$164 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Medellín

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Cheapest round-trip
$394
Overall average: $579
Multiple Airlines
Tue 4/7Tue 4/21
SFO - MDE • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$164
Typical prices: $225-$302
Avianca
Mon 1/19
SFO - MDE • 2 stops
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Avianca
Cheapest • from $396 (round-trip)
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Best reviews • 7.6 score
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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Medellín (SFO-MDE)

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

Tue, Apr 7 - Tue, Apr 21
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4:45 pm - 9:10 pm
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MDE
26h 25m
1 stop
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9:45 am - 6:43 pm
MDE
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SFO
10h 58m
1 stop
$394Multiple Airlines
Sat, Mar 7 - Sat, Mar 14
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1:35 am - 7:10 pm
SFO
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MDE
14h 35m
2 stops
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2:10 pm - 11:40 pm
MDE
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SFO
11h 30m
1 stop
$396Avianca
Tue, Apr 7 - Tue, Apr 21
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4:45 pm - 9:10 pm
SFO
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MDE
26h 25m
1 stop
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9:45 am - 6:43 pm
MDE
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SFO
10h 58m
1 stop
$397United Airlines
Tue, Apr 7 - Thu, May 7
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6:55 pm - 9:10 pm
SFO
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MDE
24h 15m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:45 am - 11:59 pm
MDE
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SFO
16h 14m
1 stop
$399Multiple Airlines
Sat, Mar 7 - Sat, Mar 14
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1:35 am - 7:10 pm
SFO
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MDE
14h 35m
2 stops
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9:50 am - 11:40 pm
MDE
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SFO
15h 50m
2 stops
$402Avianca
Mon, Jan 26 - Wed, Feb 4
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5:00 am - 10:05 pm
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MDE
14h 05m
1 stop
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10:45 am - 11:59 pm
MDE
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SFO
16h 14m
1 stop
$406United Airlines
Mon, Jan 26 - Sun, Feb 1
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5:00 am - 10:05 pm
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MDE
14h 05m
1 stop
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10:45 am - 11:59 pm
MDE
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SFO
16h 14m
1 stop
$416United Airlines
Thu, Jan 29 - Sun, Feb 1
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7:18 am - 10:05 pm
SFO
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MDE
11h 47m
1 stop
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10:45 am - 7:49 am
MDE
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SFO
24h 04m
1 stop
$421United Airlines
Sun, Jan 25 - Sun, Feb 1
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12:42 am - 10:56 am
SFO
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MDE
31h 14m
1 stop
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12:42 pm - 11:20 pm
MDE
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SFO
13h 38m
1 stop
$423Copa Airlines
Sun, Feb 15 - Fri, Feb 27
United Airlines Logo
11:59 pm - 10:05 pm
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MDE
19h 06m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
10:45 am - 11:59 pm
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SFO
16h 14m
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$426United Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Medellín flights

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Medellín, 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 Medellín is August, where tickets cost $463 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $863 and $607 respectively.

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

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 Medellín, 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 Medellín, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Cheapest flight$164
Flight from San Francisco to Medellín Jose Maria Cordova Intl

When to book flights from San Francisco to Medellín

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Francisco to Medellín based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated round-trip price
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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Medellín

  • Which airline operates a cheap flight from San Francisco to Medellin with a comfortable economy seat?

    A cheap one-stop flight on Copa Airlines provides economy passengers with roomy seat pitch of thirty inches on one leg and thirty-one inches on the other. On both legs, your seat has a USB outlet and you receive a complimentary meal. One leg has streaming entertainment, and the other has seat-back on-demand entertainment.

  • Do I need a visa to fly from San Francisco to Medellin?

    If you are an American traveling to Medellin, Columbia for tourism or business and you intend to leave within 90 days, you do not need a visa. You do not need a visa if you stay for a total of 180 days or fewer in within a year. If you stay longer than your visa allows, you will be fined and you will not be able to leave Columbia until you pay the fine.

  • Can I rent a car at the Jose Maria Cordova International Airport (MDE)?

    At MDE, you will find car rental agencies in the main terminal on the first level in the arrivals section. If you would like additional items with your car rental, such as a GPS or a child safety seat, be sure to mention this when you make your reservation. This will help ensure that you get what you need when you arrive at the MDE car rental counter.

  • Can I wait for my Medellin flight in an exclusive lounge at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO)?

    Add SFO, any ticketed passenger can purchase a prepaid lounge pass in order to wait in stylish comfort and quiet in the China Airlines Lounge or the Air France-KLM Lounge in the International Terminal. In Terminal 1, economy passengers can enter the American Airlines Admirals Club or the Delta Sky Club by showing a ticket for that particular airline and paying and entrance fee at the door.

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Medellín was $164 for a one-way ticket and $394 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in San Francisco and on arrival in Medellín.

