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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Central America

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$341
San José
San José1 stop$353
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$332
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$502
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$321
Managua
Managua1 stop$490
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$381
Comayagua
Comayagua1 stop$514
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole1 stop$719
Flores
Flores2 stops$683
David
David2 stops$1,211
Placencia
Placencia2 stops$1,681
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$341
San José
San José1 stop$353
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$332
Panama City
Panama City1 stop$502
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$321
Managua
Managua1 stop$490
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$381
Comayagua
Comayagua1 stop$514
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole1 stop$719
Flores
Flores2 stops$683
David
David2 stops$1,211
Placencia
Placencia2 stops$1,681

Book Cheap San Francisco to Central America Plane Tickets

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

Sun, Apr 19 - Sat, Apr 25
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 5:02 pm
SFO
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LIR
10h 02m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:09 pm - 11:02 pm
LIR
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SFO
6h 53mnonstop
$321Alaska Airlines
Sat, Feb 21 - Sat, Mar 7
Alaska Airlines Logo
11:00 am - 7:09 pm
SFO
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LIR
6h 09mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:12 pm - 11:05 pm
LIR
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SFO
6h 53mnonstop
$324Alaska Airlines
Sat, Feb 21 - Sat, Feb 28
United Airlines Logo
11:15 am - 7:31 pm
SFO
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LIR
6h 16mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
4:53 pm - 12:15 am
LIR
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SFO
9h 22m
1 stop
$334United Airlines
Wed, Apr 29 - Mon, May 4
Avianca Logo
11:55 pm - 9:00 am
SFO
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GUA
8h 05m
1 stop
Avianca Logo
8:15 pm - 12:50 pm
GUA
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SFO
17h 35m
1 stop
$340Avianca
Sun, Feb 15 - Mon, Feb 23
American Airlines Logo
12:30 am - 2:01 pm
SFO
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SAL
11h 31m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
3:04 pm - 11:10 pm
SAL
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SFO
10h 06m
1 stop
$341American Airlines
Sat, May 30 - Sun, Jun 7
Avianca Logo
11:55 pm - 9:00 am
SFO
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GUA
8h 05m
1 stop
Avianca Logo
5:25 am - 12:50 pm
GUA
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SFO
8h 25m
1 stop
$344Avianca
Sun, Feb 15 - Mon, Feb 23
American Airlines Logo
12:30 am - 2:47 pm
SFO
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SAL
12h 17m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
3:04 pm - 11:10 pm
SAL
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SFO
10h 06m
1 stop
$345American Airlines
Sun, Feb 22 - Thu, Feb 26
Copa Airlines Logo
12:42 am - 1:53 pm
SFO
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SJO
11h 11m
1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
2:54 pm - 11:20 pm
SJO
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SFO
10h 26m
1 stop
$353Copa Airlines
Fri, Apr 17 - Tue, Apr 21
United Airlines Logo
10:50 am - 6:19 pm
SFO
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LIR
6h 29mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 11:59 pm
LIR
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SFO
11h 39m
1 stop
$356United Airlines
Sun, Feb 8 - Thu, Feb 19
Copa Airlines Logo
12:42 am - 4:46 pm
SFO
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SJO
14h 04m
2 stops
Copa Airlines Logo
10:08 am - 11:20 pm
SJO
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SFO
15h 12m
1 stop
$358Copa Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Central America flights

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

What is the cheapest San Francisco to Central America flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Central America from San Francisco found in the last 72 hours was to San Salvador, at $318 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Francisco (SFO) to San Salvador (SAL), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $318.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Francisco to Central America?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $617, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Central America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Central America, 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 San Francisco to Central America is May, when tickets cost $401 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $802 and $579 respectively.

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

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

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

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Central America, 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 San Francisco to Central America, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 5% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$101
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 14% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 45% increase in price.
Flight from San Francisco to San Salvador

FAQs - booking Central America flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Central America?

    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 San Francisco to Central America.

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

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

    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 San Francisco to Central America 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 San Francisco to Central America?

