Direct Flights from Washington to San Jose
San Jose · California
Nonstop service from BWI to SJC on Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
31 cities have a nonstop to San Jose, Washington among them.
How long to go to San Jose for, from Washington
5h 20m in the air, 2,433 miles — past long-weekend range. Five days is roughly where the flying stops dominating the trip.
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 Washington
5° warmer than Washington on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- San Jose 60°F · Washington 43°F · 17° warmer
- April
- San Jose 69°F · Washington 67°F · 2° warmer
- July
- San Jose 80°F · Washington 88°F · 8° colder
- October
- San Jose 75°F · Washington 68°F · 7° warmer
San Jose is the steadier of the two, moving 21° between its coldest and warmest months where Washington moves 45°.
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 Washington to San Jose?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Washington (BWI) to San Jose (SJC) on Southwest.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Washington to San Jose?
- Southwest flies nonstop between Washington (BWI) and San Jose (SJC).
- How far is San Jose from Washington?
- San Jose is about 2,433 miles from Washington 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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