--- title: "New York to Rochester – 3 ways by car, bus, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "New York to Rochester is 123 km. Fastest: drive in 2h 24m. Cheapest: drive from $13. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/new-york-to-rochester" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/new-york-to-rochester.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from New York to Rochester [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=New+York&to=Rochester) [Rochester to New York](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/rochester-to-new-york) **Fastest:** 2h 24m\ by car, door to door\ **Cheapest:** $13\ by car\ **Distance:** 123 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 3\ 3 ways, Wed 28 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 123 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 28 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best$71 cheaper than the bus and about as quick. - [**Drive** best fastest cheapest 2h 24m$13–18 Estimated 166 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=New+York&to=Rochester) - [**Bus** 2h 30m$68–105 Estimated 3 departures · Adirondack Trailways](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=New+York&to=Rochester) - [**Taxi** 2h 24m$265–365 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=New+York&to=Rochester) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [08:16 → 10:46 2h 30m · direct · Adirondack Trailways ADT 104$68–105](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=New+York&to=Rochester&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=t0) 2. [13:46 → 16:16 2h 30m · direct · Adirondack Trailways ADT P758-D$68–105](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=New+York&to=Rochester&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=t3) 3. [15:16 → 17:46 2h 30m · direct · Adirondack Trailways ADT P706-D$68–105](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=New+York&to=Rochester&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=t4) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from New York to Rochester? The fastest way is by car: about 2h 24m door to door. The straight-line distance is 123 km. What is the cheapest way from New York to Rochester? Drive is the cheapest, from $13. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How much is the bus from New York to Rochester? Buses take about 2h 30m and cost $68–105 depending on operator and seat type. 3 departures appear in today's timetable window. How far is Rochester from New York by road? About 166 km, roughly 2h 24m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $13–18; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Buses - Adirondack Trailways Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Rochester City in New York, United States Rochester is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, New York, United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in New York, with a population of 206,108 as of the 2025 Census estimate. The Rochester metropolitan area in Western New York has an estimated 1.05 million residents and is the 54th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Throughout its history, Rochester has acquired several nicknames based on local industries; it has been known as "the Flour City" and "the Flower City" for its dual role in flour production and floriculture, and as the "World's Image Center" for its association with film, optics, and photography. [The Rochester guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/rochester) Worth your time - Rochester Riverside Convention Center 123 E Main St (Park at South Ave Garage),. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Rochester Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [New York to Boston](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/new-york-to-boston) - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/new-york-to-rochester, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt