There are 8 ways to get from Buffalo to Chico by plane, train, bus (Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, 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.
Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Sacramento International Airport, train
best- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane BUF - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chico Amtraktrain
12h 13m$229–881Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO)plane BUF - RNO
- Take the bus from Reno Amtrak to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Chico Bus Stationbus
15h 34m$222–864Bus (Greyhound)
- Take the bus from Buffalo to Cleveland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Centerbus
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Chico Bus Stationbus
2d 14h$493–749Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramentotrain
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chico Amtraktrain
2d 18h$1,537–2,658Drive 2,585.2 mi
- Drive from Buffalo to Chicocar 2,585.2 mi
40h 50m$472–682Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Oakland International Airport, train
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane BUF - OAK
- Take the train from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak to Sacramentotrain
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chico Amtraktrain
14h 44m$279–960Bus to Toronto Pearson International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Buffalo to Mississaugabus
- Fly from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane YYZ - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Chico Amtraktrain
14h 6m$224–788Fly Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Redding Municipal Airport, train
- Fly from Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) to Redding Municipal Airport (RDD)plane BUF - RDD
- Take the train from Redding Amtrak to Chico Amtraktrain
14h 53m$284–1,169
Buffalo to Chico by bus (Greyhound)
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Buffalo to Chico is to bus and fly and train which costs $220 - $800 and takes 14h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Buffalo to Chico is to fly and train which takes 12h 13m and costs $220 - $900.
No, there is no direct bus from Buffalo to Chico station. However, there are services departing from Buffalo and arriving at Chico Bus Station via Cleveland Bus Station, Chicago Bus Station, Denver Union Station, Sparks Transit Center and Sacramento Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 14h.
No, there is no direct train from Buffalo to Chico. However, there are services departing from Buffalo and arriving at Chico Amtrak via Buffalo Depew Station, Chicago Union Station and Sacramento. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 18h.
The distance between Buffalo and Chico is 2358 miles. The road distance is 2600.3 miles.
The best way to get from Buffalo to Chico without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 14h and costs $490 - $750.
It takes approximately 12h 13m to get from Buffalo to Chico, including transfers.
Buffalo to Chico bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Buffalo station.
Buffalo to Chico train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Buffalo Depew Station.
The best way to get from Buffalo to Chico is to bus which takes 2 days 14h and costs $490 - $750. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $1,500 - $2,700 and takes 2 days 18h.
What companies run services between Buffalo, NY, USA and Chico, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Buffalo to Chico Bus Station via Cleveland Bus Station, Chicago Bus Station, Denver Union Station, Sparks Transit Center, and Sacramento Bus Station in around 2d 14h. Alternatively, you can take a train from Buffalo to Chico Amtrak via Buffalo Depew Station, Chicago Union Station, and Sacramento in around 2d 18h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Redding Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Chico Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Buffalo Depew Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $290–450
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,000
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Chico Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Chico Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Chico Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Redding Amtrak to Chico Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Buffalo to Cleveland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–270
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Denver Union Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–280
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Chico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Reno Amtrak to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Chico Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- Greyhound
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Buffalo to Chico bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Cleveland Bus Station.
Chico is 3h behind Buffalo. It is currently 04:07 in Buffalo and 01:07 in Chico.
Buffalo to Chico train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Buffalo to Chico is 2600 miles. It takes approximately 40h 50m to drive from Buffalo to Chico.
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