There are 5 ways to get from Santa Monica to Nice by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)LAX - NCE
17h 2m€272–606Fly to Monaco
cheapest- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Monaco (MCM)LAX - MCM
18h 49m€253–709Fly to Marseille Provence Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)LAX - MRS
- Take the train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Nice Ville
20h 14m€314–947Fly to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)LAX - GOA
- Take the train from Genova Sestri Ponen. to Ventimiglia
21h 36m€358–939Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)LAX - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Lingotto to Savona
- Take the train from Savona to Ventimiglia
23h 15m€264–817
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Monica to Nice is to fly and train which costs €260 - €850 and takes 23h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Monica to Nice is to fly which takes 17h 2m and costs €270 - €650.
The distance between Santa Monica and Nice is 9807 km.
It takes approximately 17h 2m to get from Santa Monica to Nice, including transfers.
Nice is 9h ahead of Santa Monica. It is currently 11:42 PM in Santa Monica and 8:42 AM in Nice.
There are 10313+ hotels available in Nice.
What companies run services between Santa Monica, CA, USA and Nice, France?
Air France, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) every 4 hours.
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- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–2,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–2,200
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Monaco via Frankfurt, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Monaco via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–2,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Monaco via London Heathrow, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Monaco via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Monaco via London Gatwick, Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Marseille Provence Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 21m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Aix En Provence Tgv to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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 Aix En Provence Tgv to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- Rail 1st Class
- €60–90
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova Sestri Ponen. to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Lingotto to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Lingotto to Savona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Savona to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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