There are 7 ways to get from Medellín to Santa Barbara by plane, train, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Los Angeles International Airport, train
best- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane MDE - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
16h 58m$239–752Fly Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane MDE - SBA
16h 48m$228–851Fly Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to San Diego International Airport, train
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane MDE - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego to Santa Barbaratrain
19h 40m$339–1,054Fly Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Ontario International Airport, train
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane MDE - ONT
- Take the train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
19h 6m$292–953Fly Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane MDE - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Santa Barbaratrain
22h 33m$331–1,113Taxi to Pereira, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the taxi from Medellín to Pereirataxi
- Fly from Pereira (PEI) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane PEI - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
22h 10m$434–1,005Fly Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tijuana International Airport, train
- Fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Tijuana International Airport (TIJ)plane MDE - TIJ
- Take the train from San Diego to Santa Barbaratrain
21h 47m$490–1,222
Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Medellín to Santa Barbara is to fly and train which costs $230 - $750 and takes 16h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Medellín to Santa Barbara is to fly which takes 16h 48m and costs $220 - $850.
The distance between Medellín and Santa Barbara is 3499 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 58m to get from Medellín to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Santa Barbara is 3h behind Medellín. It is currently 10:57 PM in Medellín and 7:57 PM in Santa Barbara.
There are 333+ hotels available in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between Medellín, Colombia and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., Southwest Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova (MDE) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Los Angeles International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Los Angeles International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to San Diego International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Ontario International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Cancun, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Jose, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 18m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Cartagena, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Los Angeles International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to San Diego International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Pereira to Los Angeles International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tijuana International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–750
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Los Angeles International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Ontario International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Pereira to Los Angeles International Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tijuana International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tijuana International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Los Angeles International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–550
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Ontario International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–750
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tijuana International Airport via Guadalajara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–750
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tijuana International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–750
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Los Angeles International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,400
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tijuana International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to San Diego International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Cancun, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tijuana International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Tijuana International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Salvador, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Cancun, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Panama City, San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Medellin Jose Marie Cordova to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Houston, San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Diego to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Diego to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- Amtrak
- 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
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