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$467 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Kathmandu

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Cheapest round-trip
$956
Typical prices: $1,007-$1,449
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Tue 2/10Tue 3/10
SFO - KTM • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way
$466
Typical prices: $452-$697
Air India
Sun 2/22
SFO - KTM • 2 stops
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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Kathmandu (SFO-KTM)

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

Tue, Feb 10 - Tue, Mar 10
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2:25 pm - 9:50 am
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6:30 am - 6:00 pm
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48h 15m2 stops
$956Multiple Airlines
Wed, Jan 7 - Wed, Jan 28
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25h 50m1 stop
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2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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40h 15m2 stops
$957Multiple Airlines
Fri, Apr 17 - Sun, May 3
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40h 05m2 stops
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23h 35m1 stop
$961Multiple Airlines
Thu, Jan 1 - Wed, Jan 21
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35h 50m1 stop
$962Cathay Pacific
Sat, Jan 17 - Sun, Feb 1
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34h 00m1 stop
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10:55 pm - 9:15 pm
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$963Cathay Pacific
Wed, Jan 14 - Thu, Jan 29
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$964Multiple Airlines
Sun, Feb 1 - Wed, Mar 18
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$967Multiple Airlines
Tue, Jan 20 - Wed, Feb 11
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$968Turkish Airlines
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$969Singapore Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Kathmandu flights

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Planning a trip from San Francisco to Kathmandu? KAYAK’s data-powered insights will help you find cheap flights. Learn the best time to fly, how early to book your ticket, and other tips to secure great prices.

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

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Kathmandu, 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 Kathmandu is August, where tickets cost $888 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,569 and $1,395 respectively.

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

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 Kathmandu, 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 Kathmandu, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 14% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

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At KTM, prepaid taxis are recommended for stress-free city transfers. Find the taxi sign after customs for clear rates and hassle-free service.

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Low seasonDecember
Cheapest flight$466
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 15% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 6% lower on average.
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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Kathmandu

  • What are my layover options between San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)?

    Different airlines tend to stop in different cities. Hence, your layover will be determined by the airline you travel with. If you opt for Turkish airlines, your layover will be in Istanbul, Turkey, while if you choose either Nepal Airlines or Emirates, your layover will be in Dubai.

  • How do I get from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to the city?

    Taking a cab from KTM to any region in downtown Thamel is the most convenient option. The city's central station is just 20–30min away by car from the airport. You can opt for the various taxi services available just at the airport's exit or pre-book within the airport.

  • Does San Francisco International Airport (SFO) have CLEAR?

    SFO offers CLEAR services at every security checkpoint to expedite the passenger customer check-in process at the airport. Visit any of the many CLEAR booths located throughout the airport with your biometric card to avoid the long TSA check-in queues. CLEAR employs biometric technology to expedite airport security check-in processes, using fingerprints or irises to confirm travelers' identities. Hence, you need not worry about facing a lengthy security queue at this airport.

  • Does Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) have a VIP lounge?

    KTM has a VIP lounge available for reservation by business travelers. The lounge is open for commercially important people who may wish to rest as someone takes care of their formalities. It's in the International Terminal (Outside Security). Take the right stairwell or escalator to the second floor after immigration and before the second security check.

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Kathmandu was $466 for a one-way ticket and $956 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from San Francisco to Kathmandu?

    San Francisco and Kathmandu are both served by 1 main airport. You will leave San Francisco from San Francisco and will be arriving at Kathmandu Tribhuvan.

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

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

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

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

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Kathmandu from San Francisco?

    New Delhi is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from San Francisco to Kathmandu.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Kathmandu, Singapore Airlines or Emirates?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Kathmandu are Singapore Airlines and Emirates. With an average price for the route of $1,216 and an overall rating of 8.1, Singapore Airlines is the most popular choice. Emirates is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,686 and an overall rating of 8.1.

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

    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 Kathmandu.

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

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

    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 Kathmandu with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline. Booking your flights between San Francisco and KTM 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 San Francisco to Kathmandu?

