There are 8 ways to get from Sacramento to Dayton by plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), train, bus, car, 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 Sacramento International Airport to Dayton
best- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Dayton (DAY)plane SMF - DAY
9h 8m$124–555Bus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Cincinnatibus
- Take the bus from Martin Luther King Dr & Jefferson Ave WB to Meijer - Middletownbus Cl
2d 8h$461–697Train, bus
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Cincinnatibus
- Take the bus from Martin Luther King Dr & Jefferson Ave WB to Meijer - Middletownbus Cl
2d 11h$1,385–2,109Drive 2,267.5 mi
- Drive from Sacramento to Daytoncar 2,267.5 mi
35h 34m$414–598Fly Sacramento International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport, drive
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane SMF - CMH
- Drive from N Wilson Rd & Ferrell Pl - Columbus to Daytoncar
9h 26m$200–781Fly Sacramento International Airport to Covington, bus
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Covington (CVG)plane SMF - CVG
- Take the bus from Government Square Area H to Meijer - Middletownbus
10h 54m$275–983Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to John Glenn Columbus International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane SFO - CMH
- Drive from N Wilson Rd & Ferrell Pl - Columbus to Daytoncar
10h 45m$232–549Train, BART to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Covington, bus
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
- Take the subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airportsubway
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Covington (CVG)plane SFO - CVG
- Take the bus from Government Square Area H to Meijer - Middletownbus
11h 44m$307–711
Sacramento to Dayton by bus and taxi
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sacramento to Dayton is to fly which costs $120 - $600 and takes 9h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Sacramento to Dayton is to fly which takes 9h 8m and costs $120 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Sacramento station to Dayton. However, there are services departing from Sacramento Bus Station and arriving at Wright Stop Plaza - N.B. via Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station, Chicago Bus Station, Martin Luther King Dr & Jefferson Ave WB and 1St @ Central. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Sacramento and Dayton is 2027 miles. The road distance is 2280.7 miles.
The best way to get from Sacramento to Dayton without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 8h and costs $460 - $700.
It takes approximately 9h 8m to get from Sacramento to Dayton, including transfers.
Sacramento to Dayton bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Sacramento Bus Station.
The best way to get from Sacramento to Dayton is to fly which takes 9h 8m and costs $120 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $460 - $700 and takes 2 days 8h.
Sacramento to Dayton bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Sparks Transit Center station.
Dayton is 3h ahead of Sacramento. It is currently 4:33 AM in Sacramento and 7:33 AM in Dayton.
What companies run services between Sacramento, CA, USA and Dayton, OH, USA?
United Airlines, American Airlines, and Delta fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Dayton (DAY) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Wright Stop Plaza - N.B. via Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station, Chicago Bus Station, Cincinnati, Martin Luther King Dr & Jefferson Ave WB, Meijer - Middletown, and 1St @ Central in around 2d 8h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Covington via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Covington via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Covington via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Dayton via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Dayton via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Dayton via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Covington via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Covington via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Dayton via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Covington via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Covington via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Covington via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Dayton via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Dayton via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Dayton via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Covington via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Covington via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–440
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,400
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,000
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- BART
- Adult Single Ride
- $12–16
Subway from Richmond to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- BART
- Adult Single Ride
- $12–16
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–280
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–270
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Cincinnati
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Cincinnati
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 513-785-5237
- Website
- butlercountyrta.com
Bus from Martin Luther King Dr & Jefferson Ave WB to Meijer - Middletown
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- http://www.butlercountyrta.com
- Schedules at
- http://www.butlercountyrta.com/schedules-maps
Bus from Martin Luther King Dr & Jefferson Ave WB to Meijer - Middletown
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- http://www.butlercountyrta.com
- Schedules at
- http://www.butlercountyrta.com/schedules-maps
Bus from Government Square Area H to Meijer - Middletown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- http://www.butlercountyrta.com
- Schedules at
- http://www.butlercountyrta.com/schedules-maps
Bus from Government Square Area H to Meijer - Middletown
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- http://www.butlercountyrta.com
- Schedules at
- http://www.butlercountyrta.com/schedules-maps
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