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Salt Lake City to San Francisco

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Salt Lake City to San Francisco. From €77.43, fastest 4h 50m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Salt Lake City to San Francisco runs about 48 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 20:42. One passenger pays between €77.43 and €79.79, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 50m over 993 km, on services run by 6 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€77.43 to €79.79

  • 151%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Salt Lake City

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:06First departure
  • 20:42Last departure
  • 48Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €172.42Mon21
  2. about €146.46Tue22
  3. about €160.62Wed23
  4. about €162.98Thu24
  5. about €149.41Fri25
  6. about €162.39Sat26
  7. about €141.74Sun27
  8. about €101.03Mon28
  9. about €98.08Tue29
  10. about €105.75Wed30
  11. about €121.09Thu1
  12. about €111.65Fri2
  13. about €114.60Sat3
  14. about €108.11Sun4
  15. about €79.79Mon5
  16. about €77.43Tue6
  17. about €82.74Wed7
  18. about €102.21Thu8
  19. about €96.90Fri9
  20. about €96.90Sat10
  21. about €91.00Sun11

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into San Francisco. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in San Francisco for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from San Francisco 4th and King and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Salt Lake City to San Francisco

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €100.4490 days
  2. €83.9260 days
  3. €69.7645 days
  4. €68.5830 days
  5. €91.0021 days
  6. €108.1114 days
  7. €141.747 days
  8. €160.623 days
  9. €172.421 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €68.58.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 151 percent. The dearest point is €172.42, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€172.42€68.58137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Salt Lake City to San Francisco and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

993 km

964 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

215,548827,526

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 993 km against 964 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near San Francisco 4th and King

Most of the points near San Francisco 4th and King open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Salt Lake City to San Francisco

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

The fastest journey from Salt Lake City to San Francisco takes 4h 50m door to door, of which 1h 40m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 56m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

The cheapest fare from Salt Lake City to San Francisco is €77.43, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €134.66. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

The cheapest way from Salt Lake City to San Francisco is by flight, at €77.43 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 50m 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.

When should I book Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

Fares from Salt Lake City to San Francisco bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €68.58. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 151 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Salt Lake City to San Francisco, at €98.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Salt Lake City to San Francisco, at €67.40 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.

Who runs services from Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

Air Canada, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Lufthansa, SkyWest, United Airlines publish service areas covering both Salt Lake City and San Francisco, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

Every service we sell from Salt Lake City to San Francisco is direct, with around 48 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 50m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Salt Lake City to San Francisco use?

Services from Salt Lake City to San Francisco by flight leave from Salt Lake City International Airport SLC and arrive at San Francisco International Airport SFO. Allow about 3h 10m 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.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

0 of the 6 operators we sell from Salt Lake City 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.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Salt Lake City to San Francisco on 20 September 2026: 993 km of route against 964 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €77.43, and 4h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives San Francisco a set of days out that do not start at a station.

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Day trips that leave San Francisco in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Salt Lake City reaches 90 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 8,153 km. San Francisco reaches 127 places in 31 countries, from 24 to 13,585 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Salt Lake City

  • 90Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 21Operators

Arriving in San Francisco

Leaving San Francisco

  • 127Places you can leave for
  • 31Countries
  • 56Operators

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