    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 Kathmandu from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from San Francisco to Kathmandu

  • San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is well equipped to provide smooth inter-terminal movements for all passengers. This is as this airport boasts a modern, wheelchair-accessible train system called the AirTrain that connects to all the relevant places at the airport.
  • If you are looking to travel directly from SFO to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM), you will have to go for a one-stop flight as there are currently no direct flights. Turkish Airlines, Nepal Airlines, Emirates, and Qatar Airways, are among the major airlines that offer quick one-stop flights between the two airports.
  • If you've planned an early morning departure from San Francisco International Airport (SFO), consider spending the night at the Grand Hyatt at the airport. The hotel is directly connected to the terminals by a rail line, and it has its dedicated AirTrain station. At this hotel, you'll enjoy unmatched comfort due to its amenities. You'll also enjoy avoiding the morning commute to catch your plane.
  • The official currency in Nepal is the Nepalese rupee. Therefore, consider exchanging your dollars for Nepalese rupees on arrival at the KTM Airport. You'll find the exchange counters in the arrival lounge for international arrivals. Exchanging your currency on arrival will make your visit smoother.
  • Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) has two nursing rooms. These facilities are located in the arrival lounge just after the immigration center and near the sterile hall for departures. These rooms provide comfortable and private spaces for breastfeeding mums to breastfeed.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Kathmandu

 
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Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1414 reviews
8.3Boarding
8.0Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.8Food
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Wish the underseat compartment don’t have a restriction, can fit a personal item such as backpack fully like most Boeing

4.0 OkayKohMeng, Nov 2025
LAX - SIN
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Wish the underseat compartment don’t have a restriction, can fit a personal item such as backpack fully like most Boeing

Best airline I think. No problems with anything. Crew were great, no problems with the airline food and entertainment and a smooth flight.

Crew and service excellent. 2 hour delay for takeoff. SQ app showed flight on time.

The food wasn’t good at all. I skipped meals .

Very good flight from Boarding to landing -efficient and comfortable with decent entertainment options

Excelent service and plenty of food and drinks during the flight. Flight crew very attentive to our needs. Leg room between rows are very disappointing.

Construction at PDX resulting in very lung walk from the rental car to the gate. SFO, extremely long walk between terminals to get to connecting Singapore airlines flight. My smart watch recorded a total of 3 miles.

Crew and service was excellent, but passengers should be offered a welcome drink before take off which did not happen. Food was very good. Unfortunately the lie-flat bed in business class was one of the most uncomfortable I have experienced. The configuration forces you to sleep with your legs at an angle instead of in a straight line, plus there is very little padding on the bed so it wasn't possible to sleep for more than 2-3 hours on an 18 hour flight. For what the airlines charges for a business class ticket their hard product leaves a lot to be desired.

Delayed 1hour due to storm still didn't get window seat for third flight despite paying £240 extra to book them

It was very good experience on board to Sydney with SQ.

The experience was efficient, on time, and provided great service.

My flight was suppose to be at 7:45pm to fly but it didnt fly out until 8:55 to dallas so then all of my other flights was late and delay ihad to wait at the airport for extra 14 hours to be able to get on a different plane

There were delays at boarding and landing. These events resulted in a tight transfer time in HK. Poor signage for transfers. Finally, lost luggage at final destination.

It was good. The planes needed to be updated though, they were dated and the entertainment systems were old. Service was amazing. The pre-booked meals were lacklustre.

Super delayed. Unnecessary. Need more competent people doing logistics to keep things moving on time. Totally unacceptable.

Flew from lax economy on cathay 777. Seat configuration 3-4-3. When the forward seat reclines it feels like someone is leaning forward and staring you. If you are slightly big tray tables will touch your abdomen even with seats upright. AVOID this above 777 configuration at all cost for a long flight. However their Airbus 350 3-3-3 configuration felt spacious and Seats wider.

Leg room wasn't that great. Other than that it was a good flight

The lead business class attendant was excellent. Made a point of greeting you and knowing your name by the time you leave.

