$132 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Central America

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Best Central America Flight Deals from San Francisco

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$326
San José
San José2 stops$394
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$385
Panama City
Panama City2 stops$478
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$372
Managua
Managua2 stops$397
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$439
Comayagua
Comayagua1 stop$526
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole1 stop$717
Flores
Flores2 stops$664
Bocas del Toro
Bocas del Toro2 stops$1,134
David
David1 stop$544
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$326
San José
San José2 stops$394
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$385
Panama City
Panama City2 stops$478
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$372
Managua
Managua2 stops$397
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$439
Comayagua
Comayagua1 stop$526
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole1 stop$717
Flores
Flores2 stops$664
Bocas del Toro
Bocas del Toro2 stops$1,134
David
David1 stop$544

Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Central America

 
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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from San Francisco to Central America

Tue, Oct 14 - Thu, Oct 23
American Airlines Logo
11:59 pm - 11:40 amSFO-SAL
10h 41m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
2:11 pm - 11:03 pmSAL-SFO
9h 52m1 stop
$326American Airlines
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Tue, Sep 2 - Fri, Sep 12
American Airlines Logo
4:25 pm - 11:35 amSFO-SAL
18h 10m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
12:35 pm - 11:30 amSAL-SFO
23h 55m2 stops
$330American Airlines
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Sun, Aug 24 - Wed, Sep 3
Copa Airlines Logo
1:30 am - 12:42 pmSFO-SAL
10h 12m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
1:42 pm - 11:39 pmSAL-SFO
10h 57m1 stop
$343Copa Airlines
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Thu, Aug 7 - Wed, Aug 20
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2:30 am - 9:00 amSFO-SAL
5h 30mnonstop
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7:30 am - 12:35 pmSAL-SFO
6h 05mnonstop
$345Avianca
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Sat, Aug 9 - Wed, Aug 20
Avianca Logo
2:30 am - 9:00 amSFO-SAL
5h 30mnonstop
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7:30 am - 12:35 pmSAL-SFO
6h 05mnonstop
$351Avianca
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Wed, Sep 10 - Tue, Sep 16
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:53 pm - 6:23 amSFO-LIR
10h 30m1 stop
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11:20 am - 11:59 pmLIR-SFO
13h 39m1 stop
$372Alaska Airlines
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Wed, Sep 10 - Tue, Sep 16
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:50 pm - 6:20 amSFO-LIR
15h 30m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
11:20 am - 11:59 pmLIR-SFO
13h 39m1 stop
$376Alaska Airlines
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Thu, Oct 16 - Fri, Oct 24
Copa Airlines Logo
1:28 am - 11:39 pmSFO-SAL
21h 11m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 11:40 pmSAL-SFO
16h 10m1 stop
$384Copa Airlines
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Mon, Sep 8 - Thu, Sep 25
United Airlines Logo
10:55 am - 8:10 pmSFO-PTY
7h 15mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
3:35 pm - 9:10 pmPTY-SFO
7h 35mnonstop
$504United Airlines
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Fri, Sep 5 - Sat, Sep 27
United Airlines Logo
12:43 am - 6:37 pmSFO-PTY
15h 54m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
3:35 pm - 9:10 pmPTY-SFO
7h 35mnonstop
$508United 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?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Central America.

The cheapest ticket to Central America from San Francisco found in the last 72 hours was to San Salvador, at $389 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 $389.

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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $1,260 on average.

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 $930 and $584 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 Mondays 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 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 6 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonSeptember
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$132
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 46% 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 evening, when round-trip flights cost $385 on average. Morning departures are around 50% more expensive than evening flights, 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 $590.

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 10000 reviews
7.1Entertainment
8.5Crew
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
7.1Food
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Paying for first class and then they want $8:00 for wifi.

4.0 OkayGreg, Jul 2025SFO - SEA
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Paying for first class and then they want $8:00 for wifi.

fine. only problem,,,, for some,,,,was that many people started trying to exit from the back of the plane,, . lots of irate people. there should be a flight attendant mid plane..to be sure that doesn't happen. The crew up front had no idea what was happening. One big guy started it..then a bunch of others followed his lead. could have gotten ugly... One man stepped in and questioned those rule breakers.. nothing bad happened,,,but......

