--- title: "San Jose to Reno – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "San Jose to Reno 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/san-jose-to-reno" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/san-jose-to-reno.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from San Jose to Reno [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=San+Jose&to=Reno) [Reno to San Jose](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/reno-to-san-jose) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 304 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Thu 29 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 304 km apart. Times are the timetables for Thu 29 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 5m$32–44 Estimated 399 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=San+Jose&to=Reno) - [**Taxi** 5h 5m$640–880 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=San+Jose&to=Reno) 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 San Jose to Reno? The fastest way is by car: about 5h 5m door to door. The straight-line distance is 304 km. What is the cheapest way from San Jose to Reno? Drive is the cheapest, from $32. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Reno from San Jose by road? About 399 km, roughly 5h 5m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $32–44; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Reno City in Nevada, United States Reno is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, it is about 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Lake Tahoe. Reno is the 78th most populous city in the United States, the third most populous city in Nevada, and the most populous in Nevada outside the Las Vegas Valley. It is known as "The Biggest Little City in the World" and had a population of 264,165 at the 2020 census. [The Reno guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/reno) Worth your time - Nevada Museum of Art 160 W Liberty St (free parking), art@nevadaart.org. - California Ave This area of small shops and restaurants is a short walk from the downtown casino core and provides a pleasant setting for a meal. - University of Nevada An ideal location for a pleasant stroll, the layout of the University campus was inspired by Jefferson's University of Virginia. - Rancho San Rafael Park A few blocks west of the north end of the University, this 570-acre county park is home to an arboretum, as well as the Wilbur D. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Reno 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/san-jose-to-reno, 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