There are 8 ways to get from Panama City (Station) to San Jose by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, or subway
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Fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
best- Fly from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane PTY - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
11h 54m$460–656Fly to Fresno Yosemite International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) to Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT)plane PTY - FAT
- Take the bus from Fresno, CA to San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephantbus
18h 31m$275–921Bus
- Take the bus from Terminal Albrook to Terminal Tica Busbus
- Take the bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Los Angelesbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station to San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwichbus
5d 15h$473–593Drive 4,117.1 mi
- Drive from Panama City (Station) to San Josecar 4,117.1 mi
3d 10h$907–1,310Fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Fly from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane PTY - SJC
12h 24m$298–1,038Fly to Monterey Regional Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)plane PTY - MRY
- Take a shuttle bus from Monterey Shuttle Station to SJC Airport Terminal B
17h 14m$283–898Fly to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane PTY - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to San Josetrain
17h 9m$357–1,229Fly to Oakland International Airport, BART
- Fly from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane PTY - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Josesubway
13h 30m$313–1,047
Tocumen International Airport (PTY) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Panama City (Station) to San Jose is to bus which costs $470 - $600 and takes 5 days 15h.
The fastest way to get from Panama City (Station) to San Jose is to fly and Caltrain which takes 11h 54m and costs $460 - $700.
No, there is no direct bus from Panama City (Station) to San Jose. However, there are services departing from Terminal Albrook and arriving at Santa Clara & Market via Terminal NicaBus, Managua, Olympic / Union, Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station and King & Tully. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5 days 15h.
The distance between Panama City (Station) and San Jose is 3396 miles. The road distance is 4141.2 miles.
The best way to get from Panama City (Station) to San Jose without a car is to bus which takes 5 days 15h and costs $470 - $600.
It takes approximately 11h 54m to get from Panama City (Station) to San Jose, including transfers.
Panama City (Station) to San Jose bus services, operated by Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter), depart from Terminal Albrook station.
The best way to get from Panama City (Station) to San Jose is to bus which takes 5 days 15h and costs $470 - $600. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $290 - $1,100 and takes 12h 24m.
Panama City (Station) to San Jose bus services, operated by Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter), arrive at Terminal Tica Bus station.
San Jose is 2h behind Panama City (Station). It is currently 9:55 PM in Panama City (Station) and 7:55 PM in San Jose.
What companies run services between Panama City (Station), Panama and San Jose, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Terminal Albrook to Santa Clara & Market via Terminal Tica Bus, Terminal NicaBus, Managua, Los Angeles, Olympic / Union, Vignes / Cesar E Chavez, Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station, San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich, and King & Tully in around 5d 15h. Alternatively, Copa Airlines, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Tocumen International Airport (PTY) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–650
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 1m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 14m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 9m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 9m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Jose Cabo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Oakland International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 24m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–650
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Fresno Yosemite International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 39m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Salvador, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 9m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Jose Cabo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Tocumen International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- 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
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
- $40–90
- Website
- Amtrak
- 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
Bus from Terminal Albrook to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $58–90
- Schedules at
- Cristóbal Colón Autobuses (Línea Dorada y Trans Galgos Inter)
- Road
- $60–90
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- [email protected]
- Website
- Nica Bus
Bus from Terminal NicaBus to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- Nica Bus
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Managua to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $330–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +1 714-839-3500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hoang Bus
Bus from Los Angeles, CA - Chinatown Station to San Jose, CA - Huong Lan Sandwich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Book at
- GoToBus - Hoang Express
- Website
- Hoang Bus
- Adult One-way
- $45–60
- 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
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- Tufesa
Bus from Fresno, CA to San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $40–65
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- [email protected]
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Fresno, CA to San Jose - King Rd Pink Elephant
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $19–35
- Titanium
- $21–35
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