There are 9 ways to get from Buffalo to Southern California by plane, bus, car, train, taxi, or bus (Greyhound)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport, bus, drive
best- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP)plane BUF - PSP
- Take the bus from Palm Springs Airport to Hwy 62 & Kickapoobus
- Drive from Hwy 62 & Kickapoo to Southern Californiacar
13h 3m$181–754Train, taxi (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Victorville Amtraktrain
- Take the taxi from Victorville Amtrak to Southern Californiataxi
2d 6h$1,532–2,573Bus
- Take the bus from Buffalo to Columbusbus
- Take the bus from Columbus to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Montclair Transcenterbus
- Take the bus from Montclair Transcenter to Barstow Stationbus
2d 14h$539–867Drive 2,418.4 mi
- Drive from Buffalo to Southern Californiacar 2,418.4 mi
39h 34m$414–597Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport, bus
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)plane BUF - LAS
- Take the bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Barstow Amtrak Bus Stopbus
12h 4mFly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BUF - LAX
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Downtown to Barstow Stationbus
13h 22m$216–643Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport, bus
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane BUF - ONT
- Take the bus from San Bernardino Downtown Transit Center to Barstow Stationbus
14h 21m$240–752Bus to Toronto Pearson International Airport, fly to Harry Reid International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Buffalo to Torontobus
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)plane YYZ - LAS
- Take the bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Barstow Amtrak Bus Stopbus
16h 9mBus to Toronto Pearson International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Buffalo to Torontobus
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane YYZ - LAX
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Downtown to Barstow Stationbus
17h 23m$376–962
Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Buffalo to Southern California is to fly and bus which costs $210 - $650 and takes 13h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Buffalo to Southern California is to fly and bus and drive which takes 13h 3m and costs $180 - $800.
No, there is no direct bus from Buffalo to Southern California station. However, there are services departing from Buffalo and arriving at Barstow Station via Columbus, St Louis Bus Station and Montclair Transcenter. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
The distance between Buffalo and Southern California is 2236 miles. The road distance is 2432.5 miles.
The best way to get from Buffalo to Southern California without a car is to train and taxi which takes 2 days 6h and costs $1,500 - $2,600.
It takes approximately 13h 3m to get from Buffalo to Southern California, including transfers.
Buffalo to Southern California bus services, operated by Barons Bus, depart from Buffalo station.
Buffalo to Southern California bus services, operated by Barons Bus, arrive at Columbus station.
Southern California is 3h behind Buffalo. It is currently 8:11 PM in Buffalo and 5:11 PM in Southern California.
Yes, the driving distance between Buffalo to Southern California is 2432 miles. It takes approximately 39h 34m to drive from Buffalo to Southern California.
What companies run services between Buffalo, NY, USA and Southern California, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Buffalo to Southern California via Columbus, St Louis Bus Station, Montclair Transcenter, and Barstow Station in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–410
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–410
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–410
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–410
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Harry Reid International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–650
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $280–450
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Victorville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,100–1,800
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 760 366 2395
- [email protected]
- Website
- basin-transit.com
Bus from Palm Springs Airport to Hwy 62 & Kickapoo
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- basin-transit.com
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barons Bus
Bus from Buffalo to Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- Barons Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Columbus to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Montclair Transcenter
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $340–550
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Montclair Transcenter to Barstow Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Buffalo to Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Buffalo to Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Website
- Greyhound
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Barstow Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from South Strip Transit Terminal to Barstow Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Los Angeles Downtown to Barstow Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from San Bernardino Downtown Transit Center to Barstow Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo to Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–24
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo to Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–24
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Los Angeles Downtown to Barstow Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Estimated price
- $150–190
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