There are 7 ways to get from Santa Barbara to Munich by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Munich International Airport, train
best- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane SBA - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Marienplatztrain
16h 27m€330–1,216Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane LAX - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Marienplatztrain
17h 21m€297–584Bus to Meadows Field Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara to Bakersfieldbus
- Fly from Meadows Field Airport (BFL) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BFL - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Marienplatztrain
22h 3mTrain to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuystrain
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BUR - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Marienplatztrain
19h 37m€317–1,099Train to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispotrain
- Fly from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane SBP - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Marienplatztrain
23h 55m€329–1,267Train to Long Beach Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Long Beach Airport (LGB) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane LGB - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Marienplatztrain
21h 32m€334–1,208Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LAX - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to München Hbftrain
20h 18m€297–809
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Munich International Airport (MUC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Barbara to Munich is to train and fly which costs €290 - €600 and takes 17h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Barbara to Munich is to fly and train which takes 16h 27m and costs €330 - €1300.
The distance between Santa Barbara and Munich is 9692 km.
It takes approximately 16h 27m to get from Santa Barbara to Munich, including transfers.
Munich is 9h ahead of Santa Barbara. It is currently 3:48 AM in Santa Barbara and 12:48 PM in Munich.
There are 1305+ hotels available in Munich.
What companies run services between Santa Barbara, CA, USA and Munich, Germany?
There is no direct connection from Santa Barbara to Munich. However, you can take the line 11 bus to Santa Barbara Airport, walk to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) airport, fly to Munich International Airport (MUC), walk to Flughafen München, then take the train to Marienplatz. Alternatively, you can take the train to Los Angeles, walk to Union Station FlyAway - 800 N Alameda St at Union Station / Patsaurus Plaza, take the bus to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), walk to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) airport, fly to Munich International Airport (MUC), walk to Flughafen München, then take the train to Marienplatz.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Munich International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,400
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 1m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–600
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Munich International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
Flights from Meadows Field Airport to Munich International Airport via San Francisco, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,200
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,200
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–600
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,200
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–380
Flights from San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Munich International Airport via Salt Lake City, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–330
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Munich International Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Munich International Airport via Salt Lake City, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Munich International Airport via Las Vegas, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Munich International Airport via Salt Lake City, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–420
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Munich International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Munich International Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Long Beach Airport to Munich International Airport via Las Vegas, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–420
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–470
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–500
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €280–650
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Marienplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Van Nuys
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–80
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €60–95
- 1st Class
- €130–220
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Santa Barbara to Bakersfield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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