There are 7 ways to get from Seoul to Silicon Valley by train, plane, bus, or shuttle
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Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
best- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)ICN - SFO
14h 5m$355–1,121Fly Gimpo International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)GMP - SFO
15h 50m$513–1,219Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)ICN - SJC
17h 20m$421–1,414Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport, Caltrain
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)ICN - OAK
- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Palo Alto Caltrain Southbound
18h 16m$406–1,423Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)ICN - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtrak
20h 54m$475–1,555Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Sonoma County Airport, bus
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Sonoma County Airport (STS)ICN - STS
- Take the bus from Sonoma Co Airport Terminal to San Francisco Airport
20h 41m$356–1,291Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Monterey Regional Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)ICN - MRY
- Take a shuttle bus from Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage to San Jose Airport Terminal A
21h 17m$394–1,277
Incheon International Airport (ICN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seoul to Silicon Valley is to train and fly which costs $350 - $1,200 and takes 14h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Seoul to Silicon Valley is to train and fly which takes 14h 5m and costs $350 - $1,200.
The distance between Seoul and Silicon Valley is 5734 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 5m to get from Seoul to Silicon Valley, including transfers.
There are 433+ hotels available in Silicon Valley.
What companies run services between Seoul, South Korea and Silicon Valley, CA, USA?
All Nippon Airways, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,900
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Incheon International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 24m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 44m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Seattle, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- hawaiianairlines.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,900
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–850
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- perimeter.ca
Flights from Incheon International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–750
- Phone
- +82 1599 7788
- Website
- arex.or.kr
Train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–4
- Website
- http://www.arex.or.kr/main.do
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Palo Alto Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Santa Clara Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from Sonoma Co Airport Terminal to San Francisco Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–70
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $21–70
Shuttle from Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage to San Jose Airport Terminal A
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Online Discount
- $50–60
- Standard Rate
- $57
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