$472 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Middle East

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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Middle East

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv1 stop$1,120
Dubai
Dubai1 stop$890
Jeddah
Jeddah1 stop$1,052
Beirut
Beirut1 stop$1,090
Doha
Doha2 stops$853
Medina
Medina1 stop$1,098
Riyadh
Riyadh1 stop$906
Kabul
Kabul2 stops$1,198
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi1 stop$1,047
Baghdad
Baghdad1 stop$1,188
Muscat
Muscat2 stops$1,234
Kuwait City
Kuwait City1 stop$1,136
Erbil
Erbil1 stop$1,148
Manama
Manama2 stops$1,081
Dammam
Dammam2 stops$1,355
Najaf
Najaf1 stop$1,524
Basra
Basra2 stops$1,907
Sulaymaniyah
Sulaymaniyah1 stop$1,394
Salalah
Salalah2 stops$1,478
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv1 stop$1,120
Dubai
Dubai1 stop$890
Jeddah
Jeddah1 stop$1,052
Beirut
Beirut1 stop$1,090
Doha
Doha2 stops$853
Medina
Medina1 stop$1,098
Riyadh
Riyadh1 stop$906
Kabul
Kabul2 stops$1,198
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi1 stop$1,047
Baghdad
Baghdad1 stop$1,188
Muscat
Muscat2 stops$1,234
Kuwait City
Kuwait City1 stop$1,136
Erbil
Erbil1 stop$1,148
Manama
Manama2 stops$1,081
Dammam
Dammam2 stops$1,355
Najaf
Najaf1 stop$1,524
Basra
Basra2 stops$1,907
Sulaymaniyah
Sulaymaniyah1 stop$1,394
Salalah
Salalah2 stops$1,478

Book Cheap San Francisco to Middle East 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 Middle East 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 Middle East

Mon, Sep 21 - Tue, Sep 29
Qatar Airways Logo
3:55 pm - 4:10 am
SFO
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SHJ
25h 15m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
5:40 am - 1:35 pm
SHJ
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SFO
18h 55m
1 stop
$802Qatar Airways
Wed, Sep 23 - Wed, Oct 14
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:05 pm - 2:00 pm
SFO
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DOH
35h 55m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
3:00 pm - 1:13 am
DOH
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SFO
44h 13m
2 stops
$853Multiple Airlines
Mon, Sep 21 - Mon, Sep 28
Qatar Airways Logo
12:23 pm - 11:15 pm
SFO
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SHJ
23h 52m
2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
12:30 am - 1:35 pm
SHJ
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SFO
24h 05m
1 stop
$864Qatar Airways
Mon, Sep 21 - Mon, Sep 28
Qatar Airways Logo
11:02 am - 11:15 pm
SFO
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SHJ
25h 13m
2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
12:30 am - 3:00 pm
SHJ
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SFO
25h 30m
2 stops
$884Qatar Airways
Fri, Nov 20 - Sun, Nov 29
Lufthansa Logo
9:40 pm - 7:30 am
SFO
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DXB
21h 50m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
9:20 am - 7:35 pm
DXB
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SFO
22h 15m
1 stop
$891Lufthansa
Tue, Aug 18 - Fri, Sep 11
Emirates Logo
5:05 pm - 5:45 pm
SFO
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JED
38h 40m
1 stop
Emirates Logo
7:50 am - 2:00 pm
JED
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SFO
40h 10m
1 stop
$1,052Emirates
Sun, Sep 20 - Tue, Oct 20
Turkish Airlines Logo
6:45 pm - 12:30 am
SFO
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JED
19h 45m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
6:05 am - 4:40 pm
JED
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SFO
20h 35m
1 stop
$1,069Turkish Airlines
Wed, Aug 19 - Mon, Aug 31
Emirates Logo
5:05 pm - 5:45 pm
SFO
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JED
38h 40m
1 stop
Emirates Logo
7:50 am - 2:00 pm
JED
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SFO
40h 10m
1 stop
$1,086Emirates
Sun, Aug 30 - Wed, Sep 9
Turkish Airlines Logo
6:45 pm - 11:55 pm
SFO
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AMM
19h 10m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
1:30 am - 10:50 am
AMM
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SFO
19h 20m
1 stop
$1,094Turkish Airlines
Sat, Dec 12 - Thu, Jan 7
United Airlines Logo
2:15 pm - 10:15 am
SFO
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TLV
34h 00m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 7:35 pm
TLV
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SFO
22h 35m
1 stop
$1,128United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Middle East flights

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

What is the cheapest San Francisco to Middle East flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to Middle East from San Francisco found in the last 5 days was to Dubai, at $946 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Francisco (SFO) to Doha (DOH), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $1,008.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Middle East?

