There are 8 ways to get from Grenoble to San Francisco by train or plane
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Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane LYS - SFO
17h 33m$466–1,355Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Grenoble to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane GVA - SFO
20h 5m$444–1,185Train, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane CDG - SFO
17h 43m$509–1,342Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Grenoble to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane ZRH - SFO
20h 41m$492–1,037Train, train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly
- Take the train from Grenoble to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sudtrain
- Take the train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane MRS - SFO
20h$614–1,347Train, train to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, fly
- Take the train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Clermont Ferrandtrain
- Fly from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane CFE - SFO
21h 58m$825–2,749Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly
- Take the train from Grenoble to Paris Gare De Lyontrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane ORY - SFO
18h 6m$545–1,327Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Grenoble to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane TRN - SFO
22h 45m$532–1,230
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Grenoble to San Francisco is to train and fly which costs $490 - $1,100 and takes 20h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Grenoble to San Francisco is to train and fly which takes 17h 33m and costs $460 - $1,400.
The distance between Grenoble and San Francisco is 5939 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 33m to get from Grenoble to San Francisco, including transfers.
San Francisco is 9h behind Grenoble. It is currently 12:51 PM in Grenoble and 3:51 AM in San Francisco.
There are 831+ hotels available in San Francisco.
What companies run services between Grenoble, France and San Francisco, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Grenoble to San Francisco. However, you can take the train to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv, walk to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), walk to San Francisco International Airport, then take the subway to 16th Street / Mission. Alternatively, you can take the train to Geneve, take the train to Genève-Aéroport, walk to Geneva International Airport (GVA) airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), walk to San Francisco International Airport, then take the subway to 16th Street / Mission.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
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
- $330–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,400
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- When
- Saturday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–850
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 1m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–700
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–850
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
- 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
- $390–1,200
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Grenoble to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Grenoble to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Grenoble to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Grenoble to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Grenoble to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Grenoble to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Clermont Ferrand
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Grenoble to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–26
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–360
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- zou.maregionsud.fr
Train from Grenoble to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
Train from Grenoble to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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