There are 5 ways to get from San Jose to Cartagena by plane, train, bus, 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 Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Cartagena
best- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Cartagena (CTG)plane SJC - CTG
14h 2m$212–802Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Cartagena
cheapest- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Cartagena (CTG)plane SFO - CTG
13h 17m$196–720Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, bus
- Take the train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northboundtrain
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ)plane SFO - BAQ
- Take the bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagenabus
17h 8m$224–795Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Cartagena
- Take the train from San Jose to Sacramentotrain
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Cartagena (CTG)plane SMF - CTG
18h 17m$287–996BART to Oakland International Airport, fly to Cartagena
- Take the subway from Berryessa / North San Jose to Coliseumsubway
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Cartagena (CTG)plane OAK - CTG
15h 33m$349–762
Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Cartagena (CTG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Jose to Cartagena is to Caltrain and fly which costs $190 - $750 and takes 13h 17m.
The fastest way to get from San Jose to Cartagena is to Caltrain and fly which takes 13h 17m and costs $190 - $750.
The distance between San Jose and Cartagena is 5524 km.
It takes approximately 14h 2m to get from San Jose to Cartagena, including transfers.
Cartagena is 2h ahead of San Jose. It is currently 7:50 PM in San Jose and 9:50 PM in Cartagena.
There are 3225+ hotels available in Cartagena.
What companies run services between San Jose, CA, USA and Cartagena, Colombia?
Delta, Southwest Airlines, and Copa Airlines fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Cartagena (CTG) 4 times a week.
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Cartagena via San Diego, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cartagena via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Cartagena via San Diego, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Cartagena via San Diego, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Cartagena via San Salvador, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–750
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cartagena via San Salvador, San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Cartagena via Las Vegas, San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Cartagena via San Salvador, San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Cartagena via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cartagena via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Cartagena via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cartagena via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Cartagena via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cartagena via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Cartagena via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Cartagena via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Train from San Jose Diridon Caltrain Northbound to Millbrae Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Jose to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Berryessa / North San Jose to Coliseum
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8001
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–25
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $17–25
- Phone
- +57 323 563 9139
- [email protected]
- Website
- copetran.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $14–20
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8002
- [email protected]
- Website
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla to Terminal de Transporte de Cartagena
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
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