Irvine to San Francisco runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €49.83, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 25m over 642 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €49.83, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€49.83
- 172%Moves across the booking window
172%When it runs, leaving Irvine
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
1
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €135.64Wed23
- about €159.84Thu24
- about €107.04Fri25
- about €127.94Sat26
- about €120.79Sun27
- about €96.04Mon28
- about €66.34Tue29
- about €89.44Wed30
- about €91.64Thu1
- about €75.69Fri2
- about €93.29Sat3
- about €82.84Sun4
- about €80.64Mon5
- about €60.28Tue6
- about €61.93Wed7
- about €79.53Thu8
- about €60.83Fri9
- about €84.49Sat10
- about €70.73Sun11
- about €64.13Mon12
- about €49.83Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in San Francisco for the night the train gets in
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When to book Irvine to San Francisco
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €61.9390 days
- €56.4360 days
- €59.1845 days
- €64.6830 days
- €49.8321 days
- €60.2814 days
- €66.347 days
- €107.043 days
- €135.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €49.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 172 percent. The most expensive point is €135.64, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Irvine to San Francisco 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
642 km
617 km as the crow flies, 4% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
256,927 → 827,526
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 642 km against 617 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Los Angeles. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 14 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 train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near San Francisco 4th and King
Most of the points near San Francisco 4th and King open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Irvine to San Francisco
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Irvine to San Francisco?
The fastest journey from Irvine to San Francisco takes 4h 25m door to door, of which 1h 52m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 29m, 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 Irvine to San Francisco?
The cheapest fare from Irvine to San Francisco is €49.83, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €82.84. 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 Irvine to San Francisco?
The cheapest way from Irvine to San Francisco is by train, at €49.83 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 4h 35m 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 Irvine to San Francisco?
Fares from Irvine 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 most expensive lead time is 172 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Irvine to San Francisco?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Irvine to San Francisco, at €60.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 22, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Irvine to San Francisco?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Irvine to San Francisco, at €43.23 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 service from Irvine to San Francisco?
2 operators sell services from Irvine 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.
Is there a direct service from Irvine to San Francisco?
0 percent of the services we sell from Irvine 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.
Which station or terminal do services from Irvine to San Francisco use?
Services from Irvine to San Francisco by train leave from Irvine Transportation Center 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.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Irvine to San Francisco?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Irvine 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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
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 labeled 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 Irvine to San Francisco on September 22, 2026: 642 km of route against 617 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €49.83, and 4h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Irvine reaches 44 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 11,809 km. San Francisco reaches 149 places in 33 countries, from 24 to 13,585 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Irvine
- 44Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 5Operators
3
5Arriving in San Francisco
Leaving San Francisco
- 149Places you can leave for
- 33Countries
- 56Operators