Cheap flights from New York to San Francisco from €136

The cheapest month to fly to San Francisco from New York is in February. Flight prices, which tend to average around €309, are often lower during this time because this is during the off-season. If you aren’t able to travel during the month of February, then book flights to San Francisco from New York during January instead. Flights to San Francisco in January, while not as cheap as those in February, still average around €314.

Fly from New York John F Kennedy Intl to San Francisco for the best New York - San Francisco flight prices

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to San Francisco from New York when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to San Francisco for around €342 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to San Francisco from New York for as low as €287 on momondo.

You could potentially save up to 9% on your flight if you consider stops on a New York to San Francisco flight.

As of May 2026, prices for New York to San Francisco flights are approximately 6% cheaper when compared to flights at the same time last year.

Historically, on average around 18% of flights between New York and San Francisco have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 185 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the morning tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing in the evening have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Tuesday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Sunday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, American Airlines have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 16% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

The number of flights available between New York and San Francisco is 118 per day as of May 2026. The most frequent departure time is 17:00, with 43% of daily flights leaving at midday.

As of May 2026, 827 flights take off from New York and land in San Francisco each week. The most common flight departure day for this route is Wed, with 17% of weekly flights taking off on this day.