search by route number, neighbourhood, market or stop to know which bus to take inside the capital.
- Fare
- C$2.50
- Flat subsidised fare
- Hours
- 4:30 AM – 9:00 PM
- Approximate, varies by route
- Frequency
- 5–15 min
- Fewer buses on Sundays and holidays
45 routes
- 6Barrio Camilo Chamorro – Colonia IndependenciaCooperativa 17 de Octubre
- 101Mercado Mayoreo – Las BrisasCooperativa Cootbusa
- 102Mercado Mayoreo – AcahualincaCooperativa Andrés Castro
- 103Cuesta El Plomo – Laureles SurCooperativa Parrales Vallejos
- 104Hialeah – Mercado MayoreoCooperativa Omar Baca
- 105Camilo Ortega – Unidad de PropósitoCooperativa Parrales Vallejos
- 106El Seminario – Barrio Berta DíazEmpresa 30 de Mayo / Cooptracopiro
- 107Camilo Ortega – Mercado OrientalCooperativa Colón
- 108Barrio Enrique Lorente – Barrio José Dolores EstradaCooperativa 21 de Enero
- 109Las Brisas – Reparto SchickCooperativa 21 de Enero
- 110Mercado Mayoreo – El SeminarioCooperativa de Transporte Urbano Unitario R.L.Passes by Mercado Iván Montenegro, Mercado Roberto Huembes, Rotonda Centroamérica, Metrocentro, UCA, Plaza España
- 111Los Laureles Norte – Colonia Miguel BonillaCooperativa Nicarao
- 112Villa Libertad – Colonia IndependenciaCooperativa Colón
- 113Ciudad Sandino (Trinidad) – Mercado OrientalCooperativa Pedro Joaquín Chamorro
- 114Villa José Benito Escobar – Cuesta El PlomoCooperativa Colón
- 115Ciudad Sandino (Zona 5) – Mercado OrientalCooperativa Nueva Unidad y Esfuerzos
- 116El Seminario – Villa LibertadCooperativa Parrales Vallejos
- 117Villa José Benito Escobar – UCACooperativa Parrales Vallejos
- 118Las Brisas – Villa LibertadCooperativa Parrales Vallejos
- 119Cuesta El Plomo – Villa FraternidadCooperativa 21 de EneroPasses by Linda Vista, UCA, Metrocentro, Mercado Roberto Huembes
- 120Mercado Mayoreo – BataholaCooperativa de Transporte Urbano Unitario R.L.
- 123San Judas – Mercado Roberto HuembesCooperativa 22 de Octubre
- 125Ciudad Sandino (Bello Amanecer) – Mercado OrientalCooperativa Marlon Zelaya
- 125 CSMercadito de Ciudad Sandino – Altos de MotastepeCooperativa Marlon Zelaya
- 133Ciudad Sandino (Zona 6) – Mercado OrientalCOOSPECTS
- 154Camilo Ortega – Mercado Iván MontenegroCooperativa Camilo Ortega
- 158Camilo Ortega – Mercado OrientalCooperativa Camilo Ortega
- 159Acahualinca – Mercado MayoreoCooperativa Ricardo Morales Avilés
- 163Sabana Grande – Mercado OrientalCooperativa Casimiro Sotelo
- 164Estadio Nacional Denis Martínez – Villa CubaCooperativa Divina Luz
- 165Barrio Naciones Unidas – San Luis NorteCooperativa Nueva Nicaragua / 12 de Octubre
- 167Barrio Arnoldo Alemán – Mercado Israel LewitesCootrasude
- 168Colonia Miguel Bonilla – Lomas de GuadalupeCooperativa Iván Montenegro
- 169Barrio Francisco Salazar – Las MercedesCOUNEPAZ
- 170Villa José Benito Escobar – Mercado OrientalCooperativa Camilo Chamorro / Nuevo Amanecer
- 172Ciudad Sandino (Los Brasiles) – Mercado OrientalCooperativa Marlon Zelaya
- 175Memorial Sandino – Laureles NorteCooperativa La Reconciliación
- 195Barrio Milagro de Dios – Parque CentralCooperativa Milagro de Dios
- 210Ciudad Sandino (Villa Soberana) – Catedral de ManaguaETRAMUL
- 261 MR4Villa Roma – Barrio Santa RosaCooperativa Samuel Mairena Green
- 262Comarca Los Vanegas – INATECCooperativa Las Jagüitas
- 266Las Mercedes – Mercado OrientalCooperativa Ricardo Morales Avilés
- EsquipulasMercado Roberto Huembes – Vistas de EsquipulasCooperativa TICONTAN
- San IsidroMercado Oriental – San Isidro de la Cruz VerdeSin dato
- Los VanegasComarca Los Vanegas – Mercado OrientalCooperativa Los Vanegas
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Other cities
- Estelí5 routes · C$5 – C$7 (≈ US$0.14–0.19)Estelí has five city bus routes that cross town from north to south. All of them pass the San Juan de Dios hospital and four stop by the COTRAN Norte terminal, so they get you from your intercity bus to your neighborhood. New buses have been joining the fleet since 2023.
