There are 9 ways to get from Boise to Merced by plane, bus, bus (Amtrak, Flixbus), train, car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Sacramento International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Boise Airport (BOI) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)BOI - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
6h 51m$113–585Fly to Merced Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Boise Airport (BOI) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE)BOI - MCE
6h 48m$82–434Bus
- Take the bus from 3988 W Chinden - Boise to Las Vegas
- Take the bus from Las Vegas to Bakersfield
- Take the bus from Bakersfield Train Station to Merced
27h 44mBus, train
- Take the bus from 3988 W Chinden - Boise to Ogden, UT
- Take the train from Ogden Central Station to Salt Lake Central Station750
- Take the train from Salt Lake City to Sacramento
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
29h 54m$193–284Drive 617.2 mi
- Drive from Boise to Merced617.2 mi
11h 35m$113–163Fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
- Fly from Boise Airport (BOI) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)BOI - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
8h 28m$185–981Fly to Oakland International Airport, bus
- Fly from Boise Airport (BOI) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)BOI - OAK
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
7h 43m$271–407Fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART, bus
- Fly from Boise Airport (BOI) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)BOI - SFO
- Take the subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
8h 35m$96–409Fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, bus
- Fly from Boise Airport (BOI) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)BOI - SJC
- Take the bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
8h 58m$124–621
Boise Airport (BOI) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Boise to Merced is to drive which costs $110 - $170 and takes 11h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Boise to Merced is to fly which takes 6h 48m and costs $80 - $440.
No, there is no direct bus from Boise to Merced. However, there are services departing from 3988 W Chinden - Boise and arriving at Merced via SB H after Owens, Las Vegas and Bakersfield Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 44m.
The distance between Boise and Merced is 573 miles. The road distance is 620.8 miles.
The best way to get from Boise to Merced without a car is to bus which takes 27h 44m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from Boise to Merced, including transfers.
Boise to Merced bus services, operated by Tufesa, depart from 3988 W Chinden - Boise station.
The best way to get from Boise to Merced is to bus which takes 27h 44m and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $80 - $440 and takes 6h 48m.
Boise to Merced bus services, operated by Tufesa, arrive at Las Vegas station.
Merced is 1h behind Boise. It is currently 2:22 AM in Boise and 1:22 AM in Merced.
What companies run services between Boise, ID, USA and Merced, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from 3988 W Chinden - Boise to Merced via Las Vegas, SB H after Owens, Bonneville Transit Center Bay 4, Las Vegas, Bakersfield, and Bakersfield Train Station in around 27h 44m. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Advanced Air, LLC, and two other airlines fly from Boise Airport (BOI) to Merced Municipal Airport (MCE) twice daily.
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- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boise Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–550
Flights from Boise Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–1,000
Flights from Boise Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Boise Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–550
Flights from Boise Airport to Oakland International Airport via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Boise Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Boise Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–410
Flights from Boise Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Boise Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Boise Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Boise Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–550
Flights from Boise Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Boise Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
Flights from Boise Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
Flights from Boise Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Boise Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–330
Flights from Boise Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–400
Flights from Boise Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–410
Flights from Boise Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Boise Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boise Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–1,000
Flights from Boise Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Boise Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–400
Flights from Boise Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
- Website
- advancedaircharters.com
Flights from Boise Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–430
Flights from Boise Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Burbank, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Boise Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Salt Lake City, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Boise Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Sacramento International Airport, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Boise Airport to Merced Municipal Airport via Oakland International Airport, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boise Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from Boise Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,100
Flights from Boise Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–330
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boise Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Boise Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
- Phone
- +1 801-743-3882
- rideuta@rideuta.com
- Website
- rideuta.com
Train from Ogden Central Station to Salt Lake Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–6
- Schedules at
- rideuta.com
- Adult - full fare
- $2–6
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Salt Lake City to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Daly City to Dublin / Pleasanton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–27
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Bakersfield Train Station to Merced
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–90
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $21–90
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from 3988 W Chinden - Boise to Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–160
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from 3988 W Chinden - Boise to Ogden, UT
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Las Vegas to Bakersfield
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Fresno Bus Station to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–28
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Merced Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Website
- stanrta.org
Bus from BART Dublin Station to Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.stanrta.org/
- One Day Pass
- $2
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Yes, the driving distance between Boise to Merced is 621 miles. It takes approximately 11h 35m to drive from Boise to Merced.
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