There are 7 ways to get from Barcelona to Santa Barbara by plane, bus, 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 Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Meadows Field Airport, bus
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Meadows Field Airport (BFL)plane BCN - BFL
- Take the bus from Bakersfield to Santa Barbarabus
22h 30mFly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane BCN - SBA
21h 6m$303–1,106Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BCN - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
21h 46m$424–1,057Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane BCN - BUR
- Take the train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbaratrain
22h 6m$403–1,388Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane BCN - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Santa Barbaratrain
27h 25m$456–1,518Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BCN - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Take the train from San Jose to Santa Barbaratrain
24h 47m$547–1,405Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane MAD - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
23h 2m$569–1,575
Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Meadows Field Airport (BFL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Santa Barbara is to fly and train which costs $420 - $1,100 and takes 21h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Barcelona to Santa Barbara is to fly which takes 21h 6m and costs $300 - $1,200.
The distance between Barcelona and Santa Barbara is 6165 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 30m to get from Barcelona to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Santa Barbara is 9h behind Barcelona. It is currently 12:12 PM in Barcelona and 3:12 AM in Santa Barbara.
There are 294+ hotels available in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between Barcelona, Spain and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
United Airlines flies from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) once a week.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Meadows Field Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 1m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 14m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Meadows Field Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 14m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 1m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 14m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 24m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Jose to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–280
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- Ouigo
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Bakersfield to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Amtrak
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