- Matagalpa13 routes · C$5 (≈ US$0.14)Matagalpa has 13 numbered city bus routes linking its neighborhoods with downtown (the Morazán and Darío parks, the Cerna Vega school and the Guanuca market) and with the regional hospital. Several pass the Guanuca market, next to the north terminal, and route 6 passes the COTRAN Sur terminal.
- Masaya4 routesMasaya has seven city bus routes leaving the Mercado Municipal for La Villa (San Jerónimo), Monimbó, Santa Teresa, San Juan, Sacuanjoche and Cailagua. Here are the four whose route is already mapped. New buses have been running since 2023.
- Jinotega3 routesJinotega has three bus routes: two cross town to the Villa Valencia neighborhood, passing the Victoria Motta hospital, and one leaves the Mercado Municipal for the village of Apanás. A taxi within the town center costs from C$25 (July 2026 fare).
- Juigalpa5 routesJuigalpa has five numbered city bus routes, 5 to 9, linking its neighborhoods from about 6:00 AM to 8:30 PM. New buses arrived in 2023.
Getting around other cities
- León
- León has city buses, minibuses (colectivos) and converted pickup trucks (ruteras) linking the outer neighborhoods with downtown; more than a hundred new buses arrived in 2023. There is no public route list, so the easiest is to ask at your hotel or at the stop which route you need.
- Chinandega
- Chinandega has city buses leaving the terminal behind the El Bisne market from 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM, serving neighborhoods and nearby villages; one of them goes to Reparto Estela. The fare is C$6. 77 new buses arrived in 2023.
- Granada
- Granada has city bus routes. New buses arrived in February 2026, and six of them brought back the route along the lakeshore, meant for visitors too.
- Bluefields
- Bluefields launched three city bus routes in March 2025, with new minibuses run by the Carlos Reyes Reyes cooperative serving 18 neighborhoods from about 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM. The fare is C$10.
- Bilwi (Puerto Cabezas)
- Bilwi has had city buses since 2025, with four routes; route 4, opened in February 2026 with new buses, reaches the Nuevo Amanecer hospital and the outer neighborhoods. The fare is C$10; a taxi costs about C$40.
- Tipitapa
- Tipitapa has city buses serving its neighborhoods and nearby villages, with new buses since 2023; one route runs from downtown to the La Cartonera free-trade zone.
- Jinotepe
- Jinotepe has no published list of routes inside town: its local buses, renewed in 2023, run to nearby villages such as Güisquiliapa and Dulce Nombre.
- Diriamba
- In Diriamba the terminal's buses go to nearby villages and beaches (San Gregorio, Casares, La Boquita, Huehuete, San Marcos and others). Since October 2026 they leave from a temporary terminal in the former MTI offices on the north side of the Mercado Municipal.
- Rivas
- Rivas has no city buses: people get around town by taxi, mototaxi, bicycle taxi (the «pepanos») or horse carriage.
- Ocotal
- In Ocotal people get around town by taxi, with an official fare of C$20 within the town center.
- Somoto
- In Somoto people get around town by taxi (there is a night service too), and three-wheel mototaxis and pickup trucks run to the villages.
Detailed itineraries are completed with help from riders. If you know the stops of a route, email us and we will update it.
Managua city buses are regulated by IRTRAMMA (the municipal transport regulator) and run by transport cooperatives. The fare is flat regardless of distance; pay the conductor in cash when you board.