There are 8 ways to get from Lyon to Berkeley by plane, subway, or train
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Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport, BART
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)LYS - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
17h 18m$288–881Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)LYS - OAK
19h 23m$490–1,724Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)GVA - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
20h 33m$384–859Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)CDG - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
16h 39m$350–1,354Train to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Clermont Ferrand
- Fly from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)CFE - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
21h 14m$594–2,070Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich Flughafen
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)ZRH - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
20h 54m$356–935Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Pont De Rungis Aeroport D'orly
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)ORY - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeley
16h 44m$348–4,063Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)CDG - OAK
18h 44m$502–1,647
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Berkeley is to train and fly and BART which costs $380 - $900 and takes 20h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Berkeley is to train and fly and BART which takes 16h 39m and costs $350 - $1,400.
The distance between Lyon and Berkeley is 5896 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 18m to get from Lyon to Berkeley, including transfers.
Berkeley is 9h behind Lyon. It is currently 8:35 PM in Lyon and 11:35 AM in Berkeley.
There are 783+ hotels available in Berkeley.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Berkeley, CA, USA?
British Airways, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and two other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Oakland International Airport (OAK) 3 times a day.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–2,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–2,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–4,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Oakland International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 34m
- 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 12m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 57m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–2,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–3,900
- 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
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Clermont Ferrand
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Pont De Rungis Aeroport D'orly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $80–110
- 1st Class
- $110–150
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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