There are 6 ways to get from Milan 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 Milan Linate Airport to San Diego International Airport
best- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane LIN - SAN
16h 41m$552–1,402Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane MXP - SAN
18h 21m$305–1,106Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane TRN - SAN
21h 37m$371–1,234Train to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principetrain
- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane GOA - SAN
22h 59m$432–1,541Train to Verona Villafranca Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Fly from Verona Villafranca Airport (VRN) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane VRN - SAN
29h 22m$429–1,446Fly Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane LIN - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Diegotrain
21h 51m$479–1,425
Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Milan to San Diego is to fly and train which costs $470 - $1,500 and takes 21h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to San Diego is to fly which takes 16h 41m and costs $550 - $1,400.
The distance between Milan and San Diego is 6121 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 41m to get from Milan to San Diego, including transfers.
San Diego is 9h behind Milan. It is currently 2:14 PM in Milan and 5:14 AM in San Diego.
There are 2387+ hotels available in San Diego.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and San Diego, CA, USA?
British Airways and American Airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) once daily.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Orly, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 58m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Orly, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 39m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 21m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Orly, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 58m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to San Diego International Airport via Manchester, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Verona Villafranca Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 21m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- 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
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