There are 8 ways to get from San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta by plane, subway, bus, train or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly from San Francisco
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Fly from San Francisco (SFO) to Puerto Vallarta (PVR)
Cheapest option
Bus
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Take the bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Modesto Bus Stop
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Take the bus from Modesto to Tepic
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Take the bus from Tepic to Bucerías
6 alternative options
BART to San Jose, fly
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Take the BART from Civic Center / UN Plaza to Milpitas
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Fly from San Jose (SJC) to Puerto Vallarta (PVR)
Fly from Oakland
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Fly from Oakland (OAK) to Puerto Vallarta (PVR)
Bus via Los Angeles
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Take the bus from San Francisco to Los Angeles
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Take the bus from Los Angeles to Tepic
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Take the bus from Tepic to Puerto Vallarta
Train, bus
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Take the train from Oakland to Los Angeles
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Take the bus from Los Angeles to Tepic
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Take the bus from Tepic to Puerto Vallarta
Caltrain, bus
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Take the Caltrain from San Francisco Caltrain to San Jose Diridon Caltrain
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Take the bus from San Jose Diridon to Gilroy Transit Center
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Take the bus from Gilroy to Tepic
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Take the bus from Tepic to Bucerías
Drive
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Drive from San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta
San Francisco (SFO) to Puerto Vallarta (PVR) flights
The flight time between San Francisco (SFO) and Puerto Vallarta (PVR) is around 6h 30m and covers a distance of around 2505 km. This includes an average layover time of around 1h 20m. Services are operated by Alaska Airlines, Inc., United Airlines, Southwest Airlines and others. Typically 120 flights run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta is to fly which costs $160 - $300 and takes 6h 25m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta is to fly which takes 6h 25m and costs $160 - $300.
No, there is no direct bus from San Francisco station to Nuevo Vallarta. However, there are services departing from San Francisco Bus Station and arriving at Nuevo Vallarta via Modesto, Tepic, Bucerías and Puerto Vallarta. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between San Francisco and Nuevo Vallarta is 2514 km. The road distance is 3069.7 km.
The best way to get from San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta without a car is to bus via Los Angeles which takes 31h 10m and costs $200 - $350.
It takes approximately 6h 25m to get from San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta, including transfers.
San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from San Francisco Bus Station.
The best way to get from San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta is to fly which takes 6h 25m and costs $160 - $300. Alternatively, you can bus via Los Angeles, which costs $200 - $350 and takes 31h 10m.
The quickest flight from San Francisco Airport to Puerto Vallarta Airport is the direct flight which takes 3h 43m.
San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta bus services, operated by Pacífico, arrive at Bucerías station.
- Distance: 2514.3 km
- Duration: 6h 25m
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico?
Alaska Airlines, Inc., United Airlines and six other airlines fly from San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta via Los Angeles, North Hollywood Station, Pershing Square Station, Spring / 6th, Los Angeles, Tepic, Puerto Vallarta, and Palmas in around 31h 10m.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2900 - $9500
Flights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2900 - $9500
Flights from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3500 - $11000
Flights from Oakland to Puerto Vallarta via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4800 - $15000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2600 - $11000
Flights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3200 - $12000
Flights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3400 - $13000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2700 - $5000
Flights from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3200 - $6000
Flights from Oakland to Puerto Vallarta via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3700 - $7000
Flights from Oakland to Puerto Vallarta via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4600 - $7500
Flights from Oakland to Puerto Vallarta via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7500 - $9500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2600 - $6500
Flights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3100 - $7500
Flights from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3100 - $8000
Flights from Oakland to Puerto Vallarta via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3600 - $9000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2500 - $11000
Flights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3000 - $14000
Flights from San Jose to Puerto Vallarta via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3000 - $13000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Oakland to Puerto Vallarta via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3700 - $9500
Flights from Oakland to Puerto Vallarta via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3200 - $8000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2600 - $11000
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Oakland to Puerto Vallarta via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $3300 - $9000
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Civic Center / UN Plaza to Milpitas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $120 - $160
- Website
- http://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Oakland to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $330 - $2900
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/routes.html
- Child Coach - Advance Purchase
- $330 - $1200
- Child Coach - short notice
- $600 - $1000
- Child Business Class - advance purchase
- $550 - $1800
- Child Business Class - short notice
- $600 - $1900
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $800 - $2000
- Business Seat - advance purchase
- $1100 - $3600
- Business Seat - short notice
- $1200 - $3600
- Coach Seat - short notice
- $900 - $2900
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain to San Jose Diridon Caltrain
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $160 - $210
- Schedules at
- caltrain.com
- One-way Senior / Disabled / Youth / Medicare Cardholder
- $75 - $95
- One-way Adult
- $160 - $210
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from San Francisco to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $550 - $1800
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $550 - $1800
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 9m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $2800 - $3300
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- 800 507 5500
- contacto@geb.mx
- Website
- estrellablanca.com.mx
Bus from Tepic to Puerto Vallarta
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $280 - $300
- Website
- https://estrellablanca.com.mx/
Bus from Tepic to Bucerías
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $270 - $300
- Website
- https://estrellablanca.com.mx/
- Phone
- 800 001 1827
- clientestap@tap.com.mx
- Website
- tap.com.mx
Bus from Tepic to Puerto Vallarta
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $160 - $700
- Schedules at
- tap.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 5141 4300
- contacto@odm.com.mx
- Website
- odm.com.mx
Bus from Tepic to Puerto Vallarta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $280 - $750
- Schedules at
- odm.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 408-321-2300
- Website
- vta.org
Bus from San Jose Diridon to Gilroy Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17 - $90
- Website
- vta.org
- Senior 65+, Disabled
- $18
- Youth 5-18
- $22
- Adult
- $40 - $90
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from San Jose Diridon Station to Gilroy Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60 - $550
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Modesto Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170 - $750
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Gilroy to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2900 - $5500
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- clientes@acnautobuses.com
- Website
- sites.miticket.mx
Bus from Modesto to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1900 - $3900
- Schedules at
- sites.miticket.mx
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Nuevo Vallarta is 2h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 7:44 PM in San Francisco and 9:44 PM in Nuevo Vallarta.
Yes, the driving distance between San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta is 3070 km. It takes approximately 32h 38m to drive from San Francisco to Nuevo Vallarta.
JetBlue Airways, Delta, Alaska Airlines, Inc. and three other airlines offer flights from San Francisco Airport to Puerto Vallarta Airport.
There are 1707+ hotels available in Nuevo Vallarta. Prices start at $1427 MXN per night.
The best way to get from San Francisco to San Francisco Airport is to BART which takes 29 min and costs $8 - $11.