There are 7 ways to get from Chennai to Silicon Valley by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Chennai International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)MAA - SFO
22h 26m$402–767Fly Chennai International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)MAA - SJC
27h 36m$608–1,610Fly Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport, Caltrain
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)MAA - OAK
- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Palo Alto Caltrain Southbound
27h 42m$763–2,119Train, bus to Kempegowda International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurm
- Take the bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airport
- Fly from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)BLR - SFO
28h 55m$457–640Bus to Tirupati Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the bus from Chennai Madhavaram to Tirupathi
- Fly from Tirupati Airport (TIR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)TIR - SFO
39h 44m$407–1,124Fly Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)MAA - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtrak
30h 27m$587–1,551Train, bus to Kempegowda International Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Take the train from Chennai Central to Krishnarajapurm
- Take the bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airport
- Fly from Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)BLR - SJC
28h 25m$613–1,633
Chennai International Airport (MAA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chennai to Silicon Valley is to fly which costs $400 - $800 and takes 22h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Chennai to Silicon Valley is to fly which takes 22h 26m and costs $400 - $800.
The distance between Chennai and Silicon Valley is 8728 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 26m to get from Chennai to Silicon Valley, including transfers.
There are 565+ hotels available in Silicon Valley.
What companies run services between Chennai, India and Silicon Valley, CA, USA?
Air India Limited, Cathay Pacific, and four other airlines fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) every 4 hours.
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Chennai International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–490
Flights from Chennai International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Kolkata
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–490
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–550
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Kolkata
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–550
Flights from Tirupati Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Hong Kong, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Hong Kong, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Tokyo Narita, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Hong Kong, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Hong Kong, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Tirupati Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Tirupati Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Mumbai, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Chennai International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–3,100
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Tirupati Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Mumbai, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–4,100
Flights from Tirupati Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–3,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Delhi, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Hong Kong, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Hong Kong, Seattle, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Hong Kong, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Hong Kong, Seattle, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Tirupati Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Mumbai, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Tirupati Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–3,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Delhi, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Hong Kong, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–3,100
Flights from Tirupati Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Kempegowda International Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–3,900
- 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
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 3m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Kempegowda International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 3m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Palo Alto Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–9
- 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 Santa Clara Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 080 22483777
- Website
- mybmtc.karnataka.gov.in
Bus from KR Pura station to Kempegowda International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- https://mybmtc.karnataka.gov.in/en
- Airport Vajra Vayu
- $2–3
- Phone
- 0866 2570005
- customercare@apsrtconline.in
- Website
- apsrtconline.in
Bus from Chennai Madhavaram to Tirupathi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–4
- Website
- https://www.apsrtconline.in/oprs-web/
- Seater / Sleeper
- $1–3
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