There are 8 ways to get from Kuala Lumpur to California by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SZB - SFO
21h 36m$383–1,316Train to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2train
- Fly from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane KUL - LAX
22h 3m$289–1,029Fly Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Los Angeles International Airport
- Fly from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane SZB - LAX
21h 26m$389–1,315Train to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2train
- Fly from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane KUL - SFO
21h 33m$303–1,030Train to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2train
- Fly from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane KUL - SAN
21h 52m$554–1,421Train, bus to Singapore Changi Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Bdr Tasek Selatan to Jb Sentraltrain
- Take the bus from Johor Bahru CIQ to Expo Stnbus
- Fly from Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SIN - SFO
23h 54m$307–1,047Train, bus to Singapore Changi Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Bdr Tasek Selatan to Jb Sentraltrain
- Take the bus from Johor Bahru CIQ to Expo Stnbus
- Fly from Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane SIN - LAX
24h 29m$303–1,046Train to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, fly to Ontario International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2train
- Fly from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane KUL - ONT
- Take the train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Stationtrain
26h 53m$422–3,230
Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kuala Lumpur to California is to train and fly which costs $300 - $1,100 and takes 21h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Kuala Lumpur to California is to fly which takes 21h 26m and costs $380 - $1,400.
The distance between Kuala Lumpur and California is 8550 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 36m to get from Kuala Lumpur to California, including transfers.
California is 16h behind Kuala Lumpur. It is currently 6:48 PM in Kuala Lumpur and 2:48 AM in California.
There are 3410+ hotels available in California.
What companies run services between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and California, USA?
Scoot Tigerair, Singapore Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to San Francisco International Airport via Singapore Changi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to San Francisco International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Los Angeles International Airport via Singapore Changi Airport, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–2,500
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–2,500
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Tokyo Narita, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–3,200
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to San Francisco International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Los Angeles International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to San Francisco International Airport via Singapore Changi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–2,300
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Los Angeles International Airport via Singapore Changi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,300
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,800
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,800
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–2,500
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–2,500
- Website
- zipairtokyo.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 31m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to San Francisco International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Los Angeles International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
- Phone
- +603 2267 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
Train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–16
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
Train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–16
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
Train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–16
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
Train from Bandar Tasik Selatan to Klia T2
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–16
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTMB
Train from Bdr Tasek Selatan to Jb Sentral
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–12
- Website
- KTMB
- Shuttle
- $2–3
- Express
- $7–12
Train from Bdr Tasek Selatan to Jb Sentral
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–12
- Website
- KTMB
- Shuttle
- $2–3
- Express
- $7–12
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTM
Train from Bdr Tasek Selatan to Jb Sentral
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14
- Website
- KTM
- Silver
- $8–10
- Gold
- $14
- Platinum
- $18–19
Train from Bdr Tasek Selatan to Jb Sentral
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14
- Website
- KTM
- Silver
- $8–10
- Gold
- $14
- Platinum
- $18–19
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- Metrolink Trains
Train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- Metrolink Trains
- Phone
- +65 6295 9009
- [email protected]
- Website
- transtar.travel
Bus from Johor Bahru CIQ to Expo Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–17
- Schedules at
- transtar.travel
Bus from Johor Bahru CIQ to Expo Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–17
- Schedules at
- transtar.travel
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