    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 San Francisco to Central America 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 Central America?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Central America is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $568 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Central America is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $569.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Central America

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San Francisco to the following destinations at these prices or less: San Salvador $261 one-way - $398 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Central America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Central America? 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.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11723 reviews
7.0Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
8.5Crew
7.1Food
Airline reviews

The flight was excellent and very friendly and helpful staff. Will travel again and recommend to friends. Thank you

10.0 ExcellentKen, Jan 2026
SFO - SNA
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The flight was excellent and very friendly and helpful staff. Will travel again and recommend to friends. Thank you

Did not have In flight service on my round trip due to turbulence. I did not partake in In flight entertainment. Flight descending into LAX was very turbulent. It would have been nice if the pilot communicated with us during that rough descent into LAX to ease the minds of some of us more nervous flyers.

They canceled my flight with only a couple hours before checking in at the airport and offered no alternatives to get home.

I had entered my TSA pre number when I bought the ticket but TSA pre was not on my boarding pass. I went to find an agent at check in and there was only one agent one duty for first class and a line of people waiting for check in/baggage with no agent manning that area.

Comfort level was below par. Food selection was non-existent. Paying $35 for 1st bag is never appreciated. I will not fly them again. I am actually trying to change my return flight.

The flight attendants were excellent and I was in the back of the plane. Much much better than recent JetBlue experiences on that route and better than Delta on that route.

I’m not sure there is anything that can be improved, even the cost was fantastic.

Poor. They should have given me a row with more room and instead they put me in a middle seat with two strangers next to me

Flight crew and flight were good. But it departed two hours late.

The ground crew did not supply drink or snacks during the layover in SFO. So there weren't many options. Otherwise, it was all great.

Horrible. No TV or any type of entertainment on board. Passwnger listening to/watching stuff on their own phone with no headphones making it noise and uncomfortable for everyone else, little/tiny food portions, old seats, useless wifi (cant access anything). Horrible exlerience especially it was a lomg distance flight with kids.

There should be a warning regarding the quality of the aircraft on the website as we reserve the tickets. There was no TV or any type of screen onboard. The wifi they offer is good for nothing. Traveling 9 hours straight with kids and no type of entetainment was horrible. I wish I had been informed prior so I could buy a ticket with another airline. The food was a joke too. A very tiny portion per passenger. They also charged $100 per checked bag. With United I used to pay $60. So, fair to say that I wont be flying Copa anymore. Their aircraft was super old, outdated, no entertainment, with nearly no onboard food.

Very strict carry on rules meant most of the plane had to gate check their luggage. As is often the case had things that were broken because of this, but I appreciated not being charged to gate check. Otherwise good flight and great crew once on the plane

Some of the Air hostesses are not that friendly. Need improvement

I liked the meatloaf the chicken was awful but the plane was on time and got there and the staff was nice.

Boarding was quick & efficient; they gave boarding groups due priority; staff & air crew were very cordial and helpful, pleasant flight.

As always, Copa Airlines is great to fly on. The flights are always on time, the staff are pleasant and helpful and it's always a wonderful flying experience.

Very happy with my flight. I would definitely recommend it.

Did upgrade, travel in business it was great (more room I could sleep)

Enforce the boarding process by group numbers. Tell people to stay seated during the meal/drink distribution. It took forever to get food and drinks because people would not stay out the isle and let the crew do their jobs. Everyone wanted to go to the bathroom forcing the crew to enter and leave the isle constantly so people can pass. Tell people to keep their electronics off speaker mode. No one wants to hear phone conversations and music playing.

left on time, reasonable boarding process arrived early luggage came out quickly

Some flight attendants were great others were cranky. Seats were very tight and sitting on an aisle was very hard as the carts and people walking constantly bumped shoulder and arm.

Pushed back only to get deplaned due to a tire damaged by ground crew. They did at least go pretty fast. The bathrooms should be banned under the Geneva convention. No room to even sit straight on the toilet. The under-seat entertainment units block what little leg room there is.

United airlines has the best customer experience from booking to arrival. I always fly United airlines. The mileage program is excellent

from SFO-> FRA flight, AVML meal was significantly less compared to regular meal, especially no Desert, no Bread, no sides.

This was an older airplane. The cabin was constantly warm to hot throughout the 10 hour flight and there were no vents to personalize air flow. Also since it was an older plane, the material and comfort of the chairs were very uncomfortable. I left my flight with major soreness on my tailbone.

Older aircraft, no meal, only food was for purchase. Not impressed United.

