There are 7 ways to get from San Francisco to Greece by plane, shuttle, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly San Francisco International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane SFO - SKG
18h 55m€451–1,113Fly San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane SFO - HER
17h 54m€200–483Fly San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane SFO - ATH
18h 17m€448–1,120Fly San Francisco International Airport to Rhodes International Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane SFO - RHO
20h 3m€206–482Fly Oakland International Airport to Athens International Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane OAK - ATH
19h 4m€253–716Fly San Francisco International Airport to Chania International Airport, Private transfer
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane SFO - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
20h 42m€329–761Fly San Francisco International Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SFO - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train stationbus
23h 19m€257–703
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Greece is to fly which costs €200 - €490 and takes 20h 3m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Greece is to fly which takes 17h 54m and costs €200 - €490.
The distance between San Francisco and Greece is 10678 km.
It takes approximately 18h 55m to get from San Francisco to Greece, including transfers.
Greece is 9h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 9:54 AM in San Francisco and 6:54 PM in Greece.
There are 13051+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Greece?
Lufthansa, Aegean Airlines, and five other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 22m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €260–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–470
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–410
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–460
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chania International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–500
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–460
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chania International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–500
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Athens International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–450
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Athens International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–800
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Athens International Airport via Portland, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–700
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €230–650
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- [email protected]
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
Shuttle from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–190
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–230
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €230–250
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Citylines
Want to know more about travelling around Greece
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Getting around the Cyclades
Read the travel guide
Want to know more about Flixbus?
Read the travel guide






