There are 6 ways to get from Chennai to Berkeley by plane, subway, train, bus, or shuttle
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Fly Chennai International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, BART
best- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane MAA - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
22h 34m$451–1,714Train, bus to Kempegowda International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
cheapest- Take the train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurmtrain
- Take the bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airportbus
- Fly from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BLR - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
29h 3m$335–937Fly Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane MAA - OAK
26h 34m$653–2,307Fly Chennai International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, BART
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane MAA - SJC
- Take the subway from Milpitas to Downtown Berkeleysubway
27h 37m$960–2,413Fly Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane MAA - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
28h 23m$779–2,138Fly Chennai International Airport to Sonoma County Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Sonoma County Airport (STS)plane MAA - STS
- Take a shuttle bus from Santa Rosa Airport to San Francisco Pier 27
30h 41m$516–1,767
Chennai International Airport (MAA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chennai to Berkeley is to train and bus and fly and BART which costs $330 - $950 and takes 29h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Chennai to Berkeley is to fly and BART which takes 22h 34m and costs $450 - $1,800.
The distance between Chennai and Berkeley is 8739 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 34m to get from Chennai to Berkeley, including transfers.
Berkeley is 13h 30m behind Chennai. It is currently 7:09 AM in Chennai and 5:39 PM in Berkeley.
There are 785+ hotels available in Berkeley.
What companies run services between Chennai, India and Berkeley, CA, USA?
Cathay Pacific, Southwest Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Oakland International Airport (OAK) twice daily.
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Chennai International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–550
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Hong Kong, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Hong Kong, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vancouver, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Hong Kong, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vancouver, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vancouver, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Hong Kong, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Hong Kong, Seattle, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 53m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vancouver, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 53m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Hong Kong, Seattle, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 54m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Hong Kong, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vancouver, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Hong Kong, Seattle, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Hong Kong, Vancouver, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Delhi, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Hong Kong, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vancouver, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 23m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Hong Kong, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–2,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Delhi, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Hong Kong, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–2,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Hong Kong, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- zipairtokyo.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,400
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–14
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Subway from Milpitas to Downtown Berkeley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- 14646
- care@irctc.co.in
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–20
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- $2–3
- Third AC (3A)
- $6–9
- Second AC (2A)
- $9–12
- First Class (1A)
- $15–20
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–30
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +91 080 22483777
- Website
- mybmtc.karnataka.gov.in
Bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- https://mybmtc.karnataka.gov.in/en
- Airport Vajra Vayu Electric
- $1
- Airport Vajra Vayu
- $2–3
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from Santa Rosa Airport to San Francisco Pier 27
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $21–60
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–60
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