The average price for all round-trip flights from San Francisco to Middle East depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Middle East is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $1,299 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Middle East is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,299.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Francisco to Middle East?

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 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $1,444 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Middle East?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Middle East, 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 Middle East is January, when tickets cost $911 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,671 and $1,455 respectively.

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

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 Middle East, 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 Middle East, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 19% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$472
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 13% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 23% increase in price.
Flight from San Francisco to Beirut

FAQs - booking Middle East flights

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

    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 Middle East.

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

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

    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 Middle East 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 Middle East?

    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 Middle East up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Middle East

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San Francisco to the following destinations at these prices or less: Doha $776 one-way - $1,263 round-trip; Dubai $1,010 one-way - $1,063 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Middle East

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Middle East? 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.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3588 reviews
7.9Food
8.4Crew
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
Airline reviews

Difficult to find some food option for gluten and dairy allergy. May be a fruit salad would be better

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2026
SEA - DXB
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Difficult to find some food option for gluten and dairy allergy. May be a fruit salad would be better

What a great trip . From check in to the upgrade we received a big shout out to Cleverson who was able to help us navigate the whole process super patient and was just one of the best customer service experiences we received in a very long time . The amazing staff on the flight who went above and beyond to make sure we were comfortable amazing food and service if you have te opportunity to upgrade it's a must and well worth it.

I love to travel again and again in Emirates. Keep up the good work.

Very good from the beginning to the end. Amazing experience

I liked the newer aircraft CRJ-550 since it had WIFI and the seats are more spacious.

Fly Dubai takes low cost and thrift to new depths in terms of service levels, terminal 2 is grossly inadequate for capacity and resembles a crowded buss or railway station,, the fly dubai( Emirates) flight is never on time(was 2.5 hrs delayed), and this is not an isolated experience, the flght air conditioning was turned low while we waited on the tarmac for take clearance to save fuel, should say more!!!! The depths! I only fly this airline from a compulsion, emirates code shares for connections to Muscat

They changed the flight time without telling us and were unwilling to help with rebooking because we booked through orbits/kayak

Emirates did great! I liked the service, the food, cleanness, and the flight was on time. Much better airline than Qatar Airways I flew with last year.

I lost my lock from my luggage, I don’t know someone took something from my bag.

Except for the uncleaned tray, and the delay in serving food for our section (which may have been due to the location of our row) everything else was good. The crew were very professional and responded to our requests promptly throughout the flight. We as a family were not disappointed by Emirates.

Entertainment system is okay, flight attendants were ok. Leg space very narrow, I couldn’t get what I wanted to eat, dinner nor breakfast.

Excellent experience with business class area. Staff was attentive and food was amazing. Only one bathroom for business class which was logistically difficult for the staff while preparing meals. Need to offer fluids with meals. I did not get enough water to drink. But overall I rate it 5 star.

On time, great food, good drink selection! Only down was alcohol-free lounge. Lufthansa had a much better offering!

Be honest of what you sell: This was sold as Business Class on all three legs, while the JetBlue plane didn't even have business class seats, and wanted $164 for extra legroom seats.

Seat assignments for family traveling with 2 children. Loud crowd during sleep time

It was crowded… the bathrooms dirty and smelly. The seats have been made even smaller.

delayed to take off from detroit by 3 hours lost baggage in istanbul and now in venice without baggage

Seats were very tight with poor legroom - and I am average height. During the 12 hour flight, tiny paper cups of drinks we're only offered during the super and breakfast services, with the crew nowhere to be seen in between. One of the bathrooms was out of order, leading to long lines waiting to use the remaining two available to the economy class passengers.

short flight but we still got a very nice lunch and the crew did an excellent job in taking care of us

For that price on Business class, I expected to have the pod seats. These were configured as 2/3/2 and my seat mate talked half the flight with a friend across the isle, loudly. Very uncouth.

It was perfect! United Airlines staff was extremely caring, super friendly and professional

United has maintenance issues and can then never recover. No operations ability and simple issues always turn into multiple hours long cascading delays. Worst airline on earth.

I paid for a confirmed upgraded aisle seat and was moved to a center seat in the back of the plane at the last minute.

Horrifying Almost 2 million miles. Bring your own food and drink. One coffee or drink every three hours. Have to order meals on app more than 24 hours ahead Tiny and dirty bathrooms

Easy of boarding, helpfully staff at check in, surprisingly comfortable seating

Lost of requested seat assignments. Lost my husband's meal choice

My service dog and I were asked to deplane just before they closed the door - clearly very last minute they couldn’t find the documentation that I have filled out many many times before that is for flying service animals. I purposely purchase 3seats (a whole row) since he is large and not all passengers want to sit next to a dog on a cross country flight. The plane departed with my husband on it!!! They made me fill out a hard copy of the same form and had to reschedule me on a later flight where they could find 3 seats together!! I’ve done this so many times before - clearly the error was on their part in a technology glitch - but really people - do better!! Very traumatic - and my husband had to wait for us when he landed ….so bad. Poor pup was confused and tired.

