There are 9 ways to get from Boston to Montecito by plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Boston Logan Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
best- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane BOS - SBA
10h 54m$179–732Train to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
cheapest- Take the train from South Station to TF Green Airporttrain
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane PVD - SBA
14h 46m$148–620Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Boston to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
2d 22h$770–1,794Bus
- Take the bus from Boston to Newark Penn Stationbus
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Barbara Bus Stopbus
2d 23h$530–1,021Drive 3,047.5 mi
- Drive from Boston to Montecitocar 3,047.5 mi
2d 1h$557–804Fly Boston Logan Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane BOS - BUR
- Take the train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbaratrain
12h 36m$258–765Fly Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BOS - LAX
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Barbara Airportbus
12h 44m$213–632Fly Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport, train
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane BOS - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego Old Town Transportation Center to Santa Barbaratrain
13h 24m$354–1,321Fly Boston Logan Airport to Santa Maria Airport, bus
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Santa Maria Airport (SMX)plane BOS - SMX
- Take the bus from Santa Maria Airport, CA to Santa Barbara Airportbus
13h 55m$240–811
Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Boston to Montecito is to train and fly which costs $140 - $650 and takes 14h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Boston to Montecito is to fly which takes 10h 54m and costs $170 - $750.
The distance between Boston and Montecito is 2694 miles. The road distance is 3065.3 miles.
The best way to get from Boston to Montecito without a car is to train which takes 2 days 22h and costs $750 - $1,800.
It takes approximately 10h 54m to get from Boston to Montecito, including transfers.
The best way to get from Boston to Montecito is to fly which takes 10h 54m and costs $170 - $750. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $750 - $1,800 and takes 2 days 22h, you could also bus, which costs $500 - $1,100 and takes 2 days 23h.
Montecito is 3h behind Boston. It is currently 4:13 PM in Boston and 1:13 PM in Montecito.
Yes, the driving distance between Boston to Montecito is 3065 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 1h to drive from Boston to Montecito.
There are 306+ hotels available in Montecito.
What companies run services between Boston, MA, USA and Montecito, CA, USA?
Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Boston to Montecito via Chicago Union Station, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara in around 2d 22h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Chicago Midway, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Chicago Midway, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Santa Maria Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,000
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Santa Maria Airport via Grand Rapids, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Boston to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Diego Old Town Transportation Center to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from South Station to TF Green Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–16
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $6–16
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Boston to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Newark Penn Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–300
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $310–600
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Boston to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Barbara Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 800-470-8818
- cclax@cclax.com
- Website
- centralcoastshuttle.com
Bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Barbara Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–85
- Website
- https://www.centralcoastshuttle.com
- one way non-prepaid
- $75–85
- One-way prepaid 48 hours advance
- $70–80
Bus from Santa Maria Airport, CA to Santa Barbara Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–75
- Website
- https://www.centralcoastshuttle.com
- one way non-prepaid
- $65–75
- One-way prepaid 48 hours advance
- $60–70
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