There are 8 ways to get from Riverside, CA to Seattle by bus, plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), train, car, 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.
Bus to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
best- Take the bus from Riverside to Los Angeles Downtownbus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane LAX - SEA
6h 59m$96–395Bus to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Paine Field County Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Riverside to Los Angeles Downtownbus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Paine Field County Airport (PAE)plane LAX - PAE
8h 6m$93–380Bus
- Take the bus from Riverside to Los Angeles Downtownbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Seattle Bus Stationbus
27h 40m$155–391Bus, train
- Take the bus from Riverside to Los Angeles Downtownbus FlixBus 2015 / ...
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Seattletrain Coast Starlight
36h 37m$155–351Drive 1,189.3 mi
- Drive from Riverside, CA to Seattlecar 1,189.3 mi
19h 56m$218–314Fly Ontario International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane ONT - SEA
7h 16m$112–604Bus to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Take the bus from Riverside to Los Angeles Downtownbus
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane BUR - SEA
7h 56m$95–418Train, line 43 bus to John Wayne Airport Orange County, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, tram
- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to Fullertontrain
- Take the bus from Fullerton Trans Ctr Dock 1 to Harbor And Macarthurbus
- Fly from John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane SNA - SEA
- Take the tram from SeaTac/Airport to Symphonytram
9h 58m
Riverside, CA to Seattle by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riverside, CA to Seattle is to bus and fly which costs $90 - $380 and takes 8h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Riverside, CA to Seattle is to bus and fly which takes 6h 59m and costs $95 - $400.
No, there is no direct bus from Riverside, CA to Seattle station. However, there are services departing from Riverside and arriving at Seattle Bus Station via Los Angeles Union Station and Sacramento Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 40m.
The distance between Riverside, CA and Seattle is 1060 miles. The road distance is 1196.3 miles.
The best way to get from Riverside, CA to Seattle without a car is to bus which takes 27h 40m and costs $150 - $400.
It takes approximately 6h 59m to get from Riverside, CA to Seattle, including transfers.
Riverside, CA to Seattle bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Riverside station.
The best way to get from Riverside, CA to Seattle is to bus which takes 27h 40m and costs $150 - $400. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $110 - $650 and takes 7h 16m.
Riverside, CA to Seattle bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Los Angeles Downtown station.
Seattle is 3h behind Riverside, CA. It is currently 9:02 PM in Riverside, CA and 6:02 PM in Seattle.
What companies run services between Riverside, CA, USA and Seattle, WA, USA?
You can take a bus from Riverside to Seattle Bus Station via Los Angeles Downtown, Los Angeles Union Station, and Sacramento Bus Station in around 27h 40m. Alternatively, Alaska Airlines, Inc., Delta, and two other airlines fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) every 4 hours.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Paine Field County Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Paine Field County Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–350
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Paine Field County Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–350
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Paine Field County Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–360
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–390
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–390
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Santa Rosa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–400
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–450
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–460
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–400
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–400
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–460
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–470
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–470
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–450
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Paine Field County Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–390
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–450
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–330
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from Riverside - Downtown to Fullerton
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- $7–11
- Phone
- +1 888-889-6368
- main@soundtransit.org
- Website
- soundtransit.org
Tram from SeaTac/Airport to Symphony
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Website
- https://www.soundtransit.org
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Riverside to Los Angeles Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Seattle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–190
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–180
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Seattle Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 714-560-6282
- Website
- octa.net
Bus from Fullerton Trans Ctr Dock 1 to Harbor And Macarthur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- octa.net
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Yes, the driving distance between Riverside, CA to Seattle is 1196 miles. It takes approximately 19h 56m to drive from Riverside, CA to Seattle.
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