$121 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Central America

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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 Salvador2 stops$397
San José
San José1 stop$410
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$366
Panama City
Panama City2 stops$636
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$375
Managua
Managua1 stop$581
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$345
Comayagua
Comayagua1 stop$506
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole1 stop$698
Flores
Flores2 stops$671
Bocas del Toro
Bocas del Toro1 stop$1,701
David
David1 stop$1,079
San Salvador
San Salvador2 stops$397
San José
San José1 stop$410
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$366
Panama City
Panama City2 stops$636
Liberia
Liberia1 stop$375
Managua
Managua1 stop$581
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$345
Comayagua
Comayagua1 stop$506
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole1 stop$698
Flores
Flores2 stops$671
Bocas del Toro
Bocas del Toro1 stop$1,701
David
David1 stop$1,079

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

Tue, Jan 13 - Tue, Jan 20
JetBlue Logo
11:59 pm - 12:55 pm
SFO
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SAP
10h 56m1 stop
JetBlue Logo
11:51 pm - 2:12 pm
SAP
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SFO
16h 21m1 stop
$345JetBlue
Thu, Jan 29 - Mon, Feb 2
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 11:29 pm
SFO
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GUA
15h 29m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
4:02 pm - 11:02 am
GUA
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SFO
21h 00m1 stop
$366American Airlines
Sun, Jan 18 - Sat, Jan 31
Avianca Logo
1:20 pm - 11:10 pm
SFO
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GUA
7h 50m1 stop
Avianca Logo
9:55 am - 11:20 pm
GUA
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SFO
15h 25m1 stop
$373Avianca
Wed, Mar 11 - Tue, Mar 24
Avianca Logo
2:20 pm - 11:30 pm
SFO
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SAP
8h 10m1 stop
Avianca Logo
4:20 am - 1:00 pm
SAP
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SFO
9h 40m1 stop
$388Avianca
Thu, Jan 29 - Thu, Feb 5
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:30 am - 5:49 pm
SFO
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BZE
8h 19m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
11:00 am - 7:36 pm
BZE
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SFO
10h 36m1 stop
$395Alaska Airlines
Sat, Mar 7 - Fri, Mar 13
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:24 pm - 4:58 pm
SFO
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LIR
17h 34m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:08 pm - 7:31 am
LIR
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SFO
14h 23m1 stop
$400Alaska Airlines
Mon, Feb 2 - Tue, Feb 17
Copa Airlines Logo
12:42 am - 10:46 am
SFO
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PTY
7h 04mnonstop
Copa Airlines Logo
6:27 pm - 11:20 pm
PTY
-
SFO
7h 53mnonstop
$637Copa Airlines
Thu, Mar 5 - Fri, Mar 13
Copa Airlines Logo
12:54 am - 10:46 am
SFO
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PTY
6h 52mnonstop
Copa Airlines Logo
5:51 pm - 11:40 pm
PTY
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SFO
7h 49mnonstop
$652Copa Airlines
Mon, Feb 16 - Wed, Feb 25
United Airlines Logo
7:10 pm - 12:27 pm
SFO
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RTB
15h 17m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:29 pm - 11:59 pm
RTB
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SFO
12h 30m1 stop
$698United Airlines
Mon, Feb 16 - Mon, Feb 23
United Airlines Logo
11:59 pm - 12:27 pm
SFO
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RTB
10h 28m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:29 pm - 10:58 pm
RTB
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SFO
11h 29m1 stop
$723United 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 Liberia, at $295 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 $349.

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 $607, 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 $400 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $852 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 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 13% 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$121
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 14% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 48% 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 $578.

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 $328 one-way - $488 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 11466 reviews
7.1Food
8.5Crew
7.0Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
Airline reviews

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.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Dec 2025
SFO - BOS
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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.

I love a red eye flight. No lines to wait in. Lots of turbulence on the flight and a very shaky landing.

I received the perfect seat. The cheese tray was delicious. Thank you!

Flight was delayed 14 hours! We missed an entire day of our vacation and had to pay for hotel that we didn’t use

Could not check in online. Called airline twice, thinking Hawaiian Airlines could check me in during phone call. NO. In 2nd phone call, Customer Service explained that due to “transition period” of Hawaiian Airlines/Alaska Airlines merger, I could only check in at the airport. In addition, flight to Kahului was late at arrival gate; I made connection to Lihue but my bag did not, so I had to return to Lihue airport a couple hours after my arrival to retrieve the bag.

I still in San Francisco😡the flight has delay and lm not sure l can back to Seattle or not😡lm here from 7.30pm and still waiting😡 l never will use of Kayak.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Same as last comment. Food sucks. Quality. Not surprising most people have no clue about nourishment Clearly

We were in business class. the angled seats in that class do not have a real window view & the placement of the controls are bad. But we knew that. But the food options were mediocre. The taste was fine, but the size was for a child. It’s just really feels like United is skimping on everything. Even when we were in the Polaris lounge they did not have diet sodas. They said they were out no Coke zero no Diet Coke, etc. I do not think the portion of nuts they serve on the plane could get any smaller. Really a minimal service and offer for what you’re paying for in business.

We had to deboard 2 times due to maintenance issues. They changed the plane, and then we got deviated to LAX due to maibtenance issues on the other plane, had to sleep at LAX and los a full day.

From the first moment you interact with United Airlines, you can expect nothing less but extreme frustration. The baggage handler at the bag drop seems completely unbothered by the presence of customers waiting in line. No help was extended to load the baggage whatsoever. And if any of your bags is overweight by 0.01 pound they will make you re-distribute everything in your suitcase just to play power trip. When it was time to board no help was extended to customers to locate their seats. Moreover. It was a chaotic mess at the gate when it was unclear who should board first and everyone just bunched up, trying to get on the plane. I am sure the crew was doing their best to perform their jobs while being paid their wages however it shouldn’t be that hard to smile once or twice when you’re in the business if serving customers. It is a shame for the United States of America to have a flagship carrier of such low caliber. Our flight was also delayed by about an hour and a half due to further delays prior to our inbound flight. Being someone who has travelled for both business and leisure in Asia, Europe, and South America I have never experienced such poor quality of service.

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

Mostly good. Flight was crowded but Airline personnel were very friendly & accommodating. It would be good to have savory snacks rather than just sweet Biscoff cookies.

It was a red eye flight, so no meals were provided, but it was fine with snacks. The seats felt cramped and almost too narrow.

Very crowded flight but what can you expect these days?? Crew was accommodating.

The seats in economy were appeared to be quite thin and lack sufficient cushioning to be comfortable. Perhaps it was my seating position but the plane seemed notably load.

The entertainment package was vast and the selections were very current. Keep updating it was great.

The seat was so hard my tailbone was aching The crew was kind of a b**** because I made a joke that I didn't care if they close the door I total c*** when she was trying to f****** act like she was mad at me because I said that The flight was bumpy. Sure you didnt have control over that.

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

I had to go to the boarding counter for them to enter my return flight as it’s not with Avianca. There was a long queue as there were lots of people being called to the counter.

This low cost airline looks and fells more like a local bus. In a 6 hour flight not being able to recline a seat is torture. The only thing available with no charge is a glass of water provided by, mostly, rude staff. Our luggage didn’t arrive

Did not fly with Pakistan International Airlines. Have never flown with Pakistan International Airlines.

Boarding, crew were excellent, food was ok and entertainment need to improve

The usb plugs for charging your phone didn’t work, the seats were coarse and hard. Not very comfortable. No inflight WiFi

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