$84 Find Cheap Flights from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area

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Cheap Flights from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$269
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$201
San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$269
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$201

Book Cheap Houston to San Francisco Bay Area Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area

Wed, Apr 15 - Mon, Apr 20
Frontier Logo
8:31 pm - 6:02 pm
IAH
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SJC
23h 31m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
8:20 pm - 7:36 pm
SJC
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IAH
21h 16m
1 stop
$201Frontier
Thu, Mar 5 - Sun, Mar 8
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:18 pm - 6:07 pm
IAH
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SJC
22h 49m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:20 pm - 5:54 am
SJC
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IAH
7h 34m
1 stop
$225Multiple Airlines
Wed, Feb 18 - Sun, Feb 22
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:34 pm - 9:39 am
IAH
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SJC
19h 05m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:57 pm - 9:06 pm
SJC
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IAH
22h 09m
2 stops
$242Multiple Airlines
Fri, Feb 27 - Fri, Mar 6
United Airlines Logo
9:30 pm - 11:59 pm
IAH
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SFO
4h 29mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
7:10 pm - 12:56 am
SFO
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IAH
3h 46mnonstop
$269United Airlines
Thu, Feb 26 - Sun, Mar 1
Southwest Logo
6:50 pm - 11:20 pm
HOU
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OAK
6h 30m
1 stop
Southwest Logo
5:25 am - 11:05 am
OAK
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HOU
3h 40mnonstop
$279Southwest
Thu, Mar 5 - Wed, Mar 11
Southwest Logo
8:00 am - 10:15 am
HOU
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SJC
4h 15mnonstop
Southwest Logo
8:25 am - 2:00 pm
SJC
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HOU
3h 35mnonstop
$289Southwest
Fri, Feb 27 - Tue, Mar 3
Delta Logo
5:19 pm - 11:49 pm
HOU
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SFO
8h 30m
1 stop
Delta Logo
10:00 pm - 10:01 am
SFO
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HOU
10h 01m
1 stop
$289Delta
Sat, Feb 28 - Sat, Mar 7
American Airlines Logo
10:13 am - 7:57 pm
HOU
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SFO
11h 44m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 3:51 pm
SFO
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HOU
7h 51m
1 stop
$299American Airlines
Thu, Mar 12 - Tue, Mar 17
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 10:11 am
HOU
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SJC
6h 11m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 3:50 pm
SJC
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HOU
7h 50m
1 stop
$309American Airlines
Fri, Mar 13 - Mon, Mar 16
Delta Logo
11:33 am - 5:36 pm
HOU
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SFO
8h 03m
1 stop
Delta Logo
10:35 pm - 10:23 am
SFO
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HOU
9h 48m
1 stop
$314Delta
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Houston to San Francisco Bay Area flights

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

What is the cheapest Houston to San Francisco Bay Area flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to San Francisco Bay Area from Houston found in the last 72 hours was to San Francisco, at $269 round-trip. The most popular route is from Houston George Bush Intcntl Airport (IAH) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $269.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area, 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 Houston to San Francisco Bay Area is February, when tickets cost $294 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $469 and $465 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to San Francisco Bay Area on a Friday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Monday is the most expensive day to fly from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Thursday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area, 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 on the flight from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Cheapest flight$90
Flight from Houston George Bush Airport to San Jose

FAQs - booking San Francisco Bay Area flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area?

    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 Houston to San Francisco Bay Area.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area 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 Houston to San Francisco Bay Area?

    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 from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area 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 from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area?

    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 from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to San Francisco Bay Area is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $476 on average. Morning departures are around 13% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to San Francisco Bay Area is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,180.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Houston to San Francisco Bay Area. 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 Houston to San Francisco Bay Area? 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4273 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
Airline reviews

3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jan 2026
SFO - SAN
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3 hour delay. Had to change plans and was still delayed.

The flight crew was extremely rude and especially not helpful when our flight was delayed.

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

The lead steward kept singing about "San Francisco" and hotel California---more annoying than humorous....needs work. Flight was smooth and on time.

Still a fan of open seating. Flight was on schedule and arrived on time. The 737 MAX is very comfortable.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

Ever since Southwest starting charging for bags, passengers don't want to pay to check their bags, so the gate agents have to beg people to check their roller bags now because there's "not enough space". This was a terrible business move by Southwest.

Delays delays delays. Late taking off, late landing, wait for a gate, etc.

Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

Very smooth checking in our luggage with a super pleasant SW agent. I enjoyed a fun entertaining movie.

I like flying first class, and United has a nice one

Unbelievably poor service from flight attendants. They didn’t even do water service on a four hour flight. Just disrespectful.

