There are 5 ways to get from Kuala Lumpur to San Diego by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
best- 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
23h 6m$502–1,717Train to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
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
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Diegotrain
27h 17m$389–1,315Fly Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to San Diego International Airport
- Fly from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane SZB - SAN
23h 55m$701–2,401Fly Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Fly from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane SZB - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Diegotrain
26h 51m$538–1,799Train, bus to Singapore Changi Airport, fly to San Diego 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 Diego International Airport (SAN)plane SIN - SAN
26h 51m$756–1,931
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kuala Lumpur to San Diego is to train and fly which costs $380 - $1,400 and takes 27h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Kuala Lumpur to San Diego is to train and fly which takes 23h 6m and costs $500 - $1,800.
The distance between Kuala Lumpur and San Diego is 8994 miles.
It takes approximately 23h 6m to get from Kuala Lumpur to San Diego, including transfers.
San Diego is 15h behind Kuala Lumpur. It is currently 8:50 AM in Kuala Lumpur and 5:50 PM in San Diego.
There are 2236+ hotels available in San Diego.
What companies run services between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and San Diego, CA, USA?
HK Express, Cathay Pacific, and seven other airlines fly from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–4,300
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Osaka Kansai, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to San Diego International Airport via Singapore Changi Airport, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 29m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to San Diego International Airport via Hong Kong, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Los Angeles International Airport via Singapore Changi Airport, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 31m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–2,900
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–2,900
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Los Angeles International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–2,900
Flights from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–2,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to San Diego International Airport via Singapore Changi Airport, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 24m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–5,000
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to San Diego International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–3,900
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–3,800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to San Diego International Airport via Singapore Changi Airport, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 53m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to San Diego International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to San Diego International Airport via Singapore Changi Airport, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 49m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–5,000
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–3,800
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Los Angeles International Airport via Singapore Changi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–3,400
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah to Los Angeles International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Singapore Changi Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–3,800
- 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
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
- $40–85
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- Amtrak
- 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
- 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
- $3–18
- Schedules at
- transtar.travel
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