There are 11 ways to get from Houston to Santa Rosa by plane, bus, train, bus (Greyhound), car, subway, or tram
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Francisco International Airport, bus, train
best- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane IAH - SFO
- Take the bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoffbus
- Take the train from SMART Larkspur to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
9h 25m$136–493Bus
- Take the bus from Tornado Bus Co - Houston Airline Dr to El Pasobus
- Take the bus from El Paso Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Francisco Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Fremont St & Mission St to Santa Rosa Transit Mallbus 172
42h$321–655Train, bus via San Francisco
- Take the train from Houston to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Franciscobus
- Take the bus from Perry St & 3rd St to Santa Rosa Transit Mallbus 172
2d 1h$506–1,059Drive 1,927 mi
- Drive from Houston to Santa Rosacar 1,927 mi
31h 27m$352–508Fly William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane HOU - OAK
- Take the bus from Oakland International Airport to San Rafaelbus
- Take the train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
9h 5m$283–1,263Fly William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, BART, train
- Fly from William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane HOU - SJC
- Take the subway from Milpitas to El Cerrito Del Nortesubway
- Take the train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
10h 20m$267–1,130Fly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, BART, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane IAH - SJC
- Take the subway from Milpitas to El Cerrito Del Nortesubway
- Take the train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
10h 53m$179–783Fly William P. Hobby Airport to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane HOU - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
11h 19m$290–1,268Fly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane IAH - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtowntrain
11h 58m$202–871Bus, tram to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, fly to Sonoma County Airport
- Take the bus from Hyatt Regency Houston to Fort Worthbus
- Take the tram from Fort Worth Central Station to DFW Airport Terminal B Stationtram
- Fly from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Sonoma County Airport (STS)plane DFW - STS
11h 12m$252–695Train, bus (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Houston to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Martineztrain
- Take the bus from Martinez to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stopbus
2d 4h$587–1,266
Houston to Santa Rosa by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Houston to Santa Rosa is to fly and bus and train which costs $130 - $500 and takes 9h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Houston to Santa Rosa is to fly and bus and train which takes 9h 5m and costs $280 - $1,300.
No, there is no direct bus from Houston to Santa Rosa. However, there are services departing from Capitol St @ Smith St and arriving at Santa Rosa Transit Mall via Tornado Bus Co - Houston Airline Dr, El Paso Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station and Fremont St & Mission St. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h.
The distance between Houston and Santa Rosa is 1737 miles. The road distance is 1938.2 miles.
The best way to get from Houston to Santa Rosa without a car is to bus which takes 42h and costs $320 - $700.
It takes approximately 9h 25m to get from Houston to Santa Rosa, including transfers.
Houston to Santa Rosa bus services, operated by Tornado Bus Company, depart from Tornado Bus Co - Houston Airline Dr station.
Houston to Santa Rosa bus services, operated by Tornado Bus Company, arrive at El Paso station.
Santa Rosa is 2h behind Houston. It is currently 5:41 AM in Houston and 3:41 AM in Santa Rosa.
Yes, the driving distance between Houston to Santa Rosa is 1938 miles. It takes approximately 31h 27m to drive from Houston to Santa Rosa.
What companies run services between Houston, TX, USA and Santa Rosa, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Capitol St @ Smith St to Santa Rosa Transit Mall via N Main St @ Airline Dr, Tornado Bus Co - Houston Airline Dr, El Paso, El Paso Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, San Francisco Bus Station, and Fremont St & Mission St in around 42h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport via Long Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Sonoma County Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Sonoma County Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–450
- Phone
- +1 707-794-3330
- Website
- sonomamarintrain.org
Train from SMART Larkspur to SMART Santa Rosa Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
Train from SMART San Rafael to SMART Santa Rosa Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Houston to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $440–950
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Martinez
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–290
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Milpitas to El Cerrito Del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 817-215-8600
- Website
- ridetrinitymetro.org
Tram from Fort Worth Central Station to DFW Airport Terminal B Station
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://ridetrinitymetro.org
- Adults 20-64
- $3
- Phone
- +1 415-461-4222
- Website
- marinairporter.com
Bus from San Francisco Airport to Larkspur - dropoff
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://marinairporter.com/
- Adult One-way
- $32
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Tornado Bus Co - Houston Airline Dr to El Paso
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–260
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $120–260
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from El Paso Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–250
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Francisco Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 415-921-5858
- bridgecomments@goldengate.org
- Website
- goldengate.org
Bus from Fremont St & Mission St to Santa Rosa Transit Mall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://www.goldengate.org/
- Adult
- $10–14
Bus from Perry St & 3rd St to Santa Rosa Transit Mall
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://www.goldengate.org/
- Adult
- $10–15
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from Oakland International Airport to San Rafael
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–55
- Phone
- +1 844-866-5263
- inquiries@vonlane.com
- Website
- vonlane.com
Bus from Hyatt Regency Houston to Fort Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $127–137
- Website
- https://vonlane.com
- Adult
- $127
- adult
- $137
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Martinez to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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