There are 13 ways to get from California to Florida by plane, bus (Flixbus), train, bus, car, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), or train (Amtrak)
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Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Miami International Airport
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Miami International Airport (MIA)plane LAX - MIA
6h 58m$151–516Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL)plane LAX - FLL
7h 6m$120–366Bus via Ciudad Juárez
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to El Pasobus La
- Take the bus from El Paso to Houstonbus
- Take the bus from Houston to Circle K - Gainesville, FLbus
- Take the bus from Gainesville to Jacksonvillebus
44h 47m$376–719Train, bus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Houstontrain
- Take the bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Tallahasseebus
- Take the bus from Tallahassee to Jacksonvillebus
2d 6h$619–1,214Drive 2,376.8 mi
- Drive from Los Angeles to Jacksonvillecar 2,376.8 mi
38h 20m$434–627Fly San Diego International Airport to Miami International Airport
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Miami International Airport (MIA)plane SAN - MIA
6h 50m$176–808Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Tampa
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Tampa (TPA)plane LAX - TPA
7h 15m$140–475Fly San Diego International Airport to Tampa
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Tampa (TPA)plane SAN - TPA
7h 17m$164–757Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Orlando
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Orlando (MCO)plane LAX - MCO
7h 39m$142–768Fly San Diego International Airport to Orlando
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Orlando (MCO)plane SAN - MCO
7h 38m$316–1,210Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI)plane LAX - PBI
- Take the train from West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdaletrain
9h 22m$157–752Bus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Dallas Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dallas Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Jacksonvillebus
2d 8h$448–877Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Jacksonvilletrain
3d 7h$1,081–2,369
California to Florida by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from California to Florida is to fly which costs $120 - $370 and takes 7h 6m.
The fastest way to get from California to Florida is to fly which takes 6h 50m and costs $170 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from California station to Florida. However, there are services departing from Los Angeles Union Station and arriving at Newnan St + Ashley St via Dallas Bus Station, Atlanta Bus Station and JRTC Bay J. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between California and Florida is 2375 miles. The road distance is 2390.7 miles.
The best way to get from California to Florida without a car is to bus via Ciudad Juárez which takes 44h 47m and costs $370 - $750.
It takes approximately 6h 58m to get from California to Florida, including transfers.
California to Florida bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Los Angeles Union Station.
The best way to get from California to Florida is to fly which takes 6h 58m and costs $150 - $550. Alternatively, you can bus via Ciudad Juárez, which costs $370 - $750 and takes 44h 47m, you could also train, which costs $1,000 - $2,400 and takes 3 days 7h.
California to Florida bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Dallas Bus Station.
Florida is 3h ahead of California. It is currently 8:59 PM in California and 11:59 PM in Florida.
What companies run services between California, USA and Florida, USA?
American Airlines, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Miami International Airport (MIA) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Los Angeles to Newnan St + Ashley St via El Paso, El Paso, Houston, Circle K - Gainesville, FL, Gainesville, Jacksonville, and JRTC Bay J in around 44h 47m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Miami International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Miami International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Miami International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–400
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Miami International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tampa via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tampa via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tampa via San Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tampa via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tampa via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tampa via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tampa via San Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Orlando via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Orlando via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Orlando via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Orlando via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Orlando via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Orlando via San Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Miami International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Miami International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Miami International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tampa via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tampa via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Orlando via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Miami International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–400
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Miami International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tampa via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Orlando via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Miami International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–400
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–400
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Miami International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tampa via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Miami International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–350
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–350
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $460–1,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Jacksonville
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $440–1,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 831-539-2901
- guestservices@gobrightline.com
- Website
- gobrightline.com
Train from West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–85
- Book at
- https://www.gobrightline.com
- Smart
- $15–45
- Premium
- $27–85
- Phone
- +1 866 691 9732
- eplasales@eplalimo.com
- Website
- eplalimo.com
Bus from Los Angeles to El Paso
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Schedules at
- eplalimo.com
- One Way
- $95–140
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from El Paso to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–260
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $120–260
Bus from Houston to Circle K - Gainesville, FL
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–280
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $130–280
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Gainesville to Jacksonville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $8–16
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Jacksonville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Tallahassee
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Tallahassee to Jacksonville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Dallas Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $250–480
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Dallas Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $140–270
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Jacksonville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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