My flight time was changed without any notification to me which ruined my time sensitive plans so I ended up completely changing my travel plans and no reimbursement.

No screens or meal options. Freezing cold. Dirty seats. Left late.

I liked that my son and I were reseated next to each other (we had different bookings). I liked that it was a directg flight and mostly on time. I liked that you provided pillows and blankets. Flight attendants were generally courteous. The messaging through wifi did not work well. The food was not good. Seats are very narrow and I felt slightly claustraphobic in the window seat.

Really good food and service. Qatar Airways is again and again provided an exceptional experience.

Extremely uncomfortable seats with very little cushioning, unable to recline enough to sleep comfortably on this 13 hour overnight flight. My body was in pain by the end.

When we checked in at the Siem Reap Airport in Cambodia, we were only given three boarding passes and told that we would have to check in with American when we arrived in Boston. This was a source of stress for us. After we landed in Boston, we had a long passage from Terminal E to Terminal B (American Airline ticketing counter). Because the electronic ticketing kiosks for check-in would not recognize our Confirmation Code, we had to wait for an hour in a long line where only two AA reps were taking care of Special Services passengers. In many years of both business and recreational travel, I have never had this experience. I would expect more from AA being in partnership with other airlines to do a better job with this.

Our experience on the Doha to Hyderabad segment was extremely stressful due to prolonged delays and a lack of clear communication from the airline. We were traveling as a family, including children, and the uncertainty around timing and next steps caused significant distress. There was very little proactive information provided during the delay, and we were not given clear written explanations about what was happening or how long it might take. This made it difficult to manage the situation, especially while caring for children in a transit environment. In addition, one member of our party was ultimately unable to continue travel, which added to the emotional strain and disruption of the trip. Overall, the experience highlighted gaps in communication, customer care, and handling of unexpected situations. We are sharing this feedback so that future passengers, especially families, are supported with clearer communication and better assistance during irregular operations.

The seat cushions are absolutely lacking, not sure if they know the passengers are traveling for 14 hours straight, but the padding made our back and butt ache like crazy. The entertainment console had its own problems, either the headphone jack wasn't working or the power outlet via usb or ac outlet was not working. Not to mention the seat handles were not adjustable in some planes in the middle or on the aisle. Qatar/Indigo may be operating a very old fleet of planes to make as much profit as possible, but passengers may not be following them for long, should this treatment of its customers continue. Qatar/Indigo, wake up and do it right by your customers, or they may not be your customers anymore.

It would help id flight crew were not rude and showed some courtesy. They were shouting at passengers and yelling instructions as if we were school children at lunch cafeteria!!

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.

Flight attendants were fine, seats a bit hard but I use a cushion for extra support. The only issue was it was a bit too cool and I needed to ask for and received and extra blanket. I survived!!!

Very few things and/or people are excellent. It was very good.

Food choices limited & not enticing Seats quite uncomfortable & difficult to control

Definitely get premium economy on a flight this long if you can. Your legs and while body will thank you.

Boarding was disorganized. The door to one to the toilets wouldn’t lock. The plane was shockingly cramped, and clearly used for domestic flights due to the menus for items to sell domestic travelers. United should be ashamed of its small seats, tiny unclean toilets, and money grubbing stance toward services, compared to Lufthansa, Emirates, and most international carriers United is awful.

Terrible. Lost our luggage for 4 days. Did not advise passengers there was a strike in Barcelona Airport and had zero personnel on hand at airport to advise passengers on where to go to file claims. We had to fend for ourselves. No assistance at all other than an online claims submission process that we had to find out about on our own.

Lufthansa cancelled our flight from Los Angeles to Naples Italy on March 10 for scheduled flight on March 12 Very stressful experience trying to arrange alternatives. Will never fly again with Lufthansa

Service and food were excellent. Incredibly friendly and competent staff. Flight was delayed over and hour and I had to run between terminals to get my connecting flight.

Late flight Delays Poor service Poor staff Worst airline ever

Lufthansa still has a good level of quality compared to US airlines, especially with respect to (1) food quality - actually tasty, (2) good French red wine - free, (3) good movie selection. Also my ticket price includes 1 free check-in luggage, while some other budget airlines sneak in an extra $150 for a checkin.

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