There are 4 ways to get from Geneva to San Jose by plane, train, or subway
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Fly Geneva International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
best- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane GVA - SJC
16h 49m$490–1,639Fly Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
cheapest- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane GVA - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
16h 17m$422–1,063Fly Geneva International Airport to Oakland International Airport, BART
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane GVA - OAK
- Take the subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Josesubway
17h 15m$519–1,731Train to Zurich Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane ZRH - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
18h 36m$475–984
Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Geneva to San Jose is to train and fly and Caltrain which costs $470 - $1,000 and takes 18h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Geneva to San Jose is to fly and Caltrain which takes 16h 17m and costs $420 - $1,100.
The distance between Geneva and San Jose is 5860 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 49m to get from Geneva to San Jose, including transfers.
San Jose is 9h behind Geneva. It is currently 5:10 PM in Geneva and 8:10 AM in San Jose.
There are 406+ hotels available in San Jose.
What companies run services between Geneva, Switzerland and San Jose, CA, USA?
Air France, Delta, and four other airlines fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) 4 times a day.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Coliseum to Berryessa / North San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–370
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
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