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Toronto to San Francisco

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Toronto to San Francisco. From €279.80, fastest 8h 17m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Toronto to San Francisco runs about 24 times a day, with the first departure around 06:10 and the last around 19:14. One passenger pays between €279.80 and €307.53, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 17m over 3,751 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

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

€279.80 to €307.53

  • 135%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Toronto

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.

  • 06:10First departure
  • 19:14Last departure
  • 24Services per day
  • 83%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €537.63Tue15
  2. about €586.01Wed16
  3. about €586.60Thu17
  4. about €544.12Fri18
  5. about €550.02Sat19
  6. about €510.49Sun20
  7. about €358.86Mon21
  8. about €350.60Tue22
  9. about €382.46Wed23
  10. about €469.78Thu24
  11. about €436.15Fri25
  12. about €448.54Sat26
  13. about €413.14Sun27
  14. about €297.50Mon28
  15. about €292.19Tue29
  16. about €328.18Wed30
  17. about €362.99Thu1
  18. about €331.72Fri2
  19. about €348.83Sat3
  20. about €326.41Sun4
  21. about €279.80Mon5

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

A hotel room

A room in San Francisco for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from San Francisco 4th and King and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Toronto to San Francisco

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

  1. €328.7790 days
  2. €276.8560 days
  3. €314.0245 days
  4. €249.1230 days
  5. €279.8021 days
  6. €297.5014 days
  7. €358.867 days
  8. €586.603 days
  9. €537.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €249.12.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 135 percent. The most expensive point is €586.60, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€586.60€249.121371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Toronto to San Francisco and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

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

The shape of it

3,751 km

3,642 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

2,794,356827,526

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

TorontoTorontoSan FranciscoSan Francisco
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
83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,751 km against 3,642 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 Denver, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis. 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 San Francisco 4th and King

Most of the points near San Francisco 4th and King open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Toronto to San Francisco

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 Toronto to San Francisco?

The fastest journey from Toronto to San Francisco takes 8h 17m door to door, of which 5h 8m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 40m, 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 Toronto to San Francisco?

The cheapest fare from Toronto to San Francisco is €279.80, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €482.47. 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 Toronto to San Francisco?

The cheapest way from Toronto to San Francisco is by flight, at €297.50 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 8h 18m 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 Toronto to San Francisco?

Fares from Toronto to San Francisco bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €249.12. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 135 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Toronto to San Francisco?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Toronto to San Francisco, at €297.50. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Toronto to San Francisco?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Toronto to San Francisco, at €239.09 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 Toronto to San Francisco?

4 operators sell services from Toronto to San Francisco across 1 mode: Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Porter Airlines, United 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 Toronto to San Francisco?

83 percent of the services we sell from Toronto to San Francisco are direct. The rest connect at Denver, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, 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 Toronto to San Francisco use?

Services from Toronto to San Francisco by flight leave from Toronto YYZ and arrive at San Francisco SFO. 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 Toronto to San Francisco?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Toronto to San Francisco 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 Toronto to San Francisco on September 14, 2026: 3751 km of route against 3642 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €279.80, and 8h 17m 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 San Francisco a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of San Francisco and across United States

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

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The two ends, compared

Toronto reaches 197 places in 61 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 12,548 km. San Francisco reaches 127 places in 31 countries, from 24 to 13,585 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Toronto

  • 197Places you can leave for
  • 61Countries
  • 68Operators

Arriving in San Francisco

Leaving San Francisco

  • 127Places you can leave for
  • 31Countries
  • 54Operators

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