There are 12 ways to get from California to Pennsylvania by plane, bus (Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly San Diego International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport
best- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)plane SAN - PIT
7h 25m$202–1,305Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE)plane LAX - CLE
- Take the bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Eriebus
9h 24m$178–441Bus (Greyhound)
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus Greyhound US1210
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Stationbus Greyhound US0421
2d 15h$444–835Train via Washington (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtraktrain
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
2d 16h$993–2,112Drive 2,687.9 mi
- Drive from Los Angeles to Philadelphiacar 2,687.9 mi
43h 45m$491–709Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane LAX - PHL
7h 37m$251–506Fly San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane SAN - PHL
7h 29m$256–1,008Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)plane LAX - PIT
7h 50m$188–713Fly San Francisco International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)plane SFO - PIT
8h 9m$511–863Fly San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane SFO - PHL
8h 2m$204–616Train, bus
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Readingbus
- Take the bus from Reading to Philadelphia Bus Stationbus
2d 17h$872–1,714Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
2d 22h$1,077–2,172
California to Pennsylvania by bus (Greyhound)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from California to Pennsylvania is to fly and bus which costs $170 - $450 and takes 9h 24m.
The fastest way to get from California to Pennsylvania is to fly which takes 7h 25m and costs $200 - $1,300.
No, there is no direct bus from California station to Pennsylvania station. However, there are services departing from Los Angeles Union Station and arriving at Philadelphia Bus Station via St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 15h.
No, there is no direct train from California to Pennsylvania. However, there are services departing from Los Angeles and arriving at 15th St/City Hall via Fullerton Amtrak Station, Chicago Union Station, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform, Washington Union Station and Drexel Station at 30th St. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
The distance between California and Pennsylvania is 2143 miles. The road distance is 2703.6 miles.
The best way to get from California to Pennsylvania without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 15h and costs $440 - $850.
It takes approximately 7h 25m to get from California to Pennsylvania, including transfers.
California to Pennsylvania bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Los Angeles Union Station.
California to Pennsylvania train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Fullerton Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from California to Pennsylvania is to fly which takes 7h 25m and costs $200 - $1,300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $440 - $850 and takes 2 days 15h, you could also train via Washington, which costs $950 - $2,200 and takes 2 days 16h.
What companies run services between California, USA and Pennsylvania, USA?
Breeze Airways, Southwest Airlines, and two other airlines fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Philadelphia Bus Station via St Louis Bus Station in around 2d 15h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Saturday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Rockville Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $340–700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $300–600
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $140–270
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Erie
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–230
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Reading to Philadelphia Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–15
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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More Questions & Answers
California to Pennsylvania bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at St Louis Bus Station.
Pennsylvania is 3h ahead of California. It is currently 11:28 AM in California and 2:28 PM in Pennsylvania.
California to Pennsylvania train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between California to Pennsylvania is 2704 miles. It takes approximately 43h 45m to drive from California to Pennsylvania.
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