Pasto is the capital of the department of Nariño, it is located in the southwest of Colombia in the middle of the Andes mountain range, in the Andean region and its municipal seat is the seventeenth most populous city in Colombia. The average annual temperature of Pasto is 12.9 degrees Celsius and rainfall varies throughout the municipality, being moderate (close to 800 millimeters) in the municipal seat.
Transportation in Pasto
Pasto is connected to the north by land with Popayán and to the south with Ipiales on the border with Ecuador through the Pan-American Highway, to the west the city communicates with the port of Tumaco on the Pacific Ocean and to the east with Mocoa in the department of Putumayo.
The distance from Pasto to Bogotá, through the Pan-American highway, is 798 km.
The distance from Pasto to Bogotá, through the Pan-American highway, is 798 km.
Regarding the national inter-municipal land transport, Pasto has the Terminal terrestre de Pasto from which the main Companies operate with destinations to municipalities within Nariño and to other destinations in the country.
Bus companies operating from Pasto
In the following table you can find the main intermunicipal transport companies that operate in Pasto:
| Cootranar | Cootransmayo | Expreso San Juan de Pasto |
| Expreso Bolivariano | Flota Guaitara | Flota Magdalena |
| Super taxis del Sur | Taxbelalcazar | Transipiales |
Routes and bus tickets from Pasto
From Pasto you can travel by bus to the main cities of Colombia:
Pasto to Bogotá
Pasto to Bucaramanga
Pasto to Cali
Pasto to Ipiales
Pasto to Medellín
How to get to Pasto by bus
To get to Pasto by bus you can do it through these following routes:
