There are 6 ways to get from Palermo to Santa Barbara by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Palermo Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane PMO - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
25h 13m$396–1,330Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane CTA - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
27h 29m$382–635Fly Palermo Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane PMO - SBA
23h 15m$426–1,608Fly Palermo Airport to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane PMO - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Take the train from San Jose to Santa Barbaratrain
30h 20m$464–806Fly Palermo Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane PMO - BUR
- Take the train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbaratrain
25h 16m$515–1,912Train, train to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Caltanissetta Xirbitrain
- Take the train from Caltanissetta Xirbi to Comisotrain
- Fly from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane CIY - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
34h 7m$448–1,470
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Santa Barbara is to bus and fly and train which costs $380 - $650 and takes 27h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Santa Barbara is to fly which takes 23h 15m and costs $420 - $1,700.
The distance between Palermo and Santa Barbara is 6741 miles.
It takes approximately 25h 13m to get from Palermo to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Santa Barbara is 9h behind Palermo. It is currently 12:15 PM in Palermo and 3:15 AM in Santa Barbara.
There are 301+ hotels available in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
Transavia France, French Bee, and four other airlines fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) 3 times a week.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Paris Orly, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Paris Orly, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 44m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Palermo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 19m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Paris Orly, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Paris Orly, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 44m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 19m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–550
Flights from Palermo Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Palermo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Palermo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 13m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–550
Flights from Palermo Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Palermo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Palermo Airport to San Francisco International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Milan Malpensa, Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 13m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,000
- Website
- flynorse.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Vincenzo Magliocco Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Rome, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Jose to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Caltanissetta Xirbi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Caltanissetta Xirbi to Comiso
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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