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Flights to San Francisco - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to San Francisco to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to San Francisco?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to San Francisco was found on the route from Shanghai, at $672 return. The most popular connection is from Beijing to San Francisco and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $761 in the last 3 days.

How much is a flight to San Francisco?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to San Francisco from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.
A flight to San Francisco costs $1,002 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $456 and departed from Shanghai Pu Dong Airport. The most popular routes on KAYAK are Shanghai to San Francisco which costs $1,240 on average, and Beijing to San Francisco, which costs $1,320 on average.
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What is the cheapest day to fly to San Francisco?

The average price of all round-trip flights to San Francisco clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to San Francisco is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $1,107. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where round-trip prices are $1,276 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to San Francisco?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to San Francisco, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights to San Francisco is November, where tickets cost $930 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and July, where the average cost of tickets from China is $1,584 and $1,581 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is November with an average price of $930.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to San Francisco?

The average price for all round-trip flights to San Francisco depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to San Francisco is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $1,032 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to San Francisco is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,509.

What is a good deal for flights to San Francisco?

If you’re looking for cheap airfare to San Francisco, 25% of our users found tickets to San Francisco for the following prices or less: From Wuhan $932 round-trip, from Guangzhou $944 round-trip, from Shanghai Pu Dong Airport $987 round-trip.

How far in advance should I book a flight to San Francisco?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to San Francisco, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price, you should book around 7 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

October

High season

July

Cheapest flight

$404
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 16% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 30% increase in price.
Flight from Shanghai Pudong Airport to San Francisco

FAQs - booking San Francisco flights

  • What is the cheapest flight to San Francisco?

    In the last 3 days, the cheapest flight deal to San Francisco was found on the route from Shanghai, at $672 return. The most popular connection is from Beijing to San Francisco and KAYAK users have found round-trip deals for as low as $761 in the last 3 days.

  • How far is San Francisco Airport from central San Francisco?

    You’ll need to travel 12 miles to reach the San Francisco city center from San Francisco Airport.

  • What is the name of San Francisco’s airport?

    All flights to San Francisco land at San Francisco Airport. The airport code is SFO,and it can also be referred to as San Francisco or San Francisco Intl.

  • How much is a flight to San Francisco?

    On average, a flight to San Francisco costs $1,002. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks cost $456 and departed from Shanghai Pu Dong Airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to San Francisco?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to San Francisco.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to San Francisco?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Francisco is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to San Francisco?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to San Francisco with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to San Francisco?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • How many direct flights to San Francisco are there each week?

    Each week there are around 3,988 direct flights from within China to San Francisco. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to San Francisco

  • Looking for cheap airfare to San Francisco? 25% of our users found round-trip tickets to San Francisco for the following prices or less: From Guangzhou $766, from Wuhan $802
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be July and August. The cheapest month to fly from China is November.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest San Francisco flight deals.
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Top 5 airlines serving from China to San Francisco

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to San Francisco. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from China to San Francisco. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to San Francisco? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.4
Korean AirOverall score based on 1023 reviews
8.7Crew
8.2Entertainment
8.3Comfort
8.5Boarding
8.1Food
Airline reviews

It was a comfortable flight and the flight crew were lovely!

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Dec 2024ICN - LAX
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It was a comfortable flight and the flight crew were lovely!

I’ve always been impressed by the cleanliness of the toilets or, at least, its frequent monitoring, cleaning, and toiletry replacements. The in-flight service by flight attendants is superb.

I won't hesitate to fly with Korean Air again and agian....if I can get a good deal.

Glad you had Bibimbap which tasted much better than mesh potato or pasta.

The flight attendants seemed to be a little more grumpy this time. A350s could use more toilet stalls.

Excellent service, love the extra amenities (water bottles, blankets, etc.).

It was horrible. The flight crew was unfriendly and the food was absolutely horrible.

Terrible experience will never fly Delta again. Delayed flight with total disorganization and inept crew who wouldn’t communicate.

Will try never to fly Delta international again. Flight delayed and staff completely inept in dealing with it. Would not communicate, rude, completely disorganized. Once we reached Seoul the staff there had no idea what to do with us and led us around the airport from one pointless line to another. They were clearly not told how to manage the situation even though they had hours to make a plan. Never again.

They texted me my gate number and then they texted me again it’s now boarding but in different gate, and the gate was so far from the gate they texted me earlier. I have to run just to get to my flight. They always do that.

The boarding process was good. The toilet could be better maintained.

This has been the worst experience I've ever had. We arrived to Ho Chi Minh Airport and were supposed to get our Asiana ticket from the transfer counter as we came with a different airline. However, the staff at the transfer counter were not helpful and kept giving us different information. We were first told by Asiana airlines staff we had to wait 2 hours so they could print out and give us our tickets, then someone else told us we had to wait 3hrs, someone told us "I don't know, just go sit and wait and we will tell you later." This was at a place in the Ho Chi Minh airport that had no coffee or food shops, nothing, just immigration (to enter Vietnam with a Vietnam Visa) and security (to transfer into the gates) but we needed our printed boarding pass to go through. It wasn't until we demanded to speak to a supervisor as our flight time was 1hr away because they kept telling us "there's alot of time left for your international flight, we will get your tickets later" we still had to wait around 20minutes for the "Supervisor" to give us our tickets. I would NOT recommend Asiana Airlines, especially if going thru Ho Chi Minh Airport as they are not helpful. (We almost missed our flight, due to their lazyness and incompetence of printing our tickets) I would suggest Asiana Airlines to have a Machine in the transfer area so passengers can easily print out their boarding passes themselves and save some money by not hiring incompetent staff that can't do a simple task such as printing a boarding pass.

