There are 6 ways to get from France to California by plane or train
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Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane CDG - SFO
15h 1m$373–1,326Fly Paris Orly Airport to San Francisco International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane ORY - SFO
14h 43m$293–1,016Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane CDG - LAX
15h 22m$334–977Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane CDG - SAN
16h 39m$325–1,518Fly Paris Orly Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane ORY - LAX
15h 35m$374–967Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane FRA - SFO
17h 8m$334–773
Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to California is to train and fly which costs $330 - $800 and takes 17h 8m.
The fastest way to get from France to California is to fly which takes 14h 43m and costs $290 - $1,100.
The distance between France and California is 5647 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 1m to get from France to California, including transfers.
California is 9h behind France. It is currently 5:21 PM in France and 8:21 AM in California.
There are 2584+ hotels available in California.
What companies run services between France and California, USA?
Air France, United Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 23m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–950
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–550
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–950
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–800
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–850
- Website
- flynorse.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–700
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–550
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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