Big delay of over 7 hours on next leg of trip with Alaska. Would have been nice to have food or something

We were late so that was what was worst part

Flying on Hawaiian Airlines was good. But, getting a boarding pass was a hassle. I booked what I thought was an Alaska Airlines flight that was actually a Hawaiian Airlines flight. I couldn't check in online. I had to wait for the Hawaiian Airlines counter to open so I could get my boarding pass which was a requirement for me to get in The Club or the Centurion Lounge. (I had no check in luggage so I didn't expect to have to physically check in.) The Alaska Airlines staff blamed the FAA for the problem.

Great, overall. Thicker seat cushion would be nice. My butt hurt the whole flight.

All good! No entertainment on this new plane yet but ok for this short flight. Great on time flight! Thanks

No non-alcoholic drinks available except water and small apple juice cans.

The flight was delayed over two and a half hours thus causing me to miss my best friend’s funeral. All because the flight crew had to get more rest. That was the reason stated. I understand however very unfortunate. Glad everyone is well rested and resting in peace.

All good except both the outbound and return flights were delayed about 1 1/2 hrs.

Great experience with a crew always thinking in the passenger

The flighr attandants were very rude they ignored me didnt offer me anything to drink throughoit the 4 hour flight i feel i was targeted and ignored because i was a darkskin latino man.

I selected first class expecting excetional service. It was mediocre at best. The food service was cold, meal choices was poor and on one leg they did provide dessert. I did enjoy the lay day seat but the movies were old and nothing current. Boarding the plane is always hot. So boarding is quite warm until your in the air. I took a small personal air fan. Update the meals and movies.

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

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

Seats not reclining, no vegetarian food option, no snacks. 7.5 hr flight should have been more comfortable. Luggage limits are unusually small. Will never fly Copa again and will tell friends and family to avoid this airline.

Placed us in the last rear row of the plane so could not recline seats because of the rear wall, and also made it more of a tight space when the passenger in front reclined their seat. While understand seat assignments, every passenger should be afforded a reclining seat. The odor control scent from the restrooms was overwhelming strong. My wife and I could not deal with it, and she suffered a terrible headache as a result. I kept getting hit by the crew since I was on the ilse seat. No apologies, nothing. They made me feel like I was supposed to take the beating for a 3 hr flight.

There was no individual at the front check in when I arrived. I waited for at least 15 minutes and walked around asking security/janitors if they could help and they did not have a solution. So I had to take my checked bag through security and they threw away some of my items. I ended up making it to the gate only a few minutes before it closed due to my waiting for an agent at check in.

The flight was delayed twice and I could not speak with anyone at the airport about checking in. The phone number to Copa - the customer service agents were polite. They are just limited at helping because they are not at the airport

We were in transit from Lima (flight at 1.10am) and we were in stand by in our flight from Panama to Washington. We wait from 4.30 am to 18.30pm in the Airport. The company give us 2 x 15 dollars for eat during the day and a personnal travel voucher of 400 dollars each. Do they buy food one time something in the Airport ??? And one of us live in France so the voucher is not usable. More than 24 hours travel !! And our place were near the toilets, with 8 children around us. The boy behind my seat stamped his feet on my back all the flight. Really Wonder full ! So we are totally unhappy with our travel. Thanks Copa Airlines....

Everything was great. Only thing that could’ve made it better was buy on board options for hot food, but the snacks were decent. The flight attendants were great. I had no complaints. I was able to make it to my destination safely

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

Very comfortable (upgraded to business class). The audio on my screen didn’t work, but I managed to play the audio through my phone while watching the screen.

Flight was late as pilot crew had to land at different airport in their previous flight. Passengers boarded and had to wait for pilots inside plane. Series of incomplete and unnecessary announcements by an annoying voice, rather than complete, informative announcements.

Breakfast was not loaded at SFO due to catering company change. Seems like a major airline at a major hub would have thought of something else or warned passengers to pick up food before boarding a 3 hour flight.

