There are 6 ways to get from Lyon to San Diego by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Diego International Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane LYS - SAN
18h$368–1,318Train to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Clermont Ferrandtrain
- Fly from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane CFE - SAN
19h 48m$796–2,874Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane CDG - SAN
15h 42m$434–1,347Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane GVA - SAN
20h 3m$526–908Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane LYS - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Diegotrain
21h 41m$585–1,091Fly Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport, train
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport (CLD)plane LYS - CLD
- Take the train from Carlsbad Village Station to San Diego - Santa Fe Depottrain
25h 7m$392–1,330
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to San Diego is to train and fly which costs $500 - $950 and takes 20h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to San Diego is to train and fly which takes 15h 42m and costs $430 - $1,400.
The distance between Lyon and San Diego is 5975 miles.
It takes approximately 18h to get from Lyon to San Diego, including transfers.
San Diego is 9h behind Lyon. It is currently 8:04 PM in Lyon and 11:04 AM in San Diego.
There are 2404+ hotels available in San Diego.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and San Diego, CA, USA?
British Airways and American Airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) 6 times a week.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 46m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 54m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 28m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Diego International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 54m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to San Diego International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- jsx.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Clermont Ferrand
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- 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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