There are 7 ways to get from Bucharest to San Francisco by plane, train, bus, shuttle, or night 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 Bucharest Otopeni to Oakland International Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane OTP - OAK
20h 47m$396–1,113Fly Bucharest Otopeni to San Francisco International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane OTP - SFO
19h 5m$300–1,117Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, Caltrain
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane OTP - SJC
- Take the train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northboundtrain
22h 10m$433–1,220Bus, shuttle to Varna Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Ruse Central Bus Stationbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Varna Airport
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane VAR - SFO
33h 59m$411–1,025Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BBU - SFO
23h 20m$340–1,213Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Sonoma County Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Sonoma County Airport (STS)plane OTP - STS
- Take a shuttle bus from Santa Rosa Airport to San Francisco Pier 27
24h 45m$336–865Night train, Metro to Istanbul Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Halkalinighttrain
- Take the train from Halkali to Istanbul Airporttrain
- Fly from Istanbul Airport (IST) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane IST - SFO
26h 3m$481–1,043
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Oakland International Airport (OAK) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to San Francisco is to fly and shuttle which costs $330 - $900 and takes 24h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to San Francisco is to fly which takes 19h 5m and costs $300 - $1,200.
The distance between Bucharest and San Francisco is 6483 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 47m to get from Bucharest to San Francisco, including transfers.
San Francisco is 10h behind Bucharest. It is currently 1:06 PM in Bucharest and 3:06 AM in San Francisco.
There are 801+ hotels available in San Francisco.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and San Francisco, CA, USA?
KLM, Delta, and five other airlines fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Oakland International Airport (OAK) 3 times a day.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oakland International Airport via Helsinki, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Helsinki, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 54m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Helsinki, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 19m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 44m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sonoma County Airport via Helsinki, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–900
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sonoma County Airport via Frankfurt, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–800
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sonoma County Airport via Helsinki, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–850
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sonoma County Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 28m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sonoma County Airport via Frankfurt, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 33m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–800
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sonoma County Airport via Vienna, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Helsinki, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 54m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Naples, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Krakow, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sonoma County Airport via Helsinki, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–900
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sonoma County Airport via Vienna, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oakland International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oakland International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oakland International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to San Francisco International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Varna Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Krakow, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 3m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oakland International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sonoma County Airport via Helsinki, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–900
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sonoma County Airport via Vienna, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oakland International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Varna Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Krakow, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 3m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Halkali
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $10–30
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $10–15
- 1st Class
- $11–15
- Phone
- +90 850 252 88 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- metro.istanbul
Train from Halkali to Istanbul Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1
- Schedules at
- istairport.com
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- [email protected]
- Website
- Pegasus
Bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- Pegasus
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- [email protected]
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
Shuttle from Ruse to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- Groome Transportation
Shuttle from Santa Rosa Airport to San Francisco Pier 27
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- Groome Transportation
- First Passenger
- $25–60
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