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Best Spain Flight Deals from San Francisco

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Madrid
Madrid1 stop$389
Málaga
Málaga1 stop$488
Seville
Seville1 stop$528
Valencia
Valencia2 stops$537
Ibiza
Ibiza2 stops$543
Bilbao
Bilbao2 stops$523
Alicante
Alicante2 stops$552
Granada
Granada2 stops$679
San Sebastian
San Sebastian2 stops$681
Oviedo
Oviedo2 stops$869
Vigo
Vigo2 stops$860
A Coruña
A Coruña2 stops$825
Arrecife
Arrecife1 stop$722
Madrid
Madrid1 stop$389
Málaga
Málaga1 stop$488
Seville
Seville1 stop$528
Valencia
Valencia2 stops$537
Ibiza
Ibiza2 stops$543
Bilbao
Bilbao2 stops$523
Alicante
Alicante2 stops$552
Granada
Granada2 stops$679
San Sebastian
San Sebastian2 stops$681
Oviedo
Oviedo2 stops$869
Vigo
Vigo2 stops$860
A Coruña
A Coruña2 stops$825
Arrecife
Arrecife1 stop$722

Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Spain

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

Tue, Oct 7 - Tue, Oct 14
United Airlines Logo
8:30 am - 6:40 amSFO-MAD
13h 10m1 stop
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12:45 pm - 11:42 amMAD-SFO
31h 57m2 stops
$389United Airlines
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Mon, Sep 22 - Fri, Oct 10
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4:35 pm - 6:40 amSFO-MAD
29h 05m2 stops
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10:05 am - 4:10 pmMAD-SFO
15h 05m1 stop
Sat, Oct 18 - Sat, Oct 25
Iberia Logo
8:10 pm - 4:45 pmSFO-BCN
11h 35mnonstop
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2:05 pm - 6:10 pmBCN-SFO
13h 05mnonstop
$400Iberia
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Wed, Sep 24 - Thu, Oct 9
Iberia Logo
6:10 am - 10:05 amSFO-MAD
18h 55m1 stop
Iberia Logo
10:00 am - 10:44 pmMAD-SFO
21h 44m1 stop
$410Iberia
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Tue, Sep 9 - Tue, Sep 16
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6:45 pm - 1:30 amSFO-BCN
21h 45m1 stop
TAP AIR PORTUGAL Logo
10:40 pm - 2:35 pmBCN-SFO
24h 55m1 stop
$412TAP AIR PORTUGAL
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Tue, Sep 9 - Tue, Sep 16
TAP AIR PORTUGAL Logo
6:45 pm - 9:50 pmSFO-BCN
18h 05m2 stops
TAP AIR PORTUGAL Logo
5:45 pm - 2:35 pmBCN-SFO
29h 50m1 stop
$414TAP AIR PORTUGAL
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Thu, Aug 7 - Fri, Sep 12
British Airways Logo
5:45 pm - 2:10 pmSFO-MAD
11h 25mnonstop
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4:20 pm - 11:59 pmMAD-SFO
16h 39m1 stop
$462British Airways
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Mon, Aug 18 - Sat, Nov 15
American Airlines Logo
4:30 pm - 4:20 pmSFO-MAD
14h 50m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:55 am - 9:01 amMAD-SFO
17h 06m1 stop
$479American Airlines
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Mon, Aug 18 - Sun, Nov 16
American Airlines Logo
6:05 am - 6:00 amSFO-MAD
14h 55m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
11:55 am - 6:45 pmMAD-SFO
15h 50m1 stop
$489American Airlines
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Thu, Sep 25 - Fri, Oct 10
British Airways Logo
1:21 pm - 1:25 pmSFO-MAD
15h 04m1 stop
British Airways Logo
10:00 am - 8:40 pmMAD-SFO
19h 40m1 stop
$490British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Spain flights

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

What is the cheapest San Francisco to Spain 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 Spain.

The cheapest ticket to Spain from San Francisco found in the last 72 hours was to Barcelona, at $374 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Francisco (SFO) to Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $374.

