San Francisco to Palm Springs runs about 22 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 19:36. One passenger pays between €59.73 and €62.68, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 28m over 708 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€59.73 to €62.68
- 161%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving San Francisco
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.
- 06:06First departure
- 19:36Last departure
- 22Services per day
- 91%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €125.22Sun20
- about €111.65Mon21
- about €89.82Tue22
- about €96.90Wed23
- about €126.40Thu24
- about €109.29Fri25
- about €95.13Sat26
- about €90.41Sun27
- about €74.48Mon28
- about €73.30Tue29
- about €77.43Wed30
- about €89.23Thu1
- about €82.74Fri2
- about €73.30Sat3
- about €69.17Sun4
- about €60.32Mon5
- about €59.73Tue6
- about €61.50Wed7
- about €75.66Thu8
- about €70.94Fri9
- about €73.89Sat10
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 Palm Springs. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Palm Springs for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Palm Springs station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book San Francisco to Palm Springs
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €74.4890 days
- €52.0660 days
- €47.9345 days
- €52.0630 days
- €73.8921 days
- €73.3014 days
- €95.137 days
- €89.823 days
- €125.221 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €47.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 161 percent. The most expensive point is €125.22, 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.
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 Francisco to Palm Springs 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
708 km
687 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
827,526 → 47,371
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
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
- 87% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 13% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 708 km against 687 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 Las Vegas, Sacramento, Los Angeles. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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
Palm Springs is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Palm Springs station
Most of the points near Palm Springs station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about San Francisco to Palm Springs
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 San Francisco to Palm Springs?
The fastest journey from San Francisco to Palm Springs takes 4h 28m door to door, of which 1h 19m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 33m, 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 Francisco to Palm Springs?
The cheapest fare from San Francisco to Palm Springs is €59.73, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €98.08. 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 Francisco to Palm Springs?
The cheapest way from San Francisco to Palm Springs is by flight, at €59.73 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 29m 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 Francisco to Palm Springs?
Fares from San Francisco to Palm Springs bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €47.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 161 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for San Francisco to Palm Springs?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from San Francisco to Palm Springs, at €73.30. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for San Francisco to Palm Springs?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from San Francisco to Palm Springs, at €52.65 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 San Francisco to Palm Springs?
No operator record names San Francisco to Palm Springs directly. Air Canada, Horizon Air, SkyWest, United 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 Francisco to Palm Springs?
87 percent of the services we sell from San Francisco to Palm Springs are direct. The rest connect at Las Vegas, Sacramento, Los Angeles, with about 57 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 Francisco to Palm Springs use?
Services from San Francisco to Palm Springs by flight leave from San Francisco SFO and arrive at Palm Springs PSP. 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 Francisco to Palm Springs?
0 of the 4 operators we sell from San Francisco to Palm Springs 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 Francisco to Palm Springs on September 19, 2026: 708 km of route against 687 km in a straight line, 23 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €59.73, and 4h 28m 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 Palm Springs is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Palm Springs and across United States
Day trips that leave Palm Springs in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
San Francisco reaches 127 places in 31 countries on services we hold, over distances from 24 to 13,585 km. Palm Springs reaches 21 places in 2 countries, from 159 to 3,370 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving San Francisco
- 127Places you can leave for
- 31Countries
- 54Operators
Arriving in Palm Springs
Leaving Palm Springs
- 21Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 14Operators