There are 6 ways to get from Europe to San Diego by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly to San Diego International Airport
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane FRA - SAN
19h 41m$363–976Train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingentrain
- Take the train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane HAJ - SAN
19h 54mTrain, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane AMS - SAN
21h 16m$612–1,027Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane MUC - SAN
19h 43m$553–1,603Train to Frankfurt, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane FRA - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Diegotrain
22h 11m$430–749Train to Frankfurt, fly to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport, train
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport (CLD)plane FRA - CLD
- Take the train from Carlsbad Village Station to San Diego - Santa Fe Depottrain
25h 4m$507–988
Frankfurt (FRA) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Europe to San Diego is to train and fly which costs $430 - $750 and takes 22h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to San Diego is to train and fly which takes 19h 41m and costs $360 - $1,000.
The distance between Europe and San Diego is 5977 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 41m to get from Europe to San Diego, including transfers.
San Diego is 8h behind Europe. It is currently 6:31 AM in Europe and 10:31 PM in San Diego.
There are 2378+ hotels available in San Diego.
What companies run services between Europe and San Diego, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Europe to San Diego. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, then fly to San Diego International Airport (SAN). Alternatively, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof, take the train to Göttingen, take the train to Hannover Hauptbahnhof, take the train to Langenhagen Flughafen, walk to Hannover Airport (HAJ) airport, then fly to San Diego International Airport (SAN).
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Frankfurt to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to San Diego International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Minneapolis, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $470–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to San Diego International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Hannover Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $330–900
Flights from Frankfurt to San Diego International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from Frankfurt to San Diego International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 4m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $350–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to San Diego International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Hannover Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–550
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–24
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Eschwege-Niederhone Bahnhof to Göttingen
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Göttingen to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–24
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- [email protected]
- Website
- Abellio GmbH
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Schedules at
- Abellio GmbH
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Schedules at
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 760-966-6500
- [email protected]
- Website
- North County Transit District
Train from Carlsbad Village Station to San Diego - Santa Fe Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- North County Transit District
- Schedules at
- North County Transit District Schedules
- Adult
- $0
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