LYS - SFO

$401 Find Cheap Flights from Lyon to San Francisco

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Lyon to San Francisco departing on 3/3. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Lyon to San Francisco, as well as popular online travel agencies
These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Lyon to San Francisco, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheapest round-trip
$579
Typical prices: $678-$922
Multiple Airlines
Sun 4/26Sun 5/10
LYS - SFO • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$401
Typical prices: $859-$1,213
Multiple Airlines
Tue 3/3
LYS - SFO • 2 stops
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TAP AIR PORTUGAL
Cheapest • from $594 (round-trip)
Air France
Best reviews • 7.4 score
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When to book
3 weeks
in advance
Our data shows that travelers who book at least 3 weeks in advance save around 51% compared to booking last minute.
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When to travel
March
Cheapest • 18% price drop
October
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Cheap Flights from Lyon to San Francisco (LYS-SFO)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Lyon 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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Recent round-trip flight deals from Lyon to San Francisco

Sun, Apr 26 - Sun, May 10
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9:40 pm - 1:50 pmLYS-SFO
25h 10m1 stop
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4:35 pm - 4:35 pmSFO-LYS
15h 00m1 stop
$579Multiple Airlines
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Thu, Nov 20 - Wed, Dec 3
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9:35 am - 8:56 pmLYS-SFO
20h 21m2 stops
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10:16 am - 2:10 pmSFO-LYS
18h 54m2 stops
$580Multiple Airlines
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Fri, Jan 16 - Sat, Jan 24
TAP AIR PORTUGAL Logo
11:00 am - 2:45 pmLYS-SFO
36h 45m1 stop
TAP AIR PORTUGAL Logo
4:35 pm - 11:55 pmSFO-LYS
22h 20m1 stop
$594TAP AIR PORTUGAL
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Fri, Jan 16 - Sat, Jan 24
TAP AIR PORTUGAL Logo
11:00 am - 2:45 pmLYS-SFO
36h 45m1 stop
TAP AIR PORTUGAL Logo
4:35 pm - 11:55 pmSFO-LYS
22h 20m1 stop
$595TAP AIR PORTUGAL
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Sat, Apr 25 - Thu, May 28
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6:10 am - 4:10 pmLYS-SFO
19h 00m1 stop
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5:45 pm - 6:40 pmSFO-LYS
15h 55m1 stop
$596Iberia
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Mon, Apr 27 - Thu, May 28
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6:10 am - 12:14 amLYS-SFO
27h 04m2 stops
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5:45 pm - 6:40 pmSFO-LYS
15h 55m1 stop
$601Iberia
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Thu, Jan 22 - Mon, Feb 9
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8:10 pm - 2:35 pmLYS-SFO
27h 25m1 stop
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4:40 pm - 7:25 pmSFO-LYS
17h 45m1 stop
$608Scandinavian Airlines
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Thu, Nov 20 - Fri, Dec 5
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8:55 am - 2:50 pmLYS-SFO
14h 55m1 stop
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1:35 pm - 2:15 pmSFO-LYS
15h 40m1 stop
$621Lufthansa
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Thu, Nov 27 - Thu, Dec 4
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8:10 pm - 2:35 pmLYS-SFO
27h 25m1 stop
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4:40 pm - 7:25 pmSFO-LYS
17h 45m1 stop
$623Scandinavian Airlines
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Tue, Nov 18 - Thu, Nov 27
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10:45 am - 3:55 pmLYS-SFO
14h 10m1 stop
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1:35 pm - 2:10 pmSFO-LYS
15h 35m1 stop
$643Lufthansa
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Lyon to San Francisco flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Lyon to San Francisco?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Lyon to San Francisco departing in April.

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Lyon to San Francisco, look for departures on Thursdays and avoid leaving on a Monday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from San Francisco, Sunday is the cheapest day to fly and Thursday is the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Lyon 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 Lyon to San Francisco is March, where tickets cost $692 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,143 and $1,134 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Lyon 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 from Lyon 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 on the flight from Lyon to San Francisco, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 51% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$401
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 3% lower on average.
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When to book flights from Lyon to San Francisco

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

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Lyon to San Francisco was $401 for a one-way ticket and $579 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to San Francisco from Lyon.

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

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

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

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Lyon to San Francisco, Air France or Lufthansa?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Lyon to San Francisco are Air France and Lufthansa. With an average price for the route of $943 and an overall rating of 7.4, Air France is the most popular choice. Lufthansa is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $920 and an overall rating of 6.8.

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Francisco from Lyon 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 Lyon 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 Lyon with another airline. Booking your flights between Lyon 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 Lyon 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 Lyon up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Lyon to San Francisco

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Lyon 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.
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7.4
Air FranceOverall score based on 1482 reviews
7.3Comfort
7.0Entertainment
7.0Food
8.2Crew
7.4Boarding
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I don’t like that an equipment change caused my seat to change from 23A to 44A. The boarding was also delayed. The crew were excellent, however and very attentive. The food was not bad.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Oct 2025CDG - YVR
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I don’t like that an equipment change caused my seat to change from 23A to 44A. The boarding was also delayed. The crew were excellent, however and very attentive. The food was not bad.