Boarding seemed to be organized bedlam. For what ever reason, preboarding took longer than 20 minutes. Made the plane 20 minutes late taking off. Luckily we arrived on time. Flight crew seemed very friendly. Only slight turbulence.

They hired a new catering company the same day of my flight. They botched the job by not delivering the right carts and after THREE HOURS waiting, the flight crew timed out (flight was 19 hours long and FAA rules state crew can’t work more than 14 hours long). So they CANCELED OUR FLIGHT!! Worst experience ever. Avoid UAL at all costs.

The personnel were professional and friendly. The Boeing 737 Max 9 is too claustrophobic and was very warm at both airport gates, and still warm in the air.

While the staff was pleasant and helpful, the following observations are for your awareness. There was some delay on the tarmac on take off and landing. The paid lunch/food offerings were limited. Entertainment was only available on WiFi at a cost.

get E+, a must for 5 hours flight if you are tall

AA re-routed flight from HNL to LAX due to delay. My group of 3 with reserved seats in row 9 was broken up, with one assigned to a middle seat, another in the last row of the plane. Not happy. No explanation to the delay. No apologies. No compensation. Would have been nice to be offered an Admiral Club admission or a voucher for the extra 3 hours of layover in LAX. Could not hear the boarding gate announcements in LAX. Adjacent gate was boarding at the same time. Loud speakers were competing against each other. Barely made my boarding group.

Almost a 6 hour flight and the only food option is a cheese plate… and chips. Also how is it there are no options for texting on American. I’ll be going back to delta and united.

Bad food, small seats that didn’t recline. I thought I was buying a quantas ticket so I feel like I got scammed

The chair cushions may need an upgrade. I have been noticing they are so worn out, thin so you’d sit in a dip 😄. Other than that, all was an enjoyable trip. Thanks AA!

Cramped seats. FAA should make airlines have more legroom, for even short people complain

Flight was full, and would have preferred an aisle seat, but due to getting a late ticket ,the seat I had was adequate. The flight crew were very help full and hard working. Food and drink were excellent for the 11hr flight. Overall I was pleased with flight, and would recommend British Airways again.

Eventless. It was a good flight and good crew. Can’t complaint.

Very helpful ground crew after an earlier flight delay and being rebooked on a different flight.

British Airways staff are very polite and willing to help.

The plane was late and then sat on the runway for almost 45 minutes before taking off.

Avianca is not what it used to be. So disappointing

Boarding was excessively slow. They do it by groups in a way that it doesn’t make sense. After business class , ppl that need assistance and any other priority group they should have ppl board from the back to the front. First rows 20+. Then 15+. Then 10, etc. having ppl sitting in the back board last makes no sense. The libe backame long as soon as ppl on rows 10 or so where told to board. The line went all the way up the ramp and tunnel for 25 mins.

Seats are very tight even in Plus, no complimentary snacks or beverage

The chicken that was served in business class was cold!

I receive a service for what I pay, so it is fair.

Excellent flight and one of the smoothest landing I’ve ever experienced

There isn't much space in-between seats and even water needs to be paid for during the flight.

We did not know about the bag fees until check in. They are way too high. It’s insane. We also had a huge delay and everything costed extra which was very annoying.

Lounge for business was closed. Boarding was rush and stand by. Seat for business is just the middle seat blocked and some more leg room.

Flew with our two children. Paid $380 to check two bags (one was overweight). They then left the bags behind on Sunday, December 21st, with all our family’s clothes and family Christmas presents. When we arrived at our destination they told us the bags had not arrived, and they thought (but didn’t know) they were still in Boston, but that there’d be a flight the next day and the bags would arrive the next day. The next day we found out there was no flight, now we’re hoping we get our bags before we fly back out. Meanwhile, trying to get any engagement or accurate information is a waste of time. The folks at the call center are just gatekeepers, who can’t connect with any departments that actually do things to solve a problem. Getting information is made deliberately difficult. My biggest regret is that I’ve had a number of awful experiences with Avianca traveling between the US and Colombia, and still let myself get suckered into buying these tickets because the schedule was great. Never again.

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