There are 8 ways to get from Victoria to Oakland by ferry, plane, bus, or train
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Ferry to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport
best- Take the ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminalferry
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane SEA - OAK
7h 45m$228–664Fly Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to San Francisco International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt (YWH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane YWH - SFO
4h 53m$105–500Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminalferry
- Take the bus from Seattle to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sacramento to Oaklandtrain
25h 25m$250–320Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminalferry Victoria
- Take the train from Seattle to Oaklandtrain Coast Starlight
27h 16m$239–412Fly Victoria International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane YYJ - SFO
8h 41m$145–718Fly Victoria International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane YYJ - OAK
9h 32m$108–611Bus to Nanaimo Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the bus from Douglas & Kings to Canada Ave & Station - Train Stnbus
- Fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane YCD - SFO
10h 29m$154–917Ferry to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminalferry
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane SEA - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Oaklandtrain
10h 6m$262–744
Victoria to Oakland by ferry, foot, bus, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Victoria to Oakland is to fly which costs $140 - $750 and takes 8h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Victoria to Oakland is to fly which takes 4h 53m and costs $100 - $500.
The distance between Victoria and Oakland is 788 miles.
The best way to get from Victoria to Oakland without a car is to ferry and bus and train which takes 25h 25m and costs $250 - $320.
It takes approximately 7h 45m to get from Victoria to Oakland, including transfers.
There are 840+ hotels available in Oakland.
What companies run services between Victoria, BC, Canada and Oakland, CA, USA?
Harbour Air Seaplanes, Air Canada, and two other airlines fly from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt (YWH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–500
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–490
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Victoria International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–290
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 14m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Victoria International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–300
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Victoria Inner Harbour Apt to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–490
Flights from Victoria International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–300
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Victoria International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Edmonton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Victoria International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Victoria International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–32
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Seattle to Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–260
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Seattle to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 250 746 9899
- transitinfo@bctransit.com
- Website
- bctransit.com
Bus from Douglas & Kings to Canada Ave & Station - Train Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/
- Single Ride - All Passengers
- $2
- Phone
- +1 800-888-2535
- Website
- clippervacations.com
Ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–150
- Schedules at
- clippervacations.com
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