There are 6 ways to get from San Diego to Bern by plane or train
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Fly San Diego International Airport to Basel, train
best- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Basel (BSL)plane SAN - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
15h 29mCHF 468–1,047Fly San Diego International Airport to Bern Airport
cheapest- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Bern Airport (BRN)plane SAN - BRN
28h 29mCHF 363–1,195Fly San Diego International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SAN - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
15h 30mCHF 439–1,535Fly San Diego International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SAN - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Berntrain
16h 38mCHF 524–1,343Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from San Diego to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LAX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
18h 35mCHF 370–678Fly San Diego International Airport to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane SAN - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Winterthurtrain
- Take the train from Winterthur to Berntrain
18h 42mCHF 602–1,961
San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Diego to Bern is to train and fly which costs SFr 370 - SFr 700 and takes 18h 35m.
The fastest way to get from San Diego to Bern is to fly and train which takes 15h 29m and costs SFr 460 - SFr 1100.
The distance between San Diego and Bern is 9630 km.
It takes approximately 15h 29m to get from San Diego to Bern, including transfers.
Bern is 9h ahead of San Diego. It is currently 5:26 AM in San Diego and 2:26 PM in Bern.
There are 361+ hotels available in Bern.
What companies run services between San Diego, CA, USA and Bern, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Euroairlines, and three other airlines fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Bern Airport (BRN) once daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–380
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Munich International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,100
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,300
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,200
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–430
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,300
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Bern Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,300
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Bern Airport via London Heathrow, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Bern Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,300
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Bern Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Bern Airport via Denver, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 52m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Zurich Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,200
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–950
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–470
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,400
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–340
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Winterthur to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Diego to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- thurbo.ch
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–21
- Schedules at
- thurbo.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 10–14
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–21
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