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Cheap flight deals from Riyadh to San Francisco (RUH-SFO)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Riyadh to San Francisco that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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12:35 am - 1:15 pmRUH-SFO
22h 40m1 stop
3:30 pm - 10:45 pmSFO-RUH
21h 15m1 stop
$724British Airways
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Wed, Sep 4 - Mon, Sep 30
1:45 am - 1:15 pmRUH-SFO
21h 30m1 stop
10:45 am - 9:25 pmSFO-RUH
24h 40m2 stops
Thu, Sep 5 - Thu, Oct 3
11:59 pm - 4:47 pmRUH-SFO
26h 48m3 stops
1:30 pm - 10:55 pmSFO-RUH
23h 25m2 stops
$896KLM
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Sun, Sep 8 - Wed, Oct 2
11:59 pm - 11:45 amRUH-SFO
21h 46m2 stops
1:20 pm - 10:55 pmSFO-RUH
23h 35m2 stops
$963KLM
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Fri, Sep 6 - Tue, Oct 1
5:00 am - 10:56 pmRUH-SFO
27h 56m3 stops
4:10 pm - 3:30 amSFO-RUH
25h 20m1 stop
$1,120American Airlines
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Sat, Sep 7 - Tue, Oct 1
2:40 pm - 10:55 pmRUH-SFO
42h 15m2 stops
4:10 pm - 3:30 amSFO-RUH
25h 20m1 stop
$1,291American Airlines
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Mon, Jul 1 - Mon, Jul 15
6:25 am - 4:40 pmRUH-SFO
20h 15m1 stop
6:35 pm - 12:10 amSFO-RUH
19h 35m1 stop
$1,551Turkish Airlines
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Tue, Sep 10 - Tue, Oct 1
12:15 pm - 11:20 amRUH-SFO
33h 05m1 stop
6:35 pm - 12:10 amSFO-RUH
19h 35m1 stop
$1,628Turkish Airlines
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Fri, Jul 5 - Wed, Jul 31
5:00 am - 1:50 pmRUH-SFO
18h 50m1 stop
4:10 pm - 1:10 pmSFO-RUH
35h 00m1 stop
$1,949Qatar Airways
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Tue, Sep 10 - Sat, Sep 28
8:20 pm - 1:50 pmRUH-SFO
27h 30m1 stop
4:10 pm - 10:00 pmSFO-RUH
19h 50m1 stop
$5,040Qatar Airways
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Tue, May 28 - Tue, Jun 4

Flights from Riyadh to San Francisco - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Riyadh to San Francisco?

The average price of all flights from Riyadh to San Francisco clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to San Francisco on a Friday and more expensive on a Tuesday. On your return trip to Riyadh, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Saturdays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Riyadh to San Francisco?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Riyadh 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 from Riyadh to San Francisco is October, where tickets cost $761 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, where the average cost of tickets is $1,692 and $1,370 respectively.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Riyadh to San Francisco, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Riyadh to San Francisco, you should book around 2 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 44 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Riyadh to San Francisco?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest one-way tickets to San Francisco from Riyadh were found on ITA Airways ($812) and KLM ($848), and the lowest round-trip tickets were found on British Airways ($724) and ITA Airways ($739).

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Low season

March

High season

June

Cheapest flight

$724
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 3% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 56% increase in price.
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When to book flights from Riyadh to San Francisco

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Riyadh to San Francisco based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Riyadh to San Francisco

  • What is the cheapest flight from Riyadh to San Francisco?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Riyadh to San Francisco was $812 for a one-way ticket and $724 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Riyadh and San Francisco?