Worst airlines either. First leg was delayed because of crew not available. My connection was missed so they booked me automatically the next day! But, impossible to get anyone on site, web site does not let me access my reservation anymore, confirmed by useless agents over the phone. My 2-leg trip with part in business class arriving at 4:10pm ends up in an awful 3-leg arriving at 9pm the next day with no way to even choose the seats and of course at the very end of the plane. I can understand problems arrive but the way Air France handle it is just unacceptable. You are on your own. Apparently getting you to your destination is the only thing they consider their duty. The customer experience and fatigue is none of their concern. And I have a status with them. I will reconsider my priorities when flying with Air France and encourage everyone to do the same.

Our flight crew were terrific. And they handle a difficult passenger with finesse.

Excellent, Lima to Paris. But Paris to Amsterdam, delayed, missed my flight and KLM treated its missed flights passengers very badly, terribly bad. No hotel accommodation given. Passengers were told to find their own hotel accommodation and claim at reasonable rate and left the booth and literally with armed Police Officers listening to passengers complains. For three hours, after moving by Uber from hotel to hotel and calling and booking online, no hotel was available. I had to return to the airport and seat/sleep on the benches, suffering the cold, and rats running around until my new allocated flight the next day. It was the most terrible KLM treatment even seen and being a Business Class passenger. Still mentally suffering to date as a result.

3 hour delay but out of their control. App said I get vouchers but when I applied for them, they were nowhere to be found in my account

I bought business class tickets but the seats are exactly like economy with no comfort seats nor an empty seat next to me provided. Very poor, low quality airline.

I don't understand the concept of paying to get your personal luggage onboard and then asked to check it in.... either sell the space or don't, its a hassle to carry those all through the airport just to make a check in at the last minute.

The food was great and the service and attitude was amazing!!

Old airplanes small seats expensive tickets, not as expected overall and not comfortable according to the price

Wasted a lot of time trying to find the CDG lounge - it was not next to the connecting flight gate like the Air France staff said.

The seat space seemed small especially when the person ahead reclined but other than that, very good.

Luggage transfer in Chicago was not performed in time. I received my luggage at my destination two days later.

Give yourself over 2+ hours layover because if flight is slighlty delayed and you miss your connection, Lufthansa will do nothing for you

We would have missed our connection from Munich to Boston but we had a van outside the plan that wisked us to our terminal. Much appreciated and we didn’t even realize that Lufthansa had done this until the announcement on disembarkation. Well organized airline! Will definitely fly Lufthansa again!!!

Everything went well. I will fly with Lufthansa again. And use Kayak whenever I book flights

Bought a seat in a flight that got changed out so ended up paying for a seat I would have had if I hadn't paid.

Food was poor quality and the screens for entertainment didn’t work properly

Food was much better than my outbound flight. On-time. Good service. I had a problem with my entertainment screen, but the attendant fixed it promptly.

I think they overbooked Frankfurt to New York and bumped me off. This changed my return travel I arrived home about 4 hours late. Almost 24 total travel time Totally unacceptable Would not travel with United

United lost my travel information and canceled my original flight. I had a seat assignment but was refused the booking. I had to prove that I went to Germany on United Very concerned about security that no one recorded my passport from Cleveland to NY and NY to Frankfurt I arrived at home at 12:30am on Saturday instead of 8pm I expect a full refund from United Please provide information to assure compensation

Not my definition of first class. No leg room and barely any recline. The food was good. The crew was great. The comfort for the price I paid for London to Cairo was highway robbery. The Wi-Fi didn't work for me either.

There might be more food options for people who can't eat so much starch/sugar/bread/rice. Meat, cheese, walnuts/pecans for snack, maybe jerky or other kinds of meat-based snacks would be better than bread and rice and sweets. I had an extra chardonnay, which was fine. The entertainment was great.

Unfortunately, my flight was cancelled because of some sort of emergency over the Atlantic and had to return to London. While I think British Airways made every effort to mitigate the situation, I must say it was still pretty unpleasant. I do appreciate the fact, however, that British Airways put my safety first…and I think the effort to correct a bad situation was very sincere. But I think the process might be handled better in future.

Crew service was poor and very little difference between premium economy and economy. Disappointed.

My bags never made it on the flight and I now have to wait for them to arrive hopefully tomorrow. You can’t even track your bags in the app to see where they are since they didn’t arrive. You have to file a claim and then wait for them to inform you when you will receive your bag. We were already delayed for an hour due to baggage so I don’t understand how my bag didn’t make the flight.

One of the worst experience given the middle seat even asked for the change no one honored,boarded at the end and overall one of the worst experience

It was good although our flight to the UK was cancelled and rescheduled for two days later. This was after we were already seated on the plane. We missed the first leg of our trip. BA did put us up at a hotel and paid for our meals but we lost our hotel costs in Glasgow.

The crew was very nice and pleasant. We were very reluctant to book our flight with British Airlines because we had bad experience with their flight attendants on the previous trips, they were rude and not helpful.

I am a 25+ years American Airlines member. British Airways is simply above and beyond in every customer satisfaction category.

The seat pads are past there sell by date now and are uncomfotable. Also, with screens in the back of the seat, the seats shouldnt be able to recline as this puts rhe screen in your face.

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