A lot of things Never flying with this airline again Had an emergency landing

Seats in the absolute back row of the plane even though we booked ages ago :( Crew was awesome though

In my return flight they couldn’t identify my ticket or boarding pass, I had to go to 3 different counters until I was able to get my boarding pass. The food was on, it was the bear minimum. They didn’t even recognise that I was a Muslim and can’t eat meat, chicken or pork. In one of the trays I believe they served me pork. The staff were very pleasant, but they need to be aware of their surroundings more carefully, one of them stuck her lower belly right into my face! I was shocked and very uncomfortable.

Overall I had good experience with China Southern airline. Nothing to claim. I hoped they could improve the meal quality that is.

Wow very impressed by the quality and attentiveness of service of China Southern. Lived the blankets! Will definitely fly with them again. Despite language barriers, a few attendants know enough English to understand our rudimentary Mandarin and respond to basic questions. Although they don’t explain the beverage and meal service on the website or ticketing documents, they offered regular beverage cart and snacks during the beginning hours and end hours of the long, transoceanic flight. A full meal at the beginning and end of the flight as well, and a midflight small sandwich (dinner roll sized) but we weren’t hungry and didn’t try that one. The expectation is that every sleeps during the middle of the flight. We were on a “redeye” departure from LAX with a morning arrival in China, so I don’t know if this service pattern is the same for other flights. The domestic flight we took from Guangzhou to Harbin offered conventional refreshments and meals like a US flight service. Note that they didn’t offer diet sodas. If you like to stay hydrated, I recommend bringing plenty of your own. It is served in small cups like any other drink. You can ask for a bottle but they’re tiny - about 6 ounces.

China Southern was not the problem. I booked my flight through Kayak and also received a booking reference and alert details regarding departure time and gate numbers… however Kayak NEVER actually booked my flight! We were stranded at the airport without a flight for a long awaited holiday!

The connection between LA and Atlanta was too much stress

Terrible boarding experience,,food is very poor that I I . Never going book this airline again.

The crew were kind, patient and responsive. The service was excellent, even though we travelled the cheapest economy class. We arrived at our destination 40 min early, which for a 15+ hour flight is a great bonus. The boarding seemed a bit "loose", but got us boarded on time, and the plane was off exactly @ 0:30 hrs.

The airport didn‘t give me the ticket. I called customer service to ask for a refund but they kept giving me a perfunctory response and refused to refund me.

The flight was delayed hours and most flights from CS are always delayed. Plane was efficient and got us home but not the best food and no entertainment system at all.

Not good - chair back could not move back for premium economy. Not worth the price

All good. Over four hours flight if provided snacks like Qatar Airways would be better

Lobster starter in business class was not good, tough, served cold, and without butter. Movie selection was missing latest releases, did not offer older classic, high quality movies

Food was absolutely pathetic. I wasted so much food which I thought was inedible. I also loathe the inflight entertainment system which has very little content

My entire row did not have power for the full duration of a 14.5 hour flight. Could not charge any devices such as laptop or phones for the entirety of the long flight. The flight attendants tried to remedy the issue by resetting the power, but were not successful. The only other solution provided was to move me to another seat on the plane which was in the middle row. I had paid for a “preferred” seat that was a window seat. This was a downgrade being offered due to the power issue.

Nothing to complain. The staff and flight was good especially the seats which was better compared than the cloth ones on Qatar airways

I was travelling 3.5 years after. Agree Economy is no business class but the food was mediocre. Ordered a Hindu meal, the salads were bitter . The food was really below quality and had no tast from what I had in the past. Indian Railways probably have a better quality food when compared. However the kids meal was really nice and really appreciate how they were taken care of. The restrooms were dirty .

My flight was with American Airlines 120. The flight was delayed 3 hours and I missed my connection. When I arrived in Doha, the AA staff told me to call an 800 number to rebook a different flight, which was unacceptable. Eventually a Qatar Air staff member helped rebook me on a flight to Manila, that was 12 hours later. They offered me a hotel and meal voucher which I declined, because I didn’t want to leave the airport. Long story short, I spent 12 hours in the Doha airport waiting for my next flight.