Great service. They could offer vegetarian food and do more to reduce waste.

I like the food, the crew and everything.!!! Except for the delay in our flight.

Great service and comfortable seats. The first meal was excellent but the second meal was only satisfactory

The staffs are very accomodating!!! The foods are good!!! The entertainment from manila to incheon was miserable because we need to use our own cellphones or own ipads.

Typical Asian airline - flight attendants like robots - start food orders at first row and get to the last row right aisle last - no food selections left. 30 minutes before landing demanding everyone put seats back into upright position, window shades open and God forbid you might have to use the restroom a full 30 minutes left into a 1 hour 45 minute flight. At least the flight was cheap - but that’s the best I can say about it.

Check in agent very rude, no greeting “Hi” or “ Thank you. Doesn’t direct where to go for gate info. In flight crew staff not friendly. Very disappointed ☹️

My favorite airline to fly across the Pacific. The Business class lounge is fantastic, the wonderful flight attendants are helpful and professional. Great comfort while flying.

Very comfortable seats, delicious meals, and friendly and helpful staff

The airport didn‘t give me the ticket. I called customer service to ask for a refund but they kept giving me a perfunctory response and refused to refund me.

The flight was delayed hours and most flights from CS are always delayed. Plane was efficient and got us home but not the best food and no entertainment system at all.

Not good - chair back could not move back for premium economy. Not worth the price

The back of the chair - premium economy could not move back - not worth the price

It was okay. Boarding the staff made you feel rushed like we were late or something

It was great. The staff were so nice and helpful the food was great and they always made sure I was okay. As a foreigner I was worried about the language barrier but it was absolutely no issues. I highly recommend

Crew: Everybody was polite. People just need to get efficient and less reworking things. Entertainment: Could have move movies and games. The “music” section is a joke, only ONE available. Food: The food provided on the flights boarding in china needs a serious reworking. Too much oil, bad for your stomach, tastes too artificial and the eggs were a giant mass of green dough.

We were diverted to Chengdu, because of bad weather and finally made it to Chong King about 7 hours later

No wheelchair service at all ( I did request that service and also purchased the priority assistant bundle) , what a waste of money

Never got the wheelchair service when my parents arrived at LA . My mom was 74 , also my dad was 84 years old, both don’t speak English. I double checked with the front desk at Phoenix airport, making sure that they will be taking care of.

We were delayed 3x and because I didn’t purchase my tickets directly from United Airlines I was told I Have to take care of it myself so I called Underpricer and they helped me but before I changed my flights I took the risk of sticking by what my tickets were and was lucky to have gotten on the original all flight with only 15 mins before take off. not sure if I will do this again

Everything good until we waited for jet bridge at SFO. Then pilot gets on speaker & said it won’t reach plane- too short, need to go to different gate. Then 5 min later, adjusted plane/jetbridge & all ok?!?

We had to wait almost an hour for the wheelchair porter to be ready to pick up my mother. And when she arrived in Newark airport the porter was not there and she started walking with her cane and her poor mobility. When the Newark porter found her they didn't want to transfer her bags to the wheelchair for her.

My experience was medium staff where great I dislike flying in triple 7 seats very uncomfortable and no room on jet all the rest of the flights where great

Great onboard crew. Boarding was a zoo, I got in line before pre boarding in Group 2, still had my bag force checked. WiFi was glitchy all flight. Seat and bathroom are both tiny unless you pay $$$ for first class.

Staff was generally seeming stressed out and was a bit rude and slow. Plane left late. Pilot was very well-spoken.

Cabin was pitch black, even during meal service. The reading lights for seat 2E/F did not work, and seat 2E did not recline.

The seat seemed roomy, the service was good, everything was fine.

Was realllly smooth. It was delayed but we were well informed.

The senior flight attendants were amazing. Totally different vibe from other carriers. Easy 10 hour flight in Business Class. Great food. Good humor as well.

Food and service are good. Bathroom was lack of lotions and cleaning. That should be improved.

Food & service very good next I will pick up again

Chinese flight attendants didn't speak english well. They didn't care enough to remember that I (east asian who isn't Chinese) wasn't Chinese and spoke English. Announcement in english on board was poor and I find it very difficult to understand what was announced. Also, a cabin bag allows only 5kg!

Chinese flight attendants didn't speak english well. They didn't care enough to remember that I (east asian who isn't Chinese) wasn't Chinese and spoke English. Announcement in english on board was poor and I find it very difficult to understand what was announced.

