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Philadelphia to Rochester

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Philadelphia to Rochester. From €34.28, fastest 4h 7m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Philadelphia to Rochester runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:15 and the last around 14:02. One passenger pays €42.03, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 7m over 423 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €42.03, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares

€42.03

  • 106%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Philadelphia

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.

  • 06:15First departure
  • 14:02Last departure
  • 2Services 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 €71.84Wed16
  2. about €75.53Thu17
  3. about €62.88Fri18
  4. about €66.18Sat19
  5. about €69.76Sun20
  6. about €52.43Mon21
  7. about €39.23Tue22
  8. about €44.73Wed23
  9. about €62.33Thu24
  10. about €53.53Fri25
  11. about €48.03Sat26
  12. about €44.18Sun27
  13. about €47.48Mon28
  14. about €37.03Tue29
  15. about €34.28Wed30
  16. about €48.58Thu1
  17. about €38.84Fri2
  18. about €49.68Sat3
  19. about €43.08Sun4
  20. about €35.38Mon5
  21. about €36.48Tue6

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

A hotel room

A room in Rochester for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Philadelphia to Rochester

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

  1. €34.8390 days
  2. €36.4860 days
  3. €42.5345 days
  4. €40.3330 days
  5. €36.4821 days
  6. €37.0314 days
  7. €39.237 days
  8. €62.883 days
  9. €71.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €34.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 106 percent. The most expensive point is €71.84, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€71.84€36.481371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Philadelphia to Rochester 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

423 km

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

Who lives at each end

1,573,916209,802

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

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaRochesterRochester
The journey

What the journey actually 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 423 km against 410 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 New York City, Syracuse, Paterson, Newark. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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

Baggage storage near Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Station

Most of the points near Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Philadelphia to Rochester

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 Philadelphia to Rochester?

The fastest journey from Philadelphia to Rochester takes 4h 7m door to door, of which 59m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 9m, 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 Philadelphia to Rochester?

The cheapest fare from Philadelphia to Rochester is €34.28, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €63.57. 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 Philadelphia to Rochester?

The cheapest way from Philadelphia to Rochester is by flight, at €42.03 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 4h 9m 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 Philadelphia to Rochester?

Fares from Philadelphia to Rochester bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €34.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 106 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Philadelphia to Rochester?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Philadelphia to Rochester, at €37.03. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Philadelphia to Rochester?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Philadelphia to Rochester, at €28.78 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 Philadelphia to Rochester?

1 operators sell services from Philadelphia to Rochester across 1 mode: Piedmont Airlines. 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 Philadelphia to Rochester?

33 percent of the services we sell from Philadelphia to Rochester are direct. The rest connect at New York City, Syracuse, Paterson, Newark, with about 48 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 Philadelphia to Rochester use?

Services from Philadelphia to Rochester by flight leave from Philadelphia ILG and arrive at Rochester ROC. 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 Philadelphia to Rochester?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Philadelphia to Rochester 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 Philadelphia to Rochester on September 15, 2026: 423 km of route against 410 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €34.28, and 4h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Rochester is somebody else's catalog.

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

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The two ends, compared

Philadelphia reaches 181 places in 25 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 10,902 km. Rochester reaches 48 places in 2 countries, from 98 to 1,746 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Philadelphia

  • 181Places you can leave for
  • 25Countries
  • 32Operators

Arriving in Rochester

Leaving Rochester

  • 48Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 22Operators

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