There are 8 ways to get from Florence to California by plane or train
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Fly Florence Peretola Airport to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)FLR - SFO
17h 16m$302–1,615Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)BLQ - LAX
18h 24m$286–778Fly Florence Peretola Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)FLR - LAX
18h 27m$353–866Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)BLQ - SAN
18h 3m$577–1,469Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)BLQ - SFO
17h 58m$385–727Fly Florence Peretola Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)FLR - SAN
21h 6m$444–1,307Train to Fiumicino International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Roma Tiburtina
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)FCO - SFO
17h 59m$362–1,226Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)ZRH - SFO
21h 3m$361–882
Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Florence to California is to fly which costs $350 - $900 and takes 18h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Florence to California is to fly which takes 17h 16m and costs $300 - $1,700.
The distance between Florence and California is 6169 miles.
It takes approximately 17h 16m to get from Florence to California, including transfers.
California is 9h behind Florence. It is currently 3:51 PM in Florence and 6:51 AM in California.
There are 3277+ hotels available in California.
What companies run services between Florence, Italy and California, USA?
KLM, Air France, and three other airlines fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 3 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 51m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 51m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,900
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,900
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to San Diego International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 46m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- frenchbee.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
- Website
- flynorse.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–950
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,800
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Roma Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–70
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Florence Santa Maria Novella to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $85–130
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
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