Everything was not satisfactory - the flight was delayed, staffs were ok but they didn't speak English well. I am from east Asia (not Chinese) and they didn't care enough to remember that I wasn't Chinese but persistently spoke chinese to me. The flight announcement in english wasn't clear to understand.

I wish I had been able to choose a vegetarian meal. Crew friendly and helpful. Seat was ok. All quite efficient and pleasant. Would recommend for inner China travel for sure.

The flight is not bad, but the Business Lounge is not big enough for the quantity of people they accept and there is a limited options for food and beverages.

It was simply bad and on top of that my luggage hasn't been delivered until now. They can't even localize it which is just unacceptable when they are supposed to scan the bar code they put when we check in

We bought premium Economy, thinking it would be more comfortable, but the seat is so narrow ,that my legs and feet are swollen , I can't wear shoes !

The flight was delayed for almost 5 hours, but I understand that it was not up to the company, however how they could handle the situation better, they never apologized for that delay, moreover despite passengers being there for 7 hours only thing they did was to give a bowl of instant noodles, afterwards on the plane tiny snacks, people were there starting from lunch time and we’ve arrived to destination at almost midnight

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to San Francisco found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/5Mon
1 stopPhilippine Airlines
20h 00mPVG-SFO
9/8Mon
1 stopPhilippine Airlines
23h 35mSFO-PVG
$672
4/23Wed
1 stopAsiana Airlines
13h 40mPVG-SFO
5/6Tue
1 stopAsiana Airlines
19h 35mSFO-PVG
$680
2/15Sat
1 stopChina Southern
17h 35mPVG-SFO
3/3Mon
1 stopChina Southern
25h 10mSFO-PVG
$714
2/15Sat
1 stopChina Southern
23h 50mSHA-SFO
3/3Mon
2 stopsChina Southern
23h 40mSFO-SHA
$715
3/11Tue
1 stopKorean Air
24h 00mPEK-SFO
8/7Thu
1 stopKorean Air
15h 55mSFO-PEK
$769
2/9Sun
1 stopKorean Air
16h 40mPVG-SFO
2/13Thu
1 stopKorean Air
16h 45mSFO-PVG
$769
2/26Wed
1 stopAir China
18h 05mSHA-SFO
3/15Sat
1 stopAir China
29h 50mSFO-SHA
$920
2/8Sat
1 stopAir China
19h 20mCAN-SFO
2/22Sat
1 stopAir China
31h 20mSFO-CAN
$925
2/10Mon
nonstopUnited Airlines
11h 30mPEK-SFO
2/26Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
14h 30mSFO-PEK
$1,066
2/2Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
11h 05mPVG-SFO
2/2Sun
2 stopsUnited Airlines
39h 20mSFO-PVG
$1,078

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to San Francisco found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/25Sun
1 stopChina Southern
18h 20mPVG-SFO
$404
2/20Thu
1 stopChina Southern
18h 00mPKX-SFO
$405
4/16Wed
1 stopAsiana Airlines
14h 25mPEK-SFO
$418
4/16Wed
1 stopAsiana Airlines
13h 40mPVG-SFO
$418
2/20Thu
1 stopKorean Air
14h 50mPEK-SFO
$473
12/27Fri
1 stopKorean Air
14h 15mSHE-SFO
$515
3/4Tue
1 stopAir China
32h 20mWUH-SFO
$538
2/21Fri
2 stopsAir China
33h 30mPVG-SFO
$574
12/25Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
11h 30mPEK-SFO
$617
2/20Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
11h 30mPEK-SFO
$669

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Last minute flights to San Francisco

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to San Francisco that are departing in the next 10 days.
12/22Sun
multi-stop
27h 10mPVG-SFO
1/6Mon
multi-stop
17h 30mSFO-PVG
$767
12/24Tue
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
25h 15mCAN-SFO
2/9Sun
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
32h 35mSFO-CAN
$769
12/25Wed
multi-stopKorean Air
14h 10mPVG-SFO
4/14Mon
multi-stopKorean Air
16h 30mSFO-PVG
$842
12/23Mon
multi-stopKorean Air
31h 05mSHA-SFO
1/6Mon
multi-stopKorean Air
37h 30mSFO-SHA
$860
12/23Mon
multi-stopChina Southern
39h 15mPVG-SFO
1/6Mon
multi-stopChina Southern
29h 10mSFO-PVG
$866
12/23Mon
multi-stopChina Southern
38h 50mSHA-SFO
1/6Mon
multi-stopChina Southern
28h 45mSFO-SHA
$929
12/23Mon
nonstopUnited Airlines
11h 05mPVG-SFO
1/6Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
18h 00mSFO-PVG
$1,283
12/23Mon
nonstopUnited Airlines
11h 05mPVG-SFO
1/5Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
18h 10mSFO-PVG
$1,287
12/25Wed
multi-stopAir China
16h 55mSHA-SFO
4/14Mon
multi-stopAir China
24h 02mSFO-SHA
$1,313
12/23Mon
multi-stopAir China
22h 55mSHA-SFO
1/4Sat
multi-stopAir China
37h 10mSFO-SHA
$1,517

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