View north along Interstate 395 (Cal Ripken Way) approaching the exit for Martin Luther King, Junior Boulevard (TO Lee Street, TO Russell Street) in Baltimore City, Maryland

San Diego to Baltimore

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from San Diego to Baltimore. From €301.63, fastest 8h 20m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

San Diego to Baltimore runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:36 and the last around 14:49. One passenger pays €301.63, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 8h 20m over 3,799 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €301.63, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026

€301.63

  • 205%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving San Diego

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:36First departure
  • 14:49Last departure
  • 6Services per day
  • 33%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €794.87Fri18
  2. about €757.70Sat19
  3. about €693.39Sun20
  4. about €485.12Mon21
  5. about €551.20Tue22
  6. about €534.09Wed23
  7. about €601.35Thu24
  8. about €492.20Fri25
  9. about €498.69Sat26
  10. about €503.41Sun27
  11. about €430.25Mon28
  12. about €398.39Tue29
  13. about €429.66Wed30
  14. about €490.43Thu1
  15. about €358.86Fri2
  16. about €366.53Sat3
  17. about €336.44Sun4
  18. about €301.63Mon5
  19. about €301.63Tue6
  20. about €339.39Wed7
  21. about €446.18Thu8

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Baltimore. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Baltimore for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from West Baltimore and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book San Diego to Baltimore

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

  1. €329.9590 days
  2. €269.7760 days
  3. €260.9245 days
  4. €309.8930 days
  5. €446.1821 days
  6. €490.4314 days
  7. €601.357 days
  8. €693.393 days
  9. €794.871 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €260.92.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 205 percent. The dearest point is €794.87, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€794.87€260.92137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to San Diego to Baltimore and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

3 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

3,799 km

3,689 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

1,404,452585,708

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

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

San DiegoSan DiegoBaltimoreBaltimore
The journey

What the journey looks like

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

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,799 km against 3,689 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kansas City, St. Louis, Louisville, Albuquerque. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

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 West Baltimore

Most of the points near West Baltimore open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about San Diego to Baltimore

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 San Diego to Baltimore?

The fastest journey from San Diego to Baltimore takes 8h 20m door to door, of which 5h 12m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 45m, 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 San Diego to Baltimore?

The cheapest fare from San Diego to Baltimore is €301.63, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €531.44. 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 San Diego to Baltimore?

The cheapest way from San Diego to Baltimore is by flight, at €301.63 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 22m 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 San Diego to Baltimore?

Fares from San Diego to Baltimore bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €260.92. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 205 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for San Diego to Baltimore?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from San Diego to Baltimore, at €398.39. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for San Diego to Baltimore?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from San Diego to Baltimore, at €241.45 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 San Diego to Baltimore?

No operator record names San Diego to Baltimore directly. Southwest Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from San Diego to Baltimore?

33 percent of the services we sell from San Diego to Baltimore are direct. The rest connect at Kansas City, St. Louis, Louisville, Albuquerque, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from San Diego to Baltimore use?

Services from San Diego to Baltimore by flight leave from San Diego SAN and arrive at Baltimore BWI. 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 San Diego to Baltimore?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from San Diego to Baltimore 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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for San Diego to Baltimore on 17 September 2026: 3799 km of route against 3689 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €301.63, and 8h 20m 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 Baltimore a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Baltimore and across United States

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

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The two ends, compared

San Diego reaches 88 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 9,682 km. Baltimore reaches 126 places in 13 countries, from 49 to 6,474 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving San Diego

  • 88Places you can leave for
  • 7Countries
  • 27Operators

Arriving in Baltimore

Leaving Baltimore

  • 126Places you can leave for
  • 13Countries
  • 25Operators

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