Direct Flights from Houston to San Jose
San Jose · California
Nonstop service from HOU and IAH to SJC on Southwest, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
Houston has 2 airports with nonstop service to San Jose. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗HOUSJCWilliam P. Hobby
- Find flights ↗IAHSJCGeorge Bush Intercontinental
How rare is this nonstop?
31 cities have a nonstop to San Jose, Houston among them.
How long to go to San Jose for, from Houston
3h 45m in the air, 1,619 miles. A two-night trip loses most of two days to travel; three or four nights is where this one starts to make sense.
About San Jose
Often called "the capital of Silicon Valley", San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area, 3rd largest in California, and the 12th largest city in the United States, with a population of over 997,000 residents as of 2024. It was named the 6th safest big city in the U.S. in 2015. This clean, sprawling metropolis has sports, beautiful vistas, and ethnic enclaves and bleeds into the greater Bay Area for travelers who want to take their time in Northern California.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in San Jose
- USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy (USN) during World War II.
- The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a computer museum in Mountain View, California.
- The California College of the Arts (CCA) is a private art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded in Berkeley, California in 1907 and moved to a historic estate in Oakland, California in 1922.
- The Oakland Museum of California or OMCA is an interdisciplinary museum dedicated to the art, history, and natural science of California, located at 1000 Oak Street in Oakland, California.
- The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph is a historic Catholic church in Downtown San Jose that serves as the cathedral for the Diocese of San José in California, with the distinction of minor basilica.
- The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum (REM) is devoted to ancient Egypt, located at Rosicrucian Park in the Rose Garden neighborhood of San Jose, California, United States.
- Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park, often shortened to Gilroy Gardens, is a horticulture-themed amusement park located in Gilroy, California, United States.
- Stanford Research Park (SRP) is a technology park established in 1951 as a joint initiative between Stanford University and the City of Palo Alto. It was the world's first university research park.
- The Oakland Zoo is located in the Grass Valley neighborhood of Oakland, California, United States.
- Rosicrucian Park is the headquarters of the English Grand Lodge for the Americas of the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, located in San Jose, California.
- The Cathedral of Christ the Light, also called Oakland Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland in Oakland, California. It is the seat of the Bishop of Oakland.
- California's Great America is an amusement park located in Santa Clara, California, United States, within the San Francisco Bay Area.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
San Jose weather, compared with Houston
9° cooler than Houston on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- San Jose 60°F · Houston 64°F · 4° colder
- April
- San Jose 69°F · Houston 80°F · 11° colder
- July
- San Jose 80°F · Houston 94°F · 14° colder
- October
- San Jose 75°F · Houston 82°F · 8° colder
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to San Jose
- Best time to visit
- San Jose is comfortable to visit year-round, with daytime highs averaging around 72°F.
- How long to stay
- San Jose rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from USS Hornet (CV-12), Computer History Museum, and California College of the Arts and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Houston to San Jose?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Houston (HOU, IAH) to San Jose (SJC) on Southwest, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Houston to San Jose?
- Southwest, United fly nonstop between Houston (HOU, IAH) and San Jose (SJC).
- Which Houston airport has nonstop flights to San Jose?
- You can leave from 2 Houston airports: HOU (William P. Hobby) on Southwest; IAH (George Bush Intercontinental) on United.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Houston to San Jose?
- There are about 2 nonstop departures per day (roughly 14 per week) from Houston to San Jose.
- How far is San Jose from Houston?
- San Jose is about 1,619 miles from Houston by air.
- What is there to do in San Jose?
- Popular things to do include USS Hornet (CV-12), Computer History Museum, California College of the Arts, Oakland Museum of California, and more.
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