Overall the experience was neat with crew being nice and caring especially to parent with kids. The free snacks option was okay. The kiosk at Philly airport didn’t work.

Reason for travelling Tampa to Orlando is to fly Qatar Airline. we end up with American Airline. This was the miserable experience I ever had in my entire travel history. Flight attendants were rude. They hit my knee with the food cart and I was holding ice pack for 2 hours. I still have the pain after a week. WE boarded the flight twice because of the temperature inside the plan.

First keep the airline as you promise. Reason for travelling from Orlando to Tampa is to go with Qatar Airline. We end up with American Airline. As expected the service was horrible.

Horrible flight. No entertainment or WiFi for a 14-hour flight. No explanations either. I’ll never fly Air India again.

Several seats in business class were broken. Some would not recline, others had other problems. They need to really update the seats and AV.

Never can get flight and nof light for three days .finally travel by bus. Very bad experience.

Food not of any international or even Indian standard. We have many cuisine available but only paneer & sundry items. Improve & provide some good indian items. Entertainment website or channel out of order.

First and the foremost I was shocked to see airindia standards have come down so low . The food was horrible . They served us 3 meals for vegetarian and all the was paneer . The orange juice was not at all cold it was smelly . After you take this heavy price air India should learn from other air lines . I at one point felt like throwing up . After all this when we landed we were not given landing slip . We had to wait for 45 min at the immigration just because no one was given landing slip . To top it all we were 3 passengers and had checked in 4 check in luggage . Out of which 3 have not yet arrived . Basically status says the loaded it in our flight ( this was a direct fight ) and it never reached . We are still waiting . There is nothing great to tell about our flight . The he only good thing was the crew were very helpful .

Lay out shows 1st row and second row given after taking payment. It's a fraud

The seats were extremely uncomfortable. Air India seats used to be very comfortable . with sufficient legroom. In this aircraft there was no legroom. It is a shame that for your profit margins you are trying to pack people like cattle on these long haul flights. The food was terrible. The bread was hard like a rock. Mr CEO of Air India, why don’t you take a flight in economy from India to USA and experience the hardships first hand. It is utter disgrace

Absolutely nothing. Cold and unpleasant airline staff, and to top it all, the entertainment system was broken. Really harrowing experience.

BAD experience. Entertainment system was not working and most of the passengers had this issue. Staff was not helpful. Meal was yuck. Bad old flights.

Communication was terrible. Flight was delayed for 4-5 hours in DC (on the front end, and also after we boarded, we had to get off - some issue with fueling the old plane correctly). There was little to no information on timing or what was happening. Once we reach Delhi airspace, apparently there was weather that caused us not to land - we were actually near the ground, saw the run way, and lifted back up to the sky after being sooo close. Then we circled for about 30 minutes, and they decided to go to Jaipur to land until the weather cleared and to refuel. Again, once we landed in Jaipur (wrong city), there was little to no information on timing or what was happening. Then we heard that the crew was reaching their 24 hours. We sat on the place, on the tarmac for another 3 HOURS, with no food and not enough water for everyone on the flight. Then, they kicked us off the plane with no plan, in the wrong city. We went thru customs, got our bags (thank goodness), and had to ask a bunch of staff what was happening and what to do. Eventually, their soltuion was to bus people back to Delhi (like 6 hours we were told) but not everyone would fit on the bus, and unknown timing on when it would leave. At this point it was 9PM (we were scheduled to arrive in Delhi at 11AM...). My husband and I decided to risk it and take a cab that we had to pay ourselves (about $200 US dollars) to get to Delhi (about 5 hour drive). We both had terrible trips back to the US as well - almost missed connecting flight, forced to pay for carry-on luggage (a small back pack!) and duty-free goods by the Air India staff last minute. Just terrible experience all around. Never again with AI! The ONLY good thing was the air hostesses were kind and patient - example: they made sure people with food allergies got their correct.

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