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

    When flying out of San Francisco you will be using San Francisco. You will be landing at one of these airports: Medellín Enrique Olaya or Medellín Jose Maria Cordova Intl.

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

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

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

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

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

    Panama City is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from San Francisco to Medellín.

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

    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 Medellín.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Medellín 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 Medellín?

    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 Medellín with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Medellín?

    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 Medellín 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 Medellín

  • SFO, or San Francisco International Airport, serves as a hub for Alaska, United, SkyWest, and other carriers. The Jose Maria Cordova International Airport (MDE) is a hub for Avianca and LATAM Columbia. Olaya Herrera Airport (EOH) is a hub for EasyFly, SATENA, Aerolinea de Antioquia, and other airlines. Some of the cheapest flights from SFO to Medellin are on Avianca.
  • SFO welcomes all travelers, including those with disabilities. SFO features accommodating services including visual paging, a beacon wayfinding system, a “Ready, Set, Fly!” program catering to individuals with autism, and VRS interpreting.
  • Many of the cheapest flights from San Francisco to Medellin require a self-transfer. Before you take advantage of this excellent bargain, make sure the duration of the connection leaves you enough time to do everything you need to, including possibly passing through customs and going through security again.
  • A cheap flight on American from San Francisco to Medellin allows Basic Economy passengers to bring a carry-on. An American carry-on has no weight limit but must be within 9 x 14 x 22 inches. For a fee, you can bring a checked bag of maximum weight 50 lb and maximum dimensions of 62 linear inches.
  • You can also find cheap tickets from the San Francisco area to Medellin if you depart from Oakland International Airport (OAK). This international airport is located about a 40-minute drive to the southeast of downtown San Francisco, on the other side of the San Francisco Bay.

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

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Medellín. 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 San Francisco to Medellín? 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.
7.6
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1559 reviews
8.1Crew
6.8Entertainment
7.4Comfort
6.8Food
7.8Boarding
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A lot things happened in this trip.The fly should be less stress.

6.0 GoodIrma, Jan 2026
PTY - MIA
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A lot things happened in this trip.The fly should be less stress.

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

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.

horrible service, food was an embarrassment, no charging for cellphones, stay away

the food served was an embarrassment. No connection for charging the cellphone... What a crappy airline.

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

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

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

Horribly rude check in at airport, worst in 25 years of flying. All over a simple issue they could have googled to resolve.

First time flying with JetBlue and never again. I went to the counter to request meet and assist because I'm 74 and my wife is 79. I walk with a cane and my wife is handicapped and has her own wheel chair. I told the agent that my wife and luggage was at the entrance door. The ticketing agent said to me that they don't offer meet and assist. I need to bring them our luggage and then go back and get my wife in order to get my boarding pass. As I went back to get my luggage a Southwest agent along with a TSA agent recognized the situation and came over and took my wife and luggage to the JetBlue ticketing counter alongside the line and told the JetBlue agent to issue to take our luggage as soon as they could.

Flight was fine, price was good but food onboard was abysmal. I was on there for breakfast and lunch and dinner 845am EST to 845pm GMT and all I got was a yoghurt parfait, fruit and a piece of cake. Later snacks included an ice-cream brownie and a pizza twist. I was hungry by the time I landed and the airport amenities were closed. Not happy.

1) No pilot available for 1 hour 2) no room for most passengers careyon in overhead—-> stowed below 3) when we landed we had to wait 45 min. Before docking at gate as gate was not ready

Good. No issues except a slight delay. Crew came in late.

Not a pleasant experience, service was poor. Didn't like it

It was good. I prefer JB over other airlines.I just wish we had headphones for the films, but other than that - good.

The ride share experience in JFK is terrible. After traveling on a flight, then you need to take a subway to the last stop to get an uber or lyft. Unacceptable. Bad job JetBlue for permitting JFK and Port Authority to do this to your passengers.

Checking In on JetBlue site was impossible. It hung up on REAL ID. Even my Global Entry did not help. Luckily, on Kayak site it was a breeze. Entire flight the temperature was COLD! Otherwise the crew was great!

The flight was two hours late due to a computer fault and resulting maintenance. Nothing was offered as compensation beyond bottles of water during the time we were deplaned and waiting in the terminal.

only a bag of chips and a bottle of water in business class was served

Avianca has transitioned from full service legacy airline to "low cost" but has now became a strange hybrid (minimum leg space, started offering business class in domestic flights again, charges passenger for printing boarding pass, etc.). National and international coverage and destinations are really wide but service is not at its best

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

Not good, tried to purchase a first class upgrade and they couldn’t get it done. Was super uncomfortable the whole time.

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.

The flight attendant smashed her beverage cart into my knee, causing significant amount of pain. The seats were extremely uncomfortable. No food or drink is offered unless you want to pay the ridiculous prices for it. The schedule of flying in the overnight hours is also very uncomfortable.

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

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