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San Luis Obispo to Seattle

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from San Luis Obispo to Seattle. From €118.14, fastest 5h 22m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

San Luis Obispo to Seattle runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:39 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €118.14, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 22m over 1,419 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €118.14, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026

€118.14

  • 256%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving San Luis Obispo

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.

  • 06:39First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €351.19Fri18
  2. about €295.14Sat19
  3. about €298.09Sun20
  4. about €178.91Mon21
  5. about €192.48Tue22
  6. about €216.67Wed23
  7. about €277.44Thu24
  8. about €186.58Fri25
  9. about €190.12Sat26
  10. about €162.98Sun27
  11. about €139.97Mon28
  12. about €161.80Tue29
  13. about €158.85Wed30
  14. about €188.35Thu1
  15. about €132.89Fri2
  16. about €152.95Sat3
  17. about €137.61Sun4
  18. about €130.53Mon5
  19. about €128.76Tue6
  20. about €118.14Wed7
  21. about €145.28Thu8

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

A hotel room

A room in Seattle for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Seattle King Street and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book San Luis Obispo to Seattle

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

  1. €132.3090 days
  2. €98.6760 days
  3. €132.3045 days
  4. €135.2530 days
  5. €145.2821 days
  6. €188.3514 days
  7. €277.447 days
  8. €298.093 days
  9. €351.191 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €98.67.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 256 percent. The most expensive point is €351.19, 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.
€351.19€98.67137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to San Luis Obispo to Seattle 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

1,419 km

1,377 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

47,339780,995

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

San Luis ObispoSan Luis ObispoSeattleSeattle
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,419 km against 1,377 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 San Francisco, Burbank, Portland, Los Angeles. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 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 Seattle King Street

Most of the points near Seattle King Street open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about San Luis Obispo to Seattle

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 Luis Obispo to Seattle?

The fastest journey from San Luis Obispo to Seattle takes 5h 22m door to door, of which 2h 21m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 31m, 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 Luis Obispo to Seattle?

The cheapest fare from San Luis Obispo to Seattle is €118.14, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €175.37. 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 Luis Obispo to Seattle?

The cheapest way from San Luis Obispo to Seattle is by flight, at €118.14 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 5h 31m 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 Luis Obispo to Seattle?

Fares from San Luis Obispo to Seattle bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €98.67. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 256 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for San Luis Obispo to Seattle?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from San Luis Obispo to Seattle, at €139.97. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for San Luis Obispo to Seattle?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from San Luis Obispo to Seattle, at €108.70 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 Luis Obispo to Seattle?

No operator record names San Luis Obispo to Seattle directly. Horizon Air 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 Luis Obispo to Seattle?

20 percent of the services we sell from San Luis Obispo to Seattle are direct. The rest connect at San Francisco, Burbank, Portland, Los Angeles, 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 San Luis Obispo to Seattle use?

Services from San Luis Obispo to Seattle by flight leave from San Luis Obispo SBP and arrive at Seattle SEA. 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 Luis Obispo to Seattle?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from San Luis Obispo to Seattle 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 Luis Obispo to Seattle on September 17, 2026: 1419 km of route against 1377 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €118.14, and 5h 22m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Seattle a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

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The two ends, compared

San Luis Obispo reaches 8 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 247 to 1,466 km. Seattle reaches 140 places in 19 countries, from 15 to 11,930 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving San Luis Obispo

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  • 1Countries
  • 5Operators

Arriving in Seattle

Leaving Seattle

  • 140Places you can leave for
  • 19Countries
  • 50Operators

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