Riverside to San Francisco

The fastest journey from Riverside to San Francisco takes 4h 34m door to door, of which 2h 3m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 40m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

The cheapest fare from Riverside to San Francisco is €49.83, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €87.24. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

The cheapest way from Riverside to San Francisco is by train, at €49.83 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 46m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

Fares from Riverside to San Francisco bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €49.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 187 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Riverside to San Francisco, at €60.84. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 22 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Riverside to San Francisco, at €43.79 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

2 operators sell services from Riverside to San Francisco across 1 mode: American Airlines, Amtrak California. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

0 percent of the services we sell from Riverside to San Francisco are direct. The rest connect at Los Angeles, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Services from Riverside to San Francisco by train leave from Riverside station and arrive at San Francisco International Airport SFO. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Riverside to San Francisco allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.