There are 7 ways to get from Raleigh to Santa Rosa by plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train, bus, car, subway, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Sonoma County Airport
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Sonoma County Airport (STS)plane RDU - STS
10h 19m$172–757Fly to San Francisco International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane RDU - SFO
- Take the bus from San Francisco Airport to Santa Rosabus
10h 45m$141–617Bus
- Take the bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Dallas Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dallas Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Francisco Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salesforce Transit Center-Bus Plaza Bay A to Santa Rosa Transit Mallbus 101
2d 23h$286–756Train, bus (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Martineztrain
- Take the bus from Martinez to Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stopbus
3d 8hDrive 2,829 mi
- Drive from Raleigh to Santa Rosacar 2,829 mi
46h 20m$517–746Fly to Oakland International Airport, bus
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane RDU - OAK
- Take the bus from Oakland International Airport to Santa Rosabus
12h 37m$261–1,067Fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, BART, shuttle
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane RDU - SJC
- Take the subway from Milpitas to Embarcaderosubway
- Take a shuttle bus from San Francisco Pier 27 to Santa Rosa
13h 46m$323–1,372
Raleigh to Santa Rosa by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Raleigh to Santa Rosa is to fly and bus which costs $140 - $650 and takes 10h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Santa Rosa is to fly which takes 10h 19m and costs $170 - $800.
No, there is no direct bus from Raleigh station to Santa Rosa. However, there are services departing from GoRaleigh Station and arriving at Santa Rosa Transit Mall via Raleigh Bus Station, Atlanta Bus Station, Dallas Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station and Salesforce Transit Center-Bus Plaza Bay A. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 23h.
The distance between Raleigh and Santa Rosa is 2443 miles. The road distance is 2845.5 miles.
The best way to get from Raleigh to Santa Rosa without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 23h and costs $280 - $800.
It takes approximately 10h 19m to get from Raleigh to Santa Rosa, including transfers.
Raleigh to Santa Rosa bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Raleigh Bus Station.
The best way to get from Raleigh to Santa Rosa is to fly which takes 10h 19m and costs $170 - $800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $280 - $800 and takes 2 days 23h.
Raleigh to Santa Rosa bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Atlanta Bus Station.
Santa Rosa is 3h behind Raleigh. It is currently 7:49 PM in Raleigh and 4:49 PM in Santa Rosa.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Santa Rosa, CA, USA?
Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Sonoma County Airport (STS) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from GoRaleigh Station to Santa Rosa Transit Mall via Capital Blvd at Crabtree Blvd, Raleigh Bus Station, Atlanta Bus Station, Dallas Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, San Francisco Bus Station, and Salesforce Transit Center-Bus Plaza Bay A in around 2d 23h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
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
- $140–280
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Martinez
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–2,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Milpitas to Embarcadero
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Dallas Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Dallas Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–260
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to San Francisco Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–190
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Raleigh Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 415-921-5858
- bridgecomments@goldengate.org
- Website
- goldengate.org
Bus from Salesforce Transit Center-Bus Plaza Bay A to Santa Rosa Transit Mall
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://www.goldengate.org/
- Adult
- $10–15
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
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from San Francisco Airport to Santa Rosa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–65
Bus from Oakland International Airport to Santa Rosa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–65
Shuttle from San Francisco Pier 27 to Santa Rosa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–55
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Yes, the driving distance between Raleigh to Santa Rosa is 2845 miles. It takes approximately 46h 20m to drive from Raleigh to Santa Rosa.
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