    A passport is required to fly from Riyadh to San Francisco.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Riyadh to San Francisco?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Riyadh to San Francisco?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Riyadh and San Francisco, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Riyadh to San Francisco, KLM or Qatar Airways?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Riyadh to San Francisco are KLM and Qatar Airways. With an average price for the route of $927 and an overall rating of 7.8, KLM is the most popular choice. Qatar Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,218 and an overall rating of 7.7.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Riyadh 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 from Riyadh to San Francisco.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Riyadh 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 to Riyadh with another airline. Booking your flights between Riyadh and SFO can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Riyadh 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 from Riyadh up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top 5 airlines serving from Riyadh to San Francisco

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Riyadh to San Francisco. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Riyadh 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.
7.8
KLMOverall score based on 1618 reviews
7.2entertainment
7.3food
7.8boarding
7.6comfort
8.4crew
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We left one hour late because of technical difficulties. The economy comfort seats are great for the price. The crew was mediocre, they do not provide a pleasant experience, they just deliver food and drinks and give orders, not very amicable, no service and hospitality focus.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Feb 2024AMS - ATL
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We left one hour late because of technical difficulties. The economy comfort seats are great for the price. The crew was mediocre, they do not provide a pleasant experience, they just deliver food and drinks and give orders, not very amicable, no service and hospitality focus.

I thought KLM was the best airline but the Lima - Amsterdam was 1 hours late, the Brussels - Amsterdam was 2.30 hours late and the Amsterdam - Lima was 30 minutes late

The food was ok. The crew seemed like they were cranky. I had one guy get mad at me for passing in between the storage area to get to the other toilet. I can understand if it's not allowed but reprimanding me like I'm a student saying "This is the last time!" was not appropriate. During my meal time, there was a French family around me. No problems there but when we usually have meals, they are supposed to put their chair in the upright position. These people did not do it and the steward did not tell them to raise their seat in the upright position. However, I was told to do so! So, me and another person next to me had to eat with the monitor almost touching our faces. Furthermore, a lady in front of me was putting her feet up and preventing another elder passenger from putting her seat back. To make it worse, she was continuously hitting her back into her seat, shaking my monitor while I was watching a movie. A crew member did speak to her about it but then she accused me of pushing her seat forward! The crew member gave me a death stare and told me to stop pushing the seat forward. I did not even touch her seat at all, if I did, she would know it. Her boyfriend also stood up and tried to push her seat even further past the maximum decline to no avail. None of these people were reprimanded but the steward, some bald guy, was extremely friendly with them and did not even try to instruct them to do anything until it was time to land. I resisted the urge to really argue with them because I would have obviously been seen as the aggressor (I have no idea why). I hardly said anything on this flight except "more wine please" and "sorry" if I bumped into someone accidentally. Overall, it was an annoying flight and I had to resist the urge to yell at the steward and the people he was overly friendly with. The happiest moment of this flight was leaving it.

Amazing KLM service and brilliant economy comfort seats. Well worth the extra.

All and all pretty good. It’s crowded but that is what flying is all about. But no complaints otherwise.

The seats are too cramped in that plane. If you’re above 1,80m consider alternatives or first class I guess… There were no emergency exits to seat somewhere with more legroom

At the transit could be less time not like 12 hour 6 hours the mix should be 4 hour, thanks

Seats actually fit a human! Snack options were a bit lame but that’s ok

Everything in general was great, but we left 30 minutes late

Pros: "The plane condition."
Cons: "The flight attendants could have served some drinks in between the meals. They actually refused to serve something additionally when asked."

More facilities to transport to the gates......felt too much walking distance

For a short flight, Qatar Airways offers very good onboard service.

Just happy I flew Qatar Airways awesome no wonder they are #1 in the world right now! The food was just delicious, very courteous, professional crew.

It was good no problems made it on time for the next flight overseas!

It was a really long flight from Doha to Philadelphia and it was overall a good one. The one area that I would comment on is that there is a lot of single-use plastic and disposables in the meal service for American Airlines. It would be great to see more circular options in the meal service to reduce the amount of waste.

Suddenly Flight has been change by Qatar and there’s no information is there of us from Bom to Doha and counter person is behaving like Qatar owner next I will not buy Qatar and I will not suggest anyone to fly in Qatar

The crew was fantastic and the over flight was perfect as well.

