--- title: "Reno to San Jose – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Reno to San Jose is 304 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/reno-to-san-jose" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/reno-to-san-jose.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Reno to San Jose [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Reno&to=San+Jose) [San Jose to Reno](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/san-jose-to-reno) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 304 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Fri 30 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 304 km apart. Times are the timetables for Fri 30 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$720 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 5h 6m$32–44 Estimated 398 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Reno&to=San+Jose) - [**Taxi** 5h 6m$640–880 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Reno&to=San+Jose) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 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 Reno to San Jose? The fastest way is by car: about 5h 6m door to door. The straight-line distance is 304 km. What is the cheapest way from Reno to San Jose? Drive is the cheapest, from $32. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is San Jose from Reno by road? About 398 km, roughly 5h 6m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $32–44; tolls and parking are extra. ## In San Jose City in California, United States San Jose, officially the City of San José, is the most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, and the 13th-most populous in the United States, with an estimated 989,814 residents as of 2025. The city's metropolitan area is home to nearly two million people, while the broader combined statistical area has a population of over nine million. Located in Santa Clara Valley on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 sq mi (466.1 km2) and is the county seat of Santa Clara County. [The San Jose guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/san-jose) [Hotels in San Jose Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [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) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/reno-to-san-jose, 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