There are 6 ways to get from Cartagena to San Jose by plane, train, bus, shuttle, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cartagena to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
best- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane CTG - SJC
14h 19m$255–939Fly Cartagena to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
cheapest- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane CTG - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
13h 23m$187–661Bus to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquillabus
- Fly from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BAQ - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
16h 40m$227–795Fly Cartagena to Monterey Regional Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)plane CTG - MRY
- Take a shuttle bus from Monterey Shuttle Station to SJC Airport Terminal B
22h 6m$288–956Fly Cartagena to Oakland International Airport, BART
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane CTG - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Josesubway
15h 11m$244–885Fly Cartagena to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane CTG - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to San Josetrain
18h 34m$333–1,094
Cartagena (CTG) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cartagena to San Jose is to fly and Caltrain which costs $180 - $700 and takes 13h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Cartagena to San Jose is to fly and Caltrain which takes 13h 23m and costs $180 - $700.
The distance between Cartagena and San Jose is 3452 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 19m to get from Cartagena to San Jose, including transfers.
San Jose is 3h behind Cartagena. It is currently 9:04 PM in Cartagena and 6:04 PM in San Jose.
There are 428+ hotels available in San Jose.
What companies run services between Cartagena, Colombia and San Jose, CA, USA?
Delta, Copa Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) 4 times a day.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Cartagena to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Panama City, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Cartagena to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Houston, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Cartagena to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Panama City, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Cartagena to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Houston, Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Cartagena to Oakland International Airport via Panama City, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 56m
- When
- Saturday, Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Cartagena to Oakland International Airport via Panama City, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Cartagena to Oakland International Airport via Houston, Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Cartagena to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Cartagena to San Francisco International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Cartagena to San Francisco International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 29m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Panama City, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Cartagena to Monterey Regional Airport via Houston, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 12m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Cartagena to Monterey Regional Airport via Mexico City, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Cartagena to Sacramento International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Cartagena to San Francisco International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Cartagena to Monterey Regional Airport via Panama City, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Cartagena to Monterey Regional Airport via Mexico City, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Cartagena to San Francisco International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Panama City, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 6m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Cartagena to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Cartagena to San Francisco International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Cartagena to Sacramento International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 39m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Cartagena to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Mexico City, Leon/Guanajuato
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,000
Flights from Cartagena to Oakland International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Cartagena to San Francisco International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Cartagena to Monterey Regional Airport via Houston, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 23m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Cartagena to Monterey Regional Airport via Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 54m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Cartagena to Monterey Regional Airport via Panama City, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- BART
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8001
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–24
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $17–24
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8002
- [email protected]
- Website
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- Groome Transportation
Shuttle from Monterey Shuttle Station to SJC Airport Terminal B
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Schedules at
- Groome Transportation
- Standard Rate
- $45–60
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