They shld provide food. Between food they are giving 10 hours gap which is toooo much

The crew was great and the food and liquor offerings were good. Seats were a bit cramped. Flight arrived early at destination. That's a plus.

All over with Qatar airlines my experience was really bad due to delays and then putting me on different airlines and after 8 hours of wait I had to listen to their is no plane to fly for another 24 hours. Wore experience ever.

Movie selection was ok, but could be better. Would like to see greater selection of newer movies.

Loved the check-in experience. Very friendly staff and not crowded. I did wind up with a middle-middle seat, which was quite uncomfortable. Always appreciate the very professional staff on TAL.

Paying for reserved seats and never received the seats I paid for !! Just fake and a surprise out of their " box "

Turkish airline always good Only Turkish representatives at the gave need to be more helpfull to any staff who traveling on Turkish airline . One situation happened Ist to jfk on Feb 29 TK3 had seats I asked them to transfer me to tk3 because Feb 29 tk1 was oversold and they advise me that I might not make it for tk1 I asked them to transfer me to tk3 and they say no they can’t do it I been telling them you know that I don’t have a chance for tk 1 why would you let plane go with some empty seats on tk3 if you can transfer me to tk3 and have less staff on tk1 and still told me no I waited for tk1 9 hours and only last minute I got seat on tk1 It was not easy situation but I am glad I made it home Thank you Turkish Airline One more suggestion for Turkish Airline you need to make a FIRST CLASS cabin it would be so cool 🆒 Good luck all the best See you more

First class payment but wife’s seat broken, would recline but not lay flat. On previous flight, delays and ground crew malfunctions connecting jetway made us miss flight to Houston. I asked twice for a cart to assist us getting across the massive Istanbul Airport, but was denied. We are both over 70.

My flight had two legs. When checking in at the first leg the agent offering for a deal to upgrade the leg to first class for $199. He then claimed I would be able to upgrade the second leg once I got to the next airport. I declined and when I inquired about upgrading at the second airport, the cost was $1,300. I also had an issue at the airport lounge. I am allowed one guest in the lounge. My friend came in the lounge for less than 5 minutes and left when she couldn’t get a sleeping suite. I wanted to bring in another friend. The airport staff first started acting as though they didn’t understand English and then became upset when I asked for their names so I could file a complaint. As an elite member I knew they could do more but were not. One of the agents started over talking me and walked away mid conversation dismissing my request for assistance. A man claiming to be the manager said you were asking for her name. He also never tried to assist me or see what was going on. He claimed the interactions were recorded and management would see everything. I’m not sure how that would assist me days later. I am sure it didn’t help that I was a black American woman.

Better attitude training for staff at airport, better training for flight attendants, better food, don’t put us with all the crying babies that cried nonstop for 12 plus hours.

Crew announced boarding started and they asked passengers to form a queue. Actual boarding didn’t start and queue was not moving for around 40-50 mins. Very poor management.

It was a terrible airline. The air hostess and the people in the flight, just very rude.

Crew on this flight was terrible. Especially one practicular female , she was harassing us and other families with children. Flight was good overall, if not her being rude and aggressive

Somehow I got “offloaded” even though I had my boarding pass and was in transit Food is horrible Staff were nice and cheerful No headphones were provided on 11 hours flight

Fight crew was not very attentive and the bastions were gross!

Our flight was great we left Kona earlier and got into LAX almost an 1hour earlier as well. LAX AA is in repair so to get out and found our bus to get pick up was a bit confusing.

Plane was good but was delayed. probably not AA fault but caused a 1 hour delay. Seating was cramped.

The staff were very helpful with lots of refreshments on offer. The toilets were clean. The seats were comfortable and entertainment was good. No complaints, it was excellent.

amazing! they were so kind and allowed us to sit on empty seats so we could stretch our legs and sleep good. Food is amazing as well plus dessert in the middle of the flight!

5 hour flight - full flight - not enough room to use my computer - slightly delayed - Admirals club was excellent quality food, drink made up for flight seating. No food offerred on flight, you ahd to prebook.