Not pleasant trip cross country when the entertainment and WiFi system not working. No entertainment for entirety of route. Staff was rather nonchalant in that they dismissed the problem due to age of plane. It would have been nice to know this up front so I could have come prepared to read or download movies before boarding Coincidentally or not, there was a similar issue with the entertainment system on my previous flight I took on my fist leg of the trip. There are no seat TVs, so you must rely on the app when it works. United can do better. Also, what use it it to pay for boarding group 2 when half of the passengers are in the same line as you?

My experience on this United Airlines flight was highly uncomfortable, primarily due to two issues: Cabin Temperature: The temperature on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 was unacceptably high, feeling consistently around 80 degrees throughout the flight. This made sleeping impossible and significantly detracted from the experience. Seating Arrangement: Being stuck in a middle seat for a six-and-a-half-hour overnight flight compounded the discomfort. Moving forward, I will always purchase a seat assignment to avoid this situation.

Premium Plus is a really good idea for longer flights

The flight was on time and arrived early. The crew were friendly and helpful.

While I didn’t watch much tv I would have liked a few more options of TV series from Apple TV or hbo max ..

Overall experience was great. Flights were almost on time in departing and we arrived at our destination as scheduled. No issues with amenities or flight crew. Everything went well as as expected. Will fly again with American Airlines in the future!

The flight was very smooth and the meal in business class was great.

I requested a low sodium meal. Reason being, I take medicine for high blood pressure and I wear compression socks on long flights to help with leg swelling. Having less sodium in meals really helps me feel better on long flights. I received my initial low sodium meal after takeoff. Just before landing, the crew came through with the meal cart and offered me what was being served. I said no thank you and then noticed my low sodium meal in the meal cart, with my name and seat assignment on it. I motioned to the crew member, but he grabbed the meal cart and proceeded to move to the rear of the aircraft. He didn’t see me or other passengers who had attempted to get this attention. He was more concerned about completing meal service since we were due to land in under 45 minutes. I pressed the call light five times from my seat to receive help, but no crew member responded to me. So, I didn’t receive a second meal, one that I requested (the low sodium option). This led me to have a migraine from only eating one meal on an 11-hour flight. This is why I’m not a fan of flying US-based airlines overseas. The crew members continue to show the absolute worst customer service experience. I would not recommend flying American for overseas flights.

Not great. Booked Extra seats and got nothing extra at all. It’s basically a big budget airline.

Horrible. Both legs of my flight were delayed more than 6 hours. No compensation, no screens on the plane, and the plane was not clean.

The flight was smooth, the pilot kept us informed about delays and we arrived more of less on time

The flight was flawless and we even arrived between 20 and 25 minutes early!

Always seated jammed in rear of aircraft Admirals Club food at DFW terminal D was absolute worst food experience and I pay $600/year to eat this dried out junk

We found the chairs to be really uncomfortable. It’s also really unacceptable that no form of food or drink is included in a 6+ hour flight

Deplaning was a mess, I sat in business (seats are horrible) and the front door had a problem so we had to deplane from the rear exit. The stairs were not tall enough to reach so there was a large step down from the plane to the top of the stairs.

Staff are the rudest in the industry … awful customer service … will never fly Avianca again

Pros: we leave and arrive on time Cons: the most uncomfortable seats ever. You cant recline at all your seats. No entertainment No TVs flight attendants didn't provide even a glass of water. You have to go to back of the airplane and ask for one. I am Colombian and I remember seeing the flight attendants very neat, elegants which is or was a staple of Avianca.it was one with tennis shoes, no male up, the hair was messy... that was really odd.

Here we have another airline flying to Guatemala but doesn't have a plus or a less, just in the middle. Why? Well, first we don't have even free water Movie selection is poor Seats don't recline in some places Food selection is carb based Forgot to mention, customer service on the web is the worst. Good things; Very reliable on schedule Kind crew

Last seat of Bussines Class it does recline but passenger seating behind kept pushing since they did not have space once my seat was reclined

I handed in my suitcase in perfect condition at SAL Airport. And in MIA Airport I received it with one corner broken and the wheels bent.

I like the crew they're very friendly. I don't like. on five hour flight they not offered snacks. Any drink. Not even coffee

Not even water is offered on the flight. You cannot lean back on the seats and the seats are so narrow you can’t avoid rubbing elbows with the person next to you.

I couldnt recline the seat. Other than that crew was very attentive and helpful. Thsnk you

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