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)plane LYS - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
17h 43m$418–1,131Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane GVA - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
20h 33m$304–1,099Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane LYS - OAK
19h 33m$480–1,824Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane CDG - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
16h 38m$419–1,353Train to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Clermont Ferrandtrain
- Fly from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane CFE - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
21h 16m$647–2,270Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane CDG - OAK
18h 28m$541–1,746Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Villetrain
- Take the train from Dijon to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane ZRH - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
20h 10m$403–906Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, BART
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Pont De Rungis Aeroport D'orlytrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane ORY - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Downtown Berkeleysubway
16h 43m$398–1,113
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 $300 - $1,100 and takes 20h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Berkeley is to train and fly and BART which takes 16h 38m and costs $410 - $1,400.
The distance between Lyon and Berkeley is 5896 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 43m to get from Lyon to Berkeley, including transfers.
Berkeley is 9h behind Lyon. It is currently 12:07 AM in Lyon and 3:07 PM in Berkeley.
There are 621+ hotels available in Berkeley.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Berkeley, CA, USA?
British Airways, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and three other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Oakland International Airport (OAK) twice daily.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
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
- $270–1,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 4m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
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
- $600–2,200
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Monday, 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
- $260–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–3,900
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 4m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
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
- $600–2,200
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Monday, 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
- $260–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,900
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
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
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
- $270–1,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 4m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 48m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- 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
- 13h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
- 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 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- 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 Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- 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
- $35–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $35–55
- 1st Class
- $60–80
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–140
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Dijon Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $49–52
- 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 Dijon to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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