There are 4 ways to get from Minneapolis to Lyon by plane or train
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Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane MSP - LYS
13h 55m€498–1,318Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane MSP - GVA
- Take the train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieutrain
16h 20m€369–1,028Fly to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, train
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE)plane MSP - CFE
- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieutrain
17h 47m€839–3,185Fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane MSP - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieutrain
13h 23m€443–1,163
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Minneapolis to Lyon is to fly and train which costs €360 - €1100 and takes 16h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Minneapolis to Lyon is to fly and train which takes 13h 23m and costs €440 - €1200.
The distance between Minneapolis and Lyon is 7181 km.
It takes approximately 13h 55m to get from Minneapolis to Lyon, including transfers.
Lyon is 6h ahead of Minneapolis. It is currently 5:58 AM in Minneapolis and 11:58 AM in Lyon.
There are 3764+ hotels available in Lyon.
What companies run services between Minneapolis, MN, USA and Lyon, France?
Air France, Airbus France, and five other airlines fly from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €800–3,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €850–3,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850–3,300
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Dublin, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €800–3,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €800–3,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850–3,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Toronto, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850–3,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850–3,300
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €800–3,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €850–3,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Toronto, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850–3,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850–3,300
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €480–1,100
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,500
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €410–750
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €390–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–950
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €20–30
- Rail 1st Class
- €30–45
Train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- Rail 1st Class
- €55–80
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €70–110
- Rail 1st Class
- €110–160
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Bellegarde to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- 1st Class
- €45–60
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €70–100
- 1st Class
- €100–130
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