There are 6 ways to get from San Francisco to Chamonix by plane, bus, 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 to Geneva International Airport, bus
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SFO - GVA
- Take the bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeurbus
17h 37m€267–888Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane SFO - MXP
- Take the bus from Milan to Chamonixbus
20h 22m€196–537Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane SFO - LYS
- Take the bus from Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus
19h 47m€243–689Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane SFO - TRN
- Take the bus from Turin to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)bus
20h 51m€265–935Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SFO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausannetrain
- Take the train from Lausanne to Martignytrain
19h 33m€418–582Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Basel (BSL)plane SFO - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain
- Take the train from Visp to Martignytrain
21h 42m€312–1,059
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Chamonix is to fly and bus which costs €190 - €550 and takes 20h 22m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Chamonix is to fly and bus which takes 17h 37m and costs €260 - €900.
The distance between San Francisco and Chamonix is 9479 km.
It takes approximately 17h 37m to get from San Francisco to Chamonix, including transfers.
Chamonix is 9h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 00:25 in San Francisco and 09:25 in Chamonix.
There are 5946+ hotels available in Chamonix.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Chamonix, France?
There is no direct connection from San Francisco to Chamonix. However, you can take the subway to San Francisco International Airport, walk to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) airport, fly to Geneva International Airport (GVA), walk to Geneva Airport, then take the bus to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur. Alternatively, you can take the subway to San Francisco International Airport, walk to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS), walk to Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop, then take the bus to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud).
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–410
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–410
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–410
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–500
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–450
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–900
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lausanne to Martigny
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Visp to Martigny
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Visp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–20
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +41 27 720 47 47
- info@regionalps.ch
- Website
- RegionalAlps
Train from Visp to Martigny
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–43
- Schedules at
- RegionalAlps
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €21–25
- 1st Class Ticket
- €38–43
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Visp to Martigny
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €11–16
- 2nd Class
- €13–18
- Phone
- +41 24 539 10 17
- info@alpytransfers.com
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
Bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Alpy Transfers
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lyon - St. Exupéry Airport T1 Bus Stop to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milan to Chamonix
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Turin to Chamonix, Av. de Courmayeur (Gare routière Sud)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Flixbus
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