There are 9 ways to get from Cdmx to San Jose by plane, bus, train, car, subway, or bus (Greyhound)
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Fly Felipe Ángeles International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
best- Fly from Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)NLU - SJC
7h 2m$166–642Fly Benito Juárez International Airport to Oakland International Airport, BART
cheapest- Fly from Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)MEX - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
8h 16m$108–384Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Terminal Milenio Zapopan
- Take the bus from Terminal Zapopan to San JoseGuadalajara
2d 7h$249–421Bus, train via San Antonio
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to San Antonio
- Take the train from San Antonio Amtrak Station to Los Angeles
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Jose
2d 14h$402–852Drive 2,143.6 mi
- Drive from Cdmx to San Jose2,143.6 mi
38h 43m$392–566Fly Benito Juárez International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Fly from Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)MEX - SJC
9h 12m$164–705Fly Benito Juárez International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
- Fly from Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)MEX - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
8h 41m$355–772Bus, train
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Morelia
- Take the bus from Morelia to Manteca
- Take the train from Lathrop Station to San Jose Station
2d 9h$140–250Bus via Tijuana
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tijuana
- Take the bus from Tijuana - Plaza El Mexicano to San Jose Diridon StationGreyhound US0831
2d 9h$228–512
Cdmx to San Jose by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cdmx to San Jose is to fly and BART which costs $100 - $390 and takes 8h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Cdmx to San Jose is to fly which takes 7h 2m and costs $160 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Cdmx to San Jose. However, there are services departing from Ponciano Arriaga y Puente de Alvarado and arriving at San Jose via Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte and Terminal Zapopan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Cdmx and San Jose is 1875 miles. The road distance is 2156.1 miles.
The best way to get from Cdmx to San Jose without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 7h and costs $240 - $430.
It takes approximately 7h 2m to get from Cdmx to San Jose, including transfers.
Cdmx to San Jose bus services, operated by ETN Turistar, depart from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte station.
The best way to get from Cdmx to San Jose is to fly which takes 7h 2m and costs $160 - $650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $240 - $430 and takes 2 days 7h.
Cdmx to San Jose bus services, operated by ETN Turistar, arrive at Terminal Milenio Zapopan station.
San Jose is 2h behind Cdmx. It is currently 10:36 AM in Cdmx and 8:36 AM in San Jose.
What companies run services between Cdmx, Mexico and San Jose, CA, USA?
Volaris, Viva Aerobus, and four other airlines fly from Felipe Ángeles International Airport (NLU) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ponciano Arriaga y Puente de Alvarado to San Jose via Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte, Terminal Milenio Zapopan, and Terminal Zapopan in around 2d 7h.
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- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Felipe Ángeles International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–420
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Felipe Ángeles International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Zacatecas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–700
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to Oakland International Airport via San Jose Cabo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Felipe Ángeles International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Puerto Vallarta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–420
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Felipe Ángeles International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Felipe Ángeles International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Benito Juárez International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–420
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Felipe Ángeles International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Puerto Vallarta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Antonio Amtrak Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $190–490
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–160
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 800-411-7245
- Website
- acerail.com
Train from Lathrop Station to San Jose Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- https://acerail.com
- Phone
- +52 800 800 0386
- atn_clientes@etn.com.mx
- Website
- etn.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Terminal Milenio Zapopan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://etn.com.mx/english/
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Morelia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://etn.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +52 477 710 0060
- Website
- primeraplus.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Terminal Milenio Zapopan
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Schedules at
- primeraplus.com.mx
- Book at
- primeraplus.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Morelia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- primeraplus.com.mx
- Book at
- primeraplus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Zapopan to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–317
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $200–300
- Titanium
- $220–240
- Phone
- +1 800 923 1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to San Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–200
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- 800 622 22 22
- buzondeatencion@gho.mx
- Website
- autovias.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Morelia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- https://www.autovias.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- servicios@acnautobuses.com
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Morelia to Manteca
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
- Phone
- +52 55 5141 4300
- contacto@odm.com.mx
- Website
- odm.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tijuana
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $170–400
- Schedules at
- odm.com.mx
- Book at
- odm.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- servicioalcliente@geb.mx
- Website
- autobuseselite.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tijuana
- Ave. Duration
- 44h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $170–290
- Schedules at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
- Book at
- autobuseselite.com.mx
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Tijuana - Plaza El Mexicano to San Jose Diridon Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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