There are 10 ways to get from Houston to Salinas by plane, shuttle, bus, train (Amtrak), car, subway, train, or bus (Greyhound, Flixbus, Amtrak)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane HOU - SJC
- Take a shuttle bus from SJC Airport Terminal A to Prunedale Park & Ride
8h 28m$223–904Fly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Monterey Regional Airport
cheapest- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)plane IAH - MRY
10h 53m$128–611Bus via Ciudad Juárez
- Take the bus from Houston, TX - Houston Airline Dr to El Paso, TX - Tornado Bus Cobus
- Take the bus from El Paso to 612 Wall St - Los Angelesbus
- Take the bus from Downtown Los Angeles to Gilroybus
- Take the bus from Monterey / Gilroy Train Station to Salinas Transit Center / Gate 3bus 59
36h 59m$323–405Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Houston to Los Angelestrain Sunset Limited
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Salinastrain Coast Starlight
45h 59m$1,089–1,689Drive 1,807.2 mi
- Drive from Houston to Salinascar 1,807.2 mi
29h 25m$330–477Fly William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport, BART, bus
- Fly from William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane HOU - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Josesubway
- Take the bus from San Jose to Salinasbus
8h 59mFly George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain, bus
- Fly from George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane IAH - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Take the bus from San Jose to Salinasbus
9h 14mFly William P. Hobby Airport to Monterey Regional Airport
- Fly from William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)plane HOU - MRY
10h 46m$176–808Fly William P. Hobby Airport to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane HOU - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Salinastrain
12h 28m$293–1,025Bus
- Take the bus from Hyatt Regency Houston to Fort Worthbus
- Take the bus from Ft Worth Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Barbara Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara to Salinasbus
43h 45m
Houston to Salinas by train (Amtrak)
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Houston to Salinas is to fly which costs $120 - $650 and takes 10h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Houston to Salinas is to fly and shuttle which takes 8h 28m and costs $220 - $950.
No, there is no direct bus from Houston to Salinas. However, there are services departing from Capitol St @ Smith St and arriving at Salinas Transit Center / Gate 3 via Houston, TX - Houston Airline Dr, El Paso, Downtown Los Angeles and Monterey / Gilroy Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 59m.
No, there is no direct train from Houston to Salinas. However, there are services departing from Houston and arriving at Salinas via Los Angeles. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 59m.
The distance between Houston and Salinas is 1702 miles. The road distance is 1817.7 miles.
The best way to get from Houston to Salinas without a car is to bus via Ciudad Juárez which takes 36h 59m and costs $320 - $410.
It takes approximately 8h 28m to get from Houston to Salinas, including transfers.
Houston to Salinas bus services, operated by Tornado Bus Company, depart from Houston, TX - Houston Airline Dr station.
Houston to Salinas train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Houston station.
The best way to get from Houston to Salinas is to bus via Ciudad Juárez which takes 36h 59m and costs $320 - $410. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $1,000 - $1,700 and takes 45h 59m, you could also fly, which costs $120 - $650 and takes 10h 53m.
What companies run services between Houston, TX, USA and Salinas, CA, USA?
You can take a bus from Capitol St @ Smith St to Salinas Transit Center / Gate 3 via N Main St @ Airline Dr, Houston, TX - Houston Airline Dr, El Paso, TX - Tornado Bus Co, El Paso, 612 Wall St - Los Angeles, Downtown Los Angeles, Gilroy, and Monterey / Gilroy Train Station in around 36h 59m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Houston to Salinas via Los Angeles in around 45h 59m.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport via Albuquerque
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Oakland International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Ontario/San Bernardino
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–430
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–430
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Francisco International Airport via San Antonio
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–440
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–430
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from William P. Hobby Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Houston to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $900–1,400
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–310
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- Groome Transportation
Shuttle from SJC Airport Terminal A to Prunedale Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Schedules at
- Groome Transportation
- Standard Rate
- $40–50
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- Tornado Bus Company
Bus from Houston, TX - Houston Airline Dr to El Paso, TX - Tornado Bus Co
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–180
- Schedules at
- Tornado Bus Company
- Adult
- $160–180
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- Omnibus Express
Bus from El Paso to 612 Wall St - Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Schedules at
- Omnibus Express
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- Tufesa
Bus from Downtown Los Angeles to Gilroy
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–95
- Schedules at
- Tufesa
- Adult One way
- $70–95
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Downtown Los Angeles to Gilroy
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $40–60
- Titanium
- $45–55
- Phone
- 1-888-678-2871
- customerservice@mst.org
- Website
- Monterey-Salinas Transit
Bus from Monterey / Gilroy Train Station to Salinas Transit Center / Gate 3
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- Monterey-Salinas Transit
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from San Jose to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from San Jose to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Santa Barbara to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 844-866-5263
- inquiries@vonlane.com
- Website
- Vonlane
Bus from Hyatt Regency Houston to Fort Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $127–137
- Website
- Vonlane
- Adult
- $127
- adult
- $137
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Ft Worth Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $240–370
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Barbara Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–24
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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Houston to Salinas bus services, operated by Tornado Bus Company, arrive at El Paso, TX - Tornado Bus Co station.
Salinas is 2h behind Houston. It is currently 04:03 in Houston and 02:03 in Salinas.
Houston to Salinas train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Los Angeles station.
Yes, the driving distance between Houston to Salinas is 1818 miles. It takes approximately 29h 25m to drive from Houston to Salinas.
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