There are 8 ways to get from Modesto to Puerto Vallarta by bus, subway, plane, car, train, 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.
Bus, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Stationbus
- Take the subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly Citysubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR)plane SFO - PVR
8h 59m$1,648–6,461Bus
- Take the bus from Modesto to Tepicbus Sacramento
- Take the bus from Tepic to Buceríasbus
44h 1m$4,075–6,237Drive 2,859.5 km
- Drive from Modesto to Puerto Vallartacar 2,859.5 km
32h 32m$6,023–8,699Bus to Oakland International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Stationbus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR)plane OAK - PVR
9h 48m$1,768–7,726Train to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to Santa Clara Stationtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR)plane SJC - PVR
9h 29m$1,825–7,408Bus to Stockton Metropolitan Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Modesto to Stocktonbus
- Fly from Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK) to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR)plane SCK - PVR
16h 45m$2,179–9,204Bus via Modesto
- Take the bus from Modesto to Tepicbus
- Take the bus from Tepic to Buceríasbus
2d$2,016–4,547Bus via Los Angeles
- Take the bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Tepicbus
- Take the bus from Tepic to Puerto Vallartabus
2d 6h$4,311–5,921
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Modesto to Puerto Vallarta is to bus and BART and fly which costs $1600 - $6500 and takes 8h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Modesto to Puerto Vallarta is to bus and BART and fly which takes 8h 59m and costs $1600 - $6500.
No, there is no direct bus from Modesto to Puerto Vallarta. However, there are services departing from Modesto and arriving at Autotransportes Medina via Tepic and Bucerías. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 1m.
The distance between Modesto and Puerto Vallarta is 2674 km. The road distance is 2859.5 km.
The best way to get from Modesto to Puerto Vallarta without a car is to bus which takes 44h 1m and costs $4000 - $6500.
It takes approximately 8h 59m to get from Modesto to Puerto Vallarta, including transfers.
Modesto to Puerto Vallarta bus services, operated by Tufesa Mexico, depart from Modesto station.
Modesto to Puerto Vallarta bus services, operated by Tufesa Mexico, arrive at Tepic station.
Puerto Vallarta is 1h ahead of Modesto. It is currently 4:20 AM in Modesto and 5:20 AM in Puerto Vallarta.
Yes, the driving distance between Modesto to Puerto Vallarta is 2860 km. It takes approximately 32h 32m to drive from Modesto to Puerto Vallarta.
What companies run services between Modesto, CA, USA and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico?
You can take a bus from Modesto to Autotransportes Medina via Tepic and Bucerías in around 44h 1m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–6,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–6,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–7,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–7,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–7,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–7,500
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–7,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–7,500
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–7,000
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–8,500
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–8,500
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Las Vegas, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–8,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,500–14,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–6,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–6,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–7,500
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,100–16,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–7,500
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,100–16,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,100–16,000
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Las Vegas, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 31m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–8,500
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $3,500–14,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,500–14,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,500–14,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,100–16,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,100–16,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,100–16,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,100–16,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–6,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–6,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–6,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–7,000
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Las Vegas, Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–10,000
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Stockton Metropolitan Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport via Las Vegas, Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–10,000
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Dublin / Pleasanton to Daly City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $130–190
- Website
- BART
- Phone
- +1 800-411-7245
- Website
- Ace
Train from Lathrop/Manteca Station to Santa Clara Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $230–300
- Website
- Ace
- Website
- StanRTA
Bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $38
- Website
- StanRTA
- One Day Pass
- $38
Bus from Bay C - Modesto Transit Center - 2nd exi to BART Dublin Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $38
- Website
- StanRTA
- One Day Pass
- $38
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- [email protected]
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Modesto to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $3,700–5,862
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $3,700–5,500
- Titanium
- $4,200–4,400
Bus from Modesto to Stockton
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–300
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $55–300
- Titanium
- $60–290
- Phone
- +52 55 4440 3187
- [email protected]
- Website
- estrellablanca.com.mx
Bus from Tepic to Bucerías
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $270–320
- Schedules at
- estrellablanca.com.mx
- Book at
- estrellablanca.com.mx
Bus from Tepic to Bucerías
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $270–320
- Schedules at
- estrellablanca.com.mx
- Book at
- estrellablanca.com.mx
Bus from Tepic to Puerto Vallarta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $310–360
- Schedules at
- estrellablanca.com.mx
- Book at
- estrellablanca.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- Tufesa
Bus from Modesto to Stockton
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $480–900
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $480–900
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- [email protected]
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Modesto to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,700–4,200
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Modesto Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,600
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Tepic
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $2,900–3,500
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +52 55 5141 4300
- [email protected]
- Website
- odm.com.mx
Bus from Tepic to Puerto Vallarta
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $440–800
- Schedules at
- odm.com.mx
- Book at
- odm.com.mx
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