RUH - SFO

$520 Find Cheap Flights from Riyadh 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 Riyadh to San Francisco departing on 11/19. 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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Cheap Flights 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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Recent round-trip flight deals from Riyadh to San Francisco

Tue, Dec 2 - Wed, Dec 10
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2:00 am - 8:34 pmRUH-SFO
29h 34m2 stops
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9:40 pm - 4:50 amSFO-RUH
20h 10m1 stop
$723Multiple Airlines
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Fri, Nov 7 - Sat, Nov 15
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6:25 am - 2:50 pmRUH-SFO
19h 25m1 stop
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1:30 pm - 4:50 amSFO-RUH
28h 20m1 stop
$726Lufthansa
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Thu, Jan 22 - Fri, Feb 6
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2:00 am - 8:34 pmRUH-SFO
29h 34m2 stops
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7:30 am - 7:55 pmSFO-RUH
25h 25m2 stops
$729Air Canada
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Fri, Jan 23 - Fri, Feb 6
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6:25 am - 7:35 pmRUH-SFO
24h 10m1 stop
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7:30 am - 7:55 pmSFO-RUH
25h 25m2 stops
$731Multiple Airlines
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Wed, Nov 5 - Wed, Nov 12
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4:25 pm - 3:29 pmRUH-SFO
34h 04m2 stops
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11:45 am - 2:25 amSFO-RUH
27h 40m2 stops
$732United Airlines
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Mon, Dec 1 - Tue, Dec 9
Air Canada Logo
2:00 am - 9:22 pmRUH-SFO
30h 22m2 stops
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8:39 am - 7:55 pmSFO-RUH
24h 16m2 stops
$751Air Canada
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Wed, Dec 24 - Tue, Jan 20
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1:00 am - 5:04 pmRUH-SFO
27h 04m2 stops
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11:17 am - 10:55 pmSFO-RUH
24h 38m2 stops
$783British Airways
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Wed, Nov 5 - Sun, Nov 16
United Airlines Logo
4:25 pm - 3:29 pmRUH-SFO
34h 04m2 stops
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10:45 am - 2:25 amSFO-RUH
28h 40m2 stops
$785United Airlines
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Wed, Dec 24 - Mon, Jan 19
British Airways Logo
1:00 am - 8:26 pmRUH-SFO
30h 26m2 stops
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11:55 am - 10:55 pmSFO-RUH
24h 00m2 stops
$807British Airways
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Wed, Dec 24 - Mon, Jan 19
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3:30 am - 2:40 pmRUH-SFO
22h 10m1 stop
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4:30 pm - 1:40 amSFO-RUH
22h 10m1 stop
$823Virgin Atlantic
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Everything you should know

Top airlines
Lufthansa
Cheapest • from $726 (round-trip)
Lufthansa
Best reviews • 6.8 score
Airline reviews
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Airline reviews
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When to travel
January
Cheapest • 24% price drop
March
Most popular
Good to know
Good to know
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Good to know
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Cheapest round-trip
$723
Overall average: $843
Multiple Airlines
Tue 12/2Wed 12/10
RUH - SFO • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way
$520
Typical prices: $313-$649
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Wed 11/19
RUH - SFO • 2 stops
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Riyadh to San Francisco flights

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 round-trip flights from Riyadh to San Francisco clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

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

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 round-trip 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 January, where tickets cost $748 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,237 and $1,121 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$520
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 22% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 2% increase in price.
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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 $520 for a one-way ticket and $723 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?

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

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

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Riyadh to San Francisco are Lufthansa and British Airways. With an average price for the route of $1,296 and an overall rating of 6.8, Lufthansa is the most popular choice. British Airways is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $929 and an overall rating of 6.7.

  • 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.

Reviews of the top airlines flying 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.
6.8
LufthansaOverall score based on 7504 reviews
7.6Crew
6.4Entertainment
6.3Food
6.8Comfort
7.0Boarding
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Luggage transfer in Chicago was not performed in time. I received my luggage at my destination two days later.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Oct 2025DTW - ORD
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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

I paid for extra legroom which made the long flight very comfortable. Food was very tasty, they fed us 2 meals plus a cookie snack and extra liquids. Checked luggage is expensive.

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.

1. The website didn’t allow me to checkin from London as I have Bangladesh passport with US permanent resident card. This pushed me to sit with my wife in the middle of two aisle seats, terrible experience! 2. BA should allow within 24 hours to checkin with other passport holders to choose better seats. A 2nd verification of travel documents can be done at the desk about immigration status. 3. Food options were poor for vegetarian passengers, try to introduce healthy options avoiding carb-dense food ingredients.

Cabin crew lovely and accommodating and I'll always fly BA in the future

It was perfect. The service was exceptional. I would never want to cross the Atlantic in anyone else's sardine tins.

As I have said it sucked, the ticket counter to have to find and pay for another airline to get home. Now I understand this happened over the weekend but they should have someone there to talk to us instead of throwing the regular crew under the bus.

Everything excellent except for bag drop off. We started at the D area and that was so slow that it was eventually closed just as we were about to go to a station. We then went to F. We got one suitcase checked and then the screen showed that the station was no longer operable. There were long lines everywhere so we had to ask if we could butt in to the next station to finish. Again, this was the only incident, otherwise it was an excellent flying experience

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