There are 9 ways to get from Durham to Berkeley by plane, subway, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), bus, train, or car
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Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, BART
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)RDU - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
9h 10m$141–567Bus
- Take the bus from Durham to Atlanta Bus Station
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Dallas Bus Station
- Take the bus from Dallas Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Berkeley
2d 19h$271–708Bus, train
- Take the bus from Durham Station Gate G to Union Station - Bus Platform A
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Emeryville
3d 8h$400–2,350Drive 2,774 mi
- Drive from Durham to Berkeley2,774 mi
45h 20m$507–732Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)RDU - OAK
10h 21m$223–910Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, BART
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)RDU - SJC
- Take the subway from Milpitas to Downtown Berkeley
11h 31m$220–916Train to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Charlotte Amtrak Station
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)CLT - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
11h 38m$159–522Train to Piedmont Triad International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Greensboro
- Fly from Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)GSO - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
12h 50m$178–683Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)RDU - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmond
12h 41m$259–989
Durham to Berkeley by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Durham to Berkeley is to train and fly and BART which costs $150 - $550 and takes 11h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Durham to Berkeley is to fly and BART which takes 9h 10m and costs $140 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Durham to Berkeley. However, there are services departing from Durham and arriving at Berkeley via Atlanta Bus Station, Dallas Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Durham and Berkeley is 2454 miles. The road distance is 2790.2 miles.
The best way to get from Durham to Berkeley without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 19h and costs $270 - $750.
It takes approximately 9h 10m to get from Durham to Berkeley, including transfers.
Durham to Berkeley bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Durham station.
The best way to get from Durham to Berkeley is to bus which takes 2 days 19h and costs $270 - $750. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $220 - $950 and takes 10h 21m.
Durham to Berkeley bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Atlanta Bus Station.
Berkeley is 3h behind Durham. It is currently 6:37 AM in Durham and 3:37 AM in Berkeley.
What companies run services between Durham, NC, USA and Berkeley, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Durham to Berkeley via Atlanta Bus Station, Dallas Bus Station, and Los Angeles Union Station in around 2d 19h. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, Delta, and Breeze Airways fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Oakland International Airport (OAK) twice daily.
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- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–14
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Subway from Milpitas to Downtown Berkeley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Emeryville
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Charlotte Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $32–33
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Greensboro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–13
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–28
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Durham to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Berkeley
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $45–95
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Durham to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Dallas Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–200
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Dallas Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–300
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 919 485 7433
- customerservice@gotriangle.org
- Website
- gotriangle.org
Bus from Durham Station Gate G to Union Station - Bus Platform A
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://gotriangle.org/
- Schedules at
- https://gotriangle.org/maps-schedules/gotriangle
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