There are 6 ways to get from Perth to Santa Barbara by plane, train, or bus
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Fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
best- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane PER - SBA
29h 45m$553–2,004Fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane PER - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
28h 13m$614–1,005Fly to Meadows Field Airport, bus
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Meadows Field Airport (BFL)plane PER - BFL
- Take the bus from Bakersfield to Santa Barbarabus
32h 34mFly to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane PER - BUR
- Take the train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbaratrain
32h 3m$703–2,486Fly to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, train
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP)plane PER - SBP
- Take the train from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbaratrain
33h 9m$569–1,906Fly to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain, train
- Fly from Perth Airport (PER) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane PER - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Take the train from San Jose to Santa Barbaratrain
34h 41m$627–1,793
Perth Airport (PER) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Perth to Santa Barbara is to fly and train which costs $600 - $1,100 and takes 28h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Perth to Santa Barbara is to fly and train which takes 28h 13m and costs $600 - $1,100.
The distance between Perth and Santa Barbara is 9318 miles.
It takes approximately 29h 45m to get from Perth to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Santa Barbara is 15h behind Perth. It is currently 6:56 AM in Perth and 3:56 PM in Santa Barbara.
There are 331+ hotels available in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between Perth, WA, Australia and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
Virgin Australia, United Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Perth Airport (PER) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) twice daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 19m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Tokyo Narita, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–5,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Meadows Field Airport via Sydney, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 16m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Perth Airport to Meadows Field Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Perth Airport to Meadows Field Airport via Sydney, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 38m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Meadows Field Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Perth Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 14m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Perth Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Auckland, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Perth Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 8m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Perth Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Auckland, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Perth Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 18m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Perth Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Tokyo Narita, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Perth Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 38m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Tokyo Narita, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–5,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Auckland, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 28m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Perth Airport to Meadows Field Airport via Auckland, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Perth Airport to Meadows Field Airport via Sydney, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 12m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,800
Flights from Perth Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Tokyo Narita, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–5,000
Flights from Perth Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Auckland, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 14m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Perth Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Brisbane, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Perth Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Perth Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Perth Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Perth Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 49m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Perth Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Perth Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–3,900
Flights from Perth Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–3,900
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Perth Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Perth Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Tokyo Narita, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–6,000
- 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 Van Nuys to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Jose to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–270
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Bakersfield to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Amtrak
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