There are 11 ways to get from San Rafael to Tucson by bus, plane, subway, train, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, or train (Amtrak)
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 Oakland International Airport, fly to Tucson
best- Take the bus from San Rafael to Oakland International Airportbus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Tucson (TUS)plane OAK - TUS
6h 35m$191–1,002BART, bus
cheapest- Take the subway from Montgomery Street to Berryessa / North San Josesubway Green-N
- Take the bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to Tucsonbus San Jose
22h 50m$111–175BART, bus, train
- Take the subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Berryessa / North San Josesubway
- Take the bus from San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich to Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Stationbus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Tucson Amtrak Stationtrain
21h 5m$172–336Bus
- Take the bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus Greyhound US0831
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Tucsonbus FlixBus 2054
21h 32m$121–229Drive 874.9 mi
- Drive from San Rafael to Tucsoncar 874.9 mi
14h 14m$160–231Fly San Francisco International Airport to Tucson
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Tucson (TUS)plane SFO - TUS
5h 51m$155–781Bus to Oakland International Airport, fly to Phoenix, bus
- Take the bus from San Rafael to Oakland International Airportbus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Phoenix (PHX)plane OAK - PHX
- Take the bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to University of Phoenixbus
6h 35m$161–687Fly San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Phoenix (PHX)plane SFO - PHX
- Take the bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to University of Phoenixbus
7h 12m$315–1,116Bus to Sonoma County Airport, fly to Phoenix, bus
- Take the bus from San Rafael to Sonoma Co Airport Terminalbus
- Fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Phoenix (PHX)plane STS - PHX
- Take the bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to University of Phoenixbus
7h 23m$156–617BART to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Phoenix, bus
- Take the subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Milpitassubway
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Phoenix (PHX)plane SJC - PHX
- Take the bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to University of Phoenixbus
8h 17m$156–657Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Oakland to Los Angelestrain Coast Starlight
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Tucson Amtrak Stationtrain Texas Eagle / ...
26h$219–502
San Rafael to Tucson by bus, subway, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Rafael to Tucson is to BART and bus which costs $110 - $180 and takes 22h 50m.
The fastest way to get from San Rafael to Tucson is to fly which takes 5h 51m and costs $150 - $800.
No, there is no direct bus from San Rafael to Tucson. However, there are services departing from San Rafael Transit Center-Platform A and arriving at Tucson via San Francisco Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 32m.
The distance between San Rafael and Tucson is 789 miles. The road distance is 880 miles.
The best way to get from San Rafael to Tucson without a car is to BART and bus and train which takes 21h 5m and costs $170 - $340.
It takes approximately 6h 35m to get from San Rafael to Tucson, including transfers.
San Rafael to Tucson bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from San Francisco Bus Station.
The best way to get from San Rafael to Tucson is to bus which takes 21h 32m and costs $120 - $230. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $150 - $800 and takes 5h 51m, you could also train, which costs $210 - $500 and takes 26h.
San Rafael to Tucson bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Tucson is 1h ahead of San Rafael. It is currently 4:02 PM in San Rafael and 5:02 PM in Tucson.
What companies run services between San Rafael, CA, USA and Tucson, AZ, USA?
You can take a bus from San Rafael Transit Center-Platform A to Tucson via San Francisco Bus Station and Los Angeles Union Station in around 21h 32m. Alternatively, United Airlines, American Airlines, and Southwest Airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Tucson (TUS) every 4 hours.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Tucson via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Tucson via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Tucson via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Tucson via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–1,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Tucson via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Phoenix via Long Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–490
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $90–500
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix via Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–480
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–410
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–410
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–480
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Phoenix via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–500
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–410
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Milpitas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Subway from Montgomery Street to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Tucson Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Oakland to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from San Rafael to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–55
Bus from San Rafael to Sonoma Co Airport Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–55
- Phone
- +1 714-839-3500
- admin@lowfarebus.com
- Website
- xedohoang.com
Bus from San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich to Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Book at
- https://www.gotobus.com/hoangexpress/
- Website
- https://xedohoang.com/en
- Adult One-way
- $45–60
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 928-350-8466
- Website
- arizonashuttle.com
Bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to University of Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Book at
- https://groometransportation.com/phoenix-airport/?&sd_client_id=d8dca231-4b1d-4fa2-b53c-9a6a93b47ffd
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–180
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $95–150
- Titanium
- $113–116
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