Miami Taxi Cabs Guide - Helpful Info for Visitors

Taxi in Miami:

Taxi cabs are popular and readily available at the Miami Airport, big hotels, and neighborhoods of downtown Miami, Brickell, and South Beach or Miami Beach area all the time.

All taxis in Miami-Date county are regulated by the Miami-Dade County Consumer Services Department and taxi drivers need to have chauffeurs' licenses to drive any taxi in Miami.

Most Miami taxis are painted yellow, but a few smaller are black-colored vehicles, and short-haul taxis from the airport are blue.

Most Taxis in Miami nowadays take payment by Credit Card, however, it is good to check with the driver before you get inside the taxi.

Taxi drivers will add toll fees to the fares when they take toll roads in the Miami area.

Fixed fee flat Taxi fares to and from Miami Airport to Popular destinations are available depending on the zone you are traveling to.

A few names of big taxi companies are:

1). Yellow Cab - 305-444-4444

2). Super Yellow Cab - 305-888-7777

3). Crown Taxi Miami - 305-445-5555

4). Miami Dade Taxi - 305-551-1111

5). USA Taxi - 305-888-8888

Miami Taxi Metered Fare Information:

Rate 1 - A maximum taxi meter rate or a flat rate may be charged in Miami by Taxi.
            Whenever the meter is used in Miami-Date county, it must start a $2.95.

Rate 2 - The meter can only start at $4.95 when the trip originated from Miami International Airport (MIA) and the Port of Miami and it is not a flat rate zone.

If it is a flat rate, the trip must begin or end at MIA. This rate includes the MIA and Port of Miami $2 surcharge.


The Miami taxi metered rate is calculated at:

    $2.95 for the first 1/6 of a mile
    $0.85 for each additional 1/6 mile until 1 mile
    $0.40 for each 1/6 mile after that
    $0.40 per minute ($24 per hour) wait charge

Trips to and from Miami International Airport to the Port of Miami cost about $27 - $30.

Tolls for toll roads are in addition to the metered fare.

The passenger pays the lower SunPass rate when the taxi takes toll roads.

The tipping of taxi drivers is usually customary in Miami.

The taxi passenger is entitled to receive a receipt in Miami-Date county.

Uber and Lift also operate in the Miami-Dade County area.

Miami Water Taxi:

In Miami, a Water taxi runs between Miami downtown and the Miami Beach/South Beach area.

Water Taxi in Miami runs from Bayside Marketplace stop to Miami Beach marina stop.

Miami Water Taxi hours: (runs frequently every day)

12pm - 7:30pm (Weekdays)

12pm- 9pm (Weekends

Usually runs every hour on weekdays and every 45 minutes on weekends.

Water Taxi Miami Tickets:

US$35 per person

Online - US$30 per person (with coupon code - ONLINEOFFER)

Miami Water Taxi will pass by American Airlines Arena, Venetian Causeways, Monument Island, Hibiscus Palm, and Star-Island en route to Miami Beach/South-beach from Miami Downtown.

On the way back from Miami Beach Marina to Miami Downtown, Water taxi will go through Fisher Island, Key Biscayne, Port of Miami, Brickell, Miami River and Bayfront Park.