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San José del Cabo to San Diego

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from San José del Cabo to San Diego. From €105.16, fastest 5h 16m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

San José del Cabo to San Diego runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €105.16, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 16m over 1,339 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

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

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €105.16, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€105.16

  • 143%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving San José del Cabo

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.

  • 06:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 25%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €238.50Mon21
  2. about €236.14Tue22
  3. about €190.12Wed23
  4. about €296.32Thu24
  5. about €268.59Fri25
  6. about €298.68Sat26
  7. about €179.50Sun27
  8. about €170.06Mon28
  9. about €162.98Tue29
  10. about €190.12Wed30
  11. about €198.97Thu1
  12. about €194.84Fri2
  13. about €161.80Sat3
  14. about €124.63Sun4
  15. about €118.73Mon5
  16. about €105.16Tue6
  17. about €132.30Wed7
  18. about €149.41Thu8
  19. about €162.98Fri9
  20. about €156.49Sat10
  21. about €138.20Sun11

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 San Diego. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

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

Sort by distance from Santa Fe Depot 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 José del Cabo to San Diego

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

  1. €184.2290 days
  2. €150.0060 days
  3. €98.0845 days
  4. €104.5730 days
  5. €138.2021 days
  6. €124.6314 days
  7. €179.507 days
  8. €190.123 days
  9. €238.501 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €98.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 143 percent. The dearest point is €238.50, 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.
€238.50€98.08137142130456090

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 José del Cabo to San Diego and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

1,339 km

1,300 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

136,2851,404,452

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 José del CaboSan José del CaboSan DiegoSan Diego
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
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,339 km against 1,300 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 Santa Ana, Los Angeles, Phoenix. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Santa Fe Depot

Most of the points near Santa Fe Depot open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about San José del Cabo to San Diego

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 José del Cabo to San Diego?

The fastest journey from San José del Cabo to San Diego takes 5h 16m door to door, of which 2h 15m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 21m, 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 José del Cabo to San Diego?

The cheapest fare from San José del Cabo to San Diego is €105.16, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €170.06. 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 José del Cabo to San Diego?

The cheapest way from San José del Cabo to San Diego is by flight, at €105.16 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 25m 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 José del Cabo to San Diego?

Fares from San José del Cabo to San Diego bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €98.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 143 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 San José del Cabo to San Diego?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from San José del Cabo to San Diego, at €138.20. 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 San José del Cabo to San Diego?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from San José del Cabo to San Diego, at €99.85 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 José del Cabo to San Diego?

No operator record names San José del Cabo to San Diego directly. Alaska 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 José del Cabo to San Diego?

25 percent of the services we sell from San José del Cabo to San Diego are direct. The rest connect at Santa Ana, Los Angeles, Phoenix, with about 53 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 José del Cabo to San Diego use?

Services from San José del Cabo to San Diego by flight leave from San José del Cabo SJD and arrive at San Diego SAN. 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 José del Cabo to San Diego?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from San José del Cabo to San Diego 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 José del Cabo to San Diego on 20 September 2026: 1339 km of route against 1300 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €105.16, and 5h 16m 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 Diego a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

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The two ends, compared

San José del Cabo reaches 31 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 305 to 9,880 km. San Diego reaches 88 places in 7 countries, from 45 to 9,682 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving San José del Cabo

  • 31Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 14Operators

Arriving in San Diego

Leaving San Diego

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

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