There are 8 ways to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston by bus, plane, train, car, or subway
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 Charleston International Airport
best- Take the bus from Santa Rosa to Oakland International Airportbus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane OAK - CHS
11h 14m$193–812Bus to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Charleston International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Santa Rosa to San Francisco Airportbus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane SFO - CHS
11h 32m$173–713Bus, train (Amtrak)
- Take the bus from Petaluma to Martinezbus
- Take the train from Martinez to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Petersburg Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Charleston Amtrak Stationtrain
3d 12hDrive 2,786.8 mi
- Drive from Santa Rosa to Charlestoncar 2,786.8 mi
45h 39m$509–735Fly Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport
- Fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane STS - CHS
13h 13m$184–804Bus, BART to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Charleston International Airport
- Take the bus from Santa Rosa Transit Mall to Battery St & Sacramento Stbus
- Take the subway from Embarcadero to Milpitassubway
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane SJC - CHS
12h 55m$222–929Bus, train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Charleston International Airport
- Take the bus from Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop to Martinezbus
- Take the train from Martinez to Sacramentotrain
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane SMF - CHS
13h 32mFly Sonoma County Airport to Savannah, train
- Fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Savannah (SAV)plane STS - SAV
- Take the train from Savannah Station to Charleston Amtrak Stationtrain
22h 20m$263–1,065
Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Charleston International Airport (CHS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston is to bus and fly which costs $170 - $750 and takes 11h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston is to bus and fly which takes 11h 14m and costs $190 - $850.
The distance between Santa Rosa and Charleston is 2478 miles. The road distance is 2803.1 miles.
The best way to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston without a car is to bus and train which takes 3 days 12h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 14m to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston, including transfers.
Charleston is 3h ahead of Santa Rosa. It is currently 2:09 AM in Santa Rosa and 5:09 AM in Charleston.
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Rosa to Charleston is 2803 miles. It takes approximately 45h 39m to drive from Santa Rosa to Charleston.
There are 1280+ hotels available in Charleston.
What companies run services between Santa Rosa, CA, USA and Charleston, SC, USA?
Alaska Airlines, Inc., Breeze Airways, and Southwest Airlines fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Charleston International Airport (CHS) 6 times a week.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Denver, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport via Las Vegas, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Savannah via Las Vegas, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Savannah via Denver, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Savannah via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 49m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Savannah via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 24m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Martinez to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–1,200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–360
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Charleston Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Martinez to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–21
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Savannah Station to Charleston Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Embarcadero to Milpitas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from Santa Rosa to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–60
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–60
Bus from Santa Rosa to San Francisco Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–65
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Petaluma to Martinez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop to Martinez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 415-921-5858
- bridgecomments@goldengate.org
- Website
- goldengate.org
Bus from Santa Rosa Transit Mall to Battery St & Sacramento St
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://www.goldengate.org/
- Adult
- $10–14
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