There are 7 ways to get from China to Berkeley by plane, subway, or train
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Fly Tianjin Binhai to San Francisco International Airport, BART
best- Fly from Tianjin Binhai (TSN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane TSN - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
17h 33m$281–1,115Fly Wuhan Tianhe International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, BART
cheapest- Fly from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane WUH - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
15h 50m$182–1,015Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane PEK - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
15h 29m$504–1,120Fly Hong Kong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane HKG - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
16h 10m$406–996Train to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Suzhou to Shanghai stationtrain
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane PVG - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
16h 18m$412–834Fly Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane CAN - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
16h 34m$422–917Train to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Suzhou to Shanghai stationtrain
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane PVG - SJC
- Take the subway from Milpitas to Downtown Berkeleysubway
19h 37m$571–1,733
Tianjin Binhai (TSN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from China to Berkeley is to fly and BART which costs $400 - $1,000 and takes 16h 10m.
The fastest way to get from China to Berkeley is to fly and BART which takes 15h 29m and costs $500 - $1,200.
The distance between China and Berkeley is 5993 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 33m to get from China to Berkeley, including transfers.
There are 696+ hotels available in Berkeley.
What companies run services between China and Berkeley, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from China to Berkeley. However, you can take the line 2 subway to Tianjin Binhai International Airport, walk to Tianjin Binhai (TSN) airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), walk to San Francisco International Airport, then take the subway to Downtown Berkeley. Alternatively, you can take the line 2 subway to Dongzhimen, take the subway to Beijing Capital Airport T2, walk to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), walk to San Francisco International Airport, then take the subway to Downtown Berkeley.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to San Francisco International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,200
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to San Francisco International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,000
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,300
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–2,200
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to San Francisco International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- zipairtokyo.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- 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
Train from Suzhou to Shanghai station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $6–7
- 1st Class Seat
- $9–11
- Business Class Seat
- $12–18
Train from Suzhou to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- $6–9
- Hard Sleeper
- $5–10
- Soft Sleeper
- $16–23
Train from Suzhou to Shanghai station
- Hard Seat
- $2–4
- Hard sleeper
- $6–9
- Soft sleeper
- $10–14
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