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Salt Lake City to Riverside

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Salt Lake City to Riverside. From €98.66, fastest 5h 26m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Salt Lake City to Riverside runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €98.66, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 26m over 1,051 km, on services run by 4 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 €98.66, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€98.66

  • 113%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Salt Lake City

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services 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 €183.63Wed23
  2. about €288.65Thu24
  3. about €174.19Fri25
  4. about €196.61Sat26
  5. about €161.21Sun27
  6. about €146.46Mon28
  7. about €114.00Tue29
  8. about €130.53Wed30
  9. about €143.51Thu1
  10. about €137.01Fri2
  11. about €152.36Sat3
  12. about €124.04Sun4
  13. about €108.11Mon5
  14. about €103.97Tue6
  15. about €99.25Wed7
  16. about €128.16Thu8
  17. about €118.73Fri9
  18. about €115.19Sat10
  19. about €105.15Sun11
  20. about €98.66Mon12
  21. about €108.11Tue13

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 Salt Lake City to Riverside

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

  1. €108.6990 days
  2. €96.9060 days
  3. €86.2745 days
  4. €108.1130 days
  5. €108.1121 days
  6. €103.9714 days
  7. €114.007 days
  8. €174.193 days
  9. €183.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €86.27.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 113 percent. The most expensive point is €183.63, 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.
€183.63€86.27137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Salt Lake City to Riverside and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

1,051 km

899 km as the crow flies, 17% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

215,548317,261

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

The route

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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 1,051 km against 899 km in a straight line, a detour of 17 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Long Beach. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City to Riverside?

The fastest journey from Salt Lake City to Riverside takes 5h 26m door to door, of which 2h 14m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 44m, 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 Salt Lake City to Riverside?

The cheapest fare from Salt Lake City to Riverside is €98.66, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €142.91. 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 Salt Lake City to Riverside?

The cheapest way from Salt Lake City to Riverside is by flight, at €98.66 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 5h 34m 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 Salt Lake City to Riverside?

Fares from Salt Lake City to Riverside bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €86.27. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 113 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 Salt Lake City to Riverside?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Salt Lake City to Riverside, at €108.11. 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 Salt Lake City to Riverside?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Salt Lake City to Riverside, at €77.42 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 Salt Lake City to Riverside?

4 operators sell services from Salt Lake City to Riverside across 1 mode: Air Canada, Amtrak California, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways. 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 Salt Lake City to Riverside?

0 percent of the services we sell from Salt Lake City to Riverside are direct. The rest connect at Los Angeles, Santa Ana, Long Beach, with about 67 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 Salt Lake City to Riverside use?

Services from Salt Lake City to Riverside by flight leave from Salt Lake City International Airport SLC 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 Salt Lake City to Riverside?

1 of the 4 operators we sell from Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City to Riverside on September 22, 2026: 1051 km of route against 899 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €98.66, and 5h 26m 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

Salt Lake City reaches 96 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 11,801 km. Riverside reaches 53 places in 3 countries, from 44 to 4,316 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Salt Lake City

  • 96Places you can leave for
  • 5Countries
  • 21Operators

Arriving in Riverside

Leaving Riverside

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

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