Seats had less pitch than a regional jet. Food was OK. Have to buy alcohol on US based carriers flying international. Boarding was a mess. Did not have bags but overhead space was gone quick. Would like to see the airlines enforce the one bag over and one bag under policy

Lately I like the planes have been exceptionally filthy. There’s lines of dust and dirt all across the ceiling in the vents, and the cracks in between the seats are literally full of food. It’s definitely not the quality of service that I was used to with United. I’m also very disappointed with the Wi-Fi! All I wanna do is knock out a few work jobs while I’m trapped in my seat And it spools so bad. They did provide me with a refund, but the process of getting that refund is so complicated. It’s unfortunate.

Crew was excellent. This was a relatively long flight though and had very little leg room, and no entertainment.

The newer screen was super cool and had the option to watch many different shows or movies. Crew was polite and helpful. However again, many children screaming bloody murder and kicking my seat, and parents doing nothing about it as usual.

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

Flight was delayed and missed my connection Lufthansa didn’t respond.

the delay for 3 hours was understandable due to weather conditions but the flight should’ve provided some on flight compensations or at least provide more food.

United could have one single once of customer service. No human United employee would help me with the invalid mileage plus number, they said I had to speak with the computer.

Amazing I love American. I’ll never fly anyone else if I can help it.

Everything about the flight was lovely. My only suggestion would be to offer a few more options of tv series from Apple TV or HBO.

After the door had been closed, the cockpit makes an announcement that catering is running late and it is not the airline's fault. It is their fault in the sense that we had to sit for 2 hours or more when we could have stayed in the terminal. Poor communications between catering and airline. This caused a young man to lose his temper and he went storming out hitting objects. He had complained to the gate agent that he had already waited at the gate 7 hours and when can the airplane leave? Airilnes do a poor job of explaining delays, maintenance issues, etc. whereas being truthful may gain more sympathy or understanding.

We were told the flight was delayed 5 times, then it was moved to the next day.

The experience with American Airlines was good, although the Philippines Airlines flight was much better (better seats, better food, better entertainment options, overall better). Again, the MIA to LAX flight was fine, but nothing in comparison to the comfort and accommodations of the Philippines Airlines flight from LAX to MNL.

Loved the crew . Absolutely no complaints. Except for luggage lost

Wish some foods provided rather than just biscuit/cookie for flight more than 2 hours

We are too tired and frustrated to comment politely at this point

The flight crew was rude. We were in first class and no one even offered water until an hour after we were in the air. Horrible experience

Great. Quick and quiet and east. The breakfast choices were a welcome surprise!

The flight was delayed by 2 hours and we had no food or water or chargers

Horribly late because they had no crew!!! And then jet bridge didn’t work!! Then we arrived at a gate at lax miles away that we had to take a shuttle to a terminal!! I was over 3 hours late to getting the LA! Should have been here at 8:30 and at an appointment at 10:30 and arrived and left lax at 11 am!! Horrible experience!!!

Once again, the staff seem to think they are above the customers and treat everyone with disdain, belittling people.

Sadly there was a crew member very rude with my kid and with me.

Flight was canceled 8 hours before departure for lack of operational control and prepositioning of a plane. Then had the audacity to say it was because of weather, however there was no weather here in California or New Orleans or in between. It was the weather in Florida, Florida it had nothing to do with our flight path just the plane was supposed to fly us. 8 hours is more than enough time to move a plane anywhere in the US. That left me with a bill of 1200 dollars to re book a flight oh and kayaks insurance what a joke. Probably will never use kayak or spirit ever again terrible companies terrible customer service. I’ll also let everyone and anyone know this was an abomination and only for the customer. Also will be making a report to the DOT on bad business practices on behalf of kayak and spirit as well as the BBB. Do better, take care of your customers and don’t suck

The airplane had a strange noise that was constant throughout the flight. Thankfully I had noise-cancelling over-ear headphones that muted much of it.

it was terrible. flight was cancelled hours before the flight without a given reason and no other booking available .

They canceled the flight and didn't assist in getting a new flight on any airline. I had to spend 10 hrs in the airport after getting a ticket On Delta for twice as much. I've flown Spirit many times and this was my worst experience I've had.

Late taking off. ATC sent us circling around Chicago for almost an hour, after landing taxied for 40 minutes.

We had too many delays for the crew not the plane

Very well recently! Frontier is improving and less harrassing customer on luggages! Positive!

Terrible. The canceled my entire flight when I requested a refund for a trip frontier canceled trip one way.

i was unable to check in the flight. refund requested

I think Frontier was very good at communication. Their app worked very well. Loading was great and the flight was nice and easy.

Great for the price. No wifi or entertainment, but gate agents and crew were fantastic and we boarded quickly and left on time.

Decent clean onboard experience. Okay discount airline experience. Unfortunately, any customer service interactions are difficult and unhelpful. There is no service. Also, a premium seat only gets you premium boarding if you line up first. Once they start general boarding you must go to the back of the line. Not very premium

The crew was mostly okay. The flight attendant who answered our questions was curt and unhelpful unfortunately. He seemed upset and I understand having off days.

We were delayed three times ,and that destroyed my plans, and reservations

Very bad! No good service delayed my second connection flight

They canceled flight. Hard to believe there was even a plane incoming for us to get on

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