There are 11 ways to get from Delaware to San Diego by train, plane, bus (Greyhound, Amtrak), train (Amtrak), car, subway, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Wilmington to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane BWI - SAN
7h 40m$198–1,386Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Wilmington to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane PHL - SAN
7h 58m$128–886Bus
- Take the bus from Wilmington Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to San Diegobus
2d 19hTrain via Washington (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Wilmington to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Rockville Amtrak to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to San Diegotrain
2d 19h$1,692–3,254Drive 2,660.2 mi
- Drive from Wilmington to San Diegocar 2,660.2 mi
44h 16m$455–657Train to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, fly
- Take the train from Wilmington to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane DCA - SAN
8h 48m$199–1,058Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Wilmington to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane EWR - SAN
8h 44m$418–738Train, subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Wilmington to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the subway from Metro Center, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane IAD - SAN
9h 22m$189–1,057Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Wilmington to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane JFK - SAN
9h 43m$231–1,186Train, bus
- Take the train from Wilmington to Jefferson Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to San Diegotrain
2d 21h$1,408–2,224Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Wilmington to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to San Diegotrain
3d 1h$1,820–2,857
Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Delaware to San Diego is to train and fly which costs $120 - $900 and takes 7h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Delaware to San Diego is to train and fly which takes 7h 40m and costs $190 - $1,400.
No, there is no direct bus from Delaware station to San Diego. However, there are services departing from Wilmington Bus Station and arriving at San Diego via Philadelphia Bus Station, St Louis Bus Station and Los Angeles. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
No, there is no direct train from Delaware to San Diego. However, there are services departing from Wilmington and arriving at San Diego via Union Station, Red Line Center Platform, Rockville Amtrak, Chicago Union Station and Fullerton Amtrak Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Delaware and San Diego is 2385 miles. The road distance is 2675.7 miles.
The best way to get from Delaware to San Diego without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 19h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Delaware to San Diego, including transfers.
Delaware to San Diego bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Wilmington Bus Station.
Delaware to San Diego train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Wilmington station.
The best way to get from Delaware to San Diego is to bus which takes 2 days 19h and costs . Alternatively, you can train via Washington, which costs $1,600 - $3,300 and takes 2 days 19h.
What companies run services between Delaware, USA and San Diego, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Wilmington Bus Station to San Diego via Philadelphia Bus Station, St Louis Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, and Los Angeles in around 2d 19h. Alternatively, you can take a train from Wilmington to San Diego via Washington Union Station, Union Station, Red Line Center Platform, Rockville, Red Line Center Platform, Rockville Amtrak, Chicago Union Station, and Fullerton Amtrak Station in around 2d 19h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Diego International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Diego International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–470
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–470
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–440
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Wilmington to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Wilmington to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Rockville Amtrak to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $410–650
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,900
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Wilmington to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Wilmington to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Wilmington to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Wilmington to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Wilmington to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,900
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Wilmington to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $550–900
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,900
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Wilmington to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $18–450
- First Class
- $120–600
Train from Wilmington to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $25–460
- First Class
- $140–650
Train from Wilmington to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $5–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Wilmington to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $25–460
- First Class
- $140–650
Train from Wilmington to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $25–460
- First Class
- $140–650
Train from Wilmington to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $26–460
- First Class
- $140–650
Subway from Metro Center, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Center Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- Phone
- +1 215-580-7800
- Website
- SEPTA
Train from Wilmington to Jefferson Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- SEPTA
- Schedules at
- SEPTA: World Cup 2026
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Wilmington Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $160–250
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $340–550
- Website
- Greyhound
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Los Angeles to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $150–230
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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Booking & Getting There
Delaware to San Diego bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Philadelphia Bus Station.
San Diego is 3h behind Delaware. It is currently 2:58 AM in Delaware and 11:58 PM in San Diego.
Delaware to San Diego train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Washington Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Delaware to San Diego is 2676 miles. It takes approximately 44h 16m to drive from Delaware to San Diego.
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