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Phoenix to Riverside

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Phoenix to Riverside. From €64.44, fastest 5h 6m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Phoenix to Riverside runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €64.44, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 6m over 623 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €64.44, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€64.44

  • 139%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Phoenix

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €150.00Wed23
  2. about €187.17Thu24
  3. about €121.09Fri25
  4. about €121.09Sat26
  5. about €119.32Sun27
  6. about €86.28Mon28
  7. about €84.50Tue29
  8. about €92.17Wed30
  9. about €95.13Thu1
  10. about €105.15Fri2
  11. about €82.15Sat3
  12. about €75.07Sun4
  13. about €84.50Mon5
  14. about €73.29Tue6
  15. about €76.24Wed7
  16. about €97.48Thu8
  17. about €74.47Fri9
  18. about €91.00Sat10
  19. about €72.70Sun11
  20. about €64.44Mon12
  21. about €75.65Tue13

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Riverside for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Riverside 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 Phoenix to Riverside

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

  1. €73.8990 days
  2. €62.6760 days
  3. €71.5345 days
  4. €74.4730 days
  5. €75.6521 days
  6. €73.2914 days
  7. €84.507 days
  8. €121.093 days
  9. €150.001 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €62.67.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 139 percent. The most expensive point is €150.00, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€150.00€62.67137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Phoenix to Riverside 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

623 km

495 km as the crow flies, 26% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

1,650,070317,261

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

The route

United StatesMexicoLos AngelesLos AngelesTijuanaTijuanaSan DiegoSan DiegoMexicaliMexicaliTucsonTucsonLong BeachLong BeachBakersfieldBakersfieldSanta ClaritaSanta ClaritaOceansideOceansideLancasterLancasterSanta MariaSanta MariaRosaritoRosaritoHesperiaHesperiaFlagstaffFlagstaffSan ClementeSan ClementeSan Luis ObispoSan Luis ObispoPhoenixPhoenixRiversideRiversideMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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
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 623 km against 495 km in a straight line, a detour of 26 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at San Diego, Santa Ana. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Riverside station

Most of the points near Riverside station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Phoenix to Riverside

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 Phoenix to Riverside?

The fastest journey from Phoenix to Riverside takes 5h 6m door to door, of which 1h 37m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 16m, 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 Phoenix to Riverside?

The cheapest fare from Phoenix to Riverside is €64.44, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €92.18. 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 Phoenix to Riverside?

The cheapest way from Phoenix to Riverside is by flight, at €64.44 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 5h 6m 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 Phoenix to Riverside?

Fares from Phoenix to Riverside bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €62.67. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 139 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 Phoenix to Riverside?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Phoenix to Riverside, at €75.07. 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 Phoenix to Riverside?

January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Phoenix to Riverside, at €60.90 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 Phoenix to Riverside?

2 operators sell services from Phoenix to Riverside 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 Phoenix to Riverside?

0 percent of the services we sell from Phoenix to Riverside are direct. The rest connect at San Diego, Santa Ana, with about 75 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 Phoenix to Riverside use?

Services from Phoenix to Riverside by flight leave from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport PHX and arrive at Riverside station. 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 Phoenix to Riverside?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Phoenix to Riverside 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 Phoenix to Riverside on September 22, 2026: 623 km of route against 495 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €64.44, and 5h 6m 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 Riverside is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Riverside and across United States

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

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The two ends, compared

Phoenix reaches 124 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 173 to 9,053 km. Riverside reaches 53 places in 3 countries, from 44 to 4,316 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Phoenix

  • 124Places you can leave for
  • 8Countries
  • 31Operators

Arriving in Riverside

Leaving Riverside

  • 53Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 5Operators

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