We experience delays on departure and connecting flights resulting in 14 hour to our next departure. We were accommodated with a night's stay but was only provided a 12 dollar meals accommodation. The airlines rules state.at least 50 dollars. In any case, it can not make up for the whole day missed on our vacation in Sydney Australia.

I can say I will not be taking this airline again any time soon. Seat were uncomfortable and too tight. Lack of chair screen and little overhead space.

American Airlines canceled the flight twice and was unable to facilitate a change of city for us after our travel plans became affected. We lost alot of money due to this and it seems like the airline was trying their best not to facilitate this. Mind you, I am a very loyal member.

Spending 10 hours on a flight with no video or wifi access due to issues per stewardess was not enjoyable nor acceptable. Will follow up directly with the airline as well

I really did not like being ordered to pull my shade down by the attendants. One of them was very rude to me about it, standing there until I closed it like I was a child brusquely reaching across me to close an adjoining one. They claim it was so people who wanted to could sleep. It’s a 10:30am flight not a red eye. Closing your shade or leaving it up for natural light should be a choice. Ruined my flight!

My baggage did not arrived with me. Took 3 days to get it after so may calls and follow up

The crew was very attentive and kept busy serving a variety of treats!

Terrible. Flight was 3 hours delayed and I missed my other flight to my final destination

Offered vegetable curry when it was actually tofu which I don’t care for.

The flight was good the crew excellent…but take off delayed three hours!!!

Both mine and my husband's chairs were broken. Also it took 2 hours to get our bags after our flight which was wild.

perhaps eye contact with the cabin crew, instead of abruptness and an impatience to serve.

Not enough trash pickups throughout the flight. Everything else was great.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Riyadh to San Francisco found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
8/11Sun
2 stopsITA Airways
29h 52mRUH-SFO
$812
8/8Thu
1 stopITA Airways
21h 30mRUH-SFO
$840
8/14Wed
3 stopsKLM
25h 54mRUH-SFO
$848
8/9Fri
1 stopBritish Airways
22h 40mRUH-SFO
$896
8/9Fri
2 stopsBritish Airways
27h 26mRUH-SFO
$948
8/14Wed
2 stopsKLM
21h 46mRUH-SFO
$983
8/11Sun
1 stopTurkish Airlines
38h 25mRUH-SFO
$1,022
8/8Thu
1 stopTurkish Airlines
38h 25mRUH-SFO
$1,093
5/28Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
27h 30mRUH-SFO
$3,323
5/30Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
23h 20mRUH-SFO
$3,392

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Last minute flights from Riyadh 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 from Riyadh to San Francisco that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/2Thu
multi-stopKLM
21h 46mRUH-SFO
5/9Thu
multi-stopKLM
23h 00mSFO-RUH
$929
5/2Thu
multi-stopDelta
30h 35mRUH-SFO
5/9Thu
multi-stopDelta
30h 45mSFO-RUH
$953
5/1Wed
multi-stopBritish Airways
51h 25mRUH-SFO
5/9Thu
multi-stopBritish Airways
21h 15mSFO-RUH
$1,018
5/1Wed
multi-stopBritish Airways
51h 25mRUH-SFO
5/9Thu
multi-stopBritish Airways
26h 48mSFO-RUH
$1,030
5/1Wed
multi-stop
20h 45mRUH-SFO
5/9Thu
multi-stop
23h 00mSFO-RUH
$1,461
5/2Thu
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
33h 05mRUH-SFO
5/9Thu
multi-stopTurkish Airlines
30h 40mSFO-RUH
$1,472
5/2Thu
multi-stopDelta
35h 35mRUH-SFO
5/8Wed
multi-stopDelta
36h 15mSFO-RUH
$5,900

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Riyadh - San Francisco Flights

Departure:

Riyadh (RUH)Saudi Arabia

Destination:

San Francisco (SFO)United States

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San Francisco - Riyadh

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