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

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 $2,157 on average.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Spain, 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 Spain is January, when tickets cost $532 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,090 and $1,004 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to Spain?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Francisco to Spain clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If you are looking for a flight deal from San Francisco to Spain, look for departures on Tuesdays and avoid leaving on a Friday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Spain, Friday is the cheapest day to fly and Wednesday is the most expensive.

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

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 Spain, 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 Spain, you should book around 6 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
High seasonJune
Cheapest flight$237
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 25% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 33% increase in price.
Flight from San Francisco to Barcelona-El Prat

FAQs - booking Spain flights

  • Are there nonstop flights from San Francisco to Spain?

    There are no airlines that provide nonstop flights from San Francisco to Spain. However, you can find flight options that make one stop before reaching their destination. For instance, the airlines that include flights with one stop before reaching Madrid, Spain, include Aeromexico, Iberia, British Airways, Lufthansa, Finnair, KLM, and American Airlines.

  • Which airline should I fly with for traveling from San Francisco to Granada?

    Iberia is recommended for traveling from San Francisco to Granada International Airport. The airport in Granada is located near the northwest side of the city.

  • Is a tourist visa required for traveling to Spain from the United States?

    Due to the Schengen Agreement, American citizens can visit Spain for 90 days without the requirement of a visa. Only a valid passport along with a return ticket should be carried by all Americans entering Spain.

  • Will I be able to find baby care rooms at Palma de Mallorca Airport after my arrival?

    There are baby care rooms that are available in the Arrivals Hall. You can find them at four locations referred to as modules. On Level 1 of the airport, the baby care rooms are located at Module A, Module C, and Module D. Module B is located on Level O of the airport.

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

    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 Spain.

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

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

    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 Spain 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 Spain?

    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 Spain 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 Spain?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Spain is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $801 on average. Morning departures are around 1% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Spain is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $931.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Spain

  • If you are looking for a place to relax or freshen up after you arrive at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas International Airport (MAD) in Madrid, Spain, there are 21 air rooms available at the airport where you can either stay overnight, use for 6h, or shower on arrival.
  • When first-time travelers arrive at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas International Airport in Madrid, there are a couple of airport transfers that can take them to the city center since the airport is well connected to transport hubs. If you are looking for fast and convenient modes of transportation, your best options are taking the metro or train. You will find the metro station at Terminal 2 and Terminal 4. The train station is located at Terminal 4.
  • Even though there are no direct flights available from San Francisco to Barcelona, there are other popular routes to visit other places in Spain. Consider booking a flight from San Francisco to Reus Airport or San Francisco to Girona Costa Brava Airport. Reus Airport is a good choice for your destination if you’re planning a beach vacation in Salou and Cambrils. Flying to Girona (known as Spain’s most delicious city) is also a good choice if you are in the mood for exploring one of the many historic sites of Spain.
  • If you are in the mood for taking a cruise trip in Spain, consider booking a flight from San Francisco to Palma de Mallorca Airport. The airport provides private transfers to the Pallorma cruise port.
  • Consider booking a flight from San Francisco to Malaga Airport which is nearby one of Spain’s most popular attractions for beach lovers due to the various beautiful beaches by the coast of Andalusia.

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

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Spain? 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.
7.4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 8810 reviews
7.7Boarding
8.1Crew
7.0Entertainment
7.3Comfort
6.6Food
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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.

10.0 ExcellentElena, Jun 2025SFO - EWR
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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

Liked fold flat bed. Didn’t like having no window. Didn’t like poor choice of food and being served dinner very late, hours after take off of a 7:40pm flight. Servers not friendly. Food horrible in business class.

Everything is good except the dinner and breakfast. The sandwich is very delicious. Toilet is clean, I only use one of them. Flight attendants are very nice. 👍👍

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.

We kept being told that the flight was full and that all overhead compartments were full and therefore had to check in our hand luggage. We were some of the last people to board and noticed that there was still sufficient space in the overhead compartments. We were obliged to check in hand luggage when there was space and so had to wait at luggage retrieval which took a while to then noticed damage to our luggage - not a great experience!

Worst seats I’ve ever had !!! The seats were very narrow and uncomfortable and misaligned with the seats in front of mine leading to bottom of the seat in front of mine pressing on my legs for 15.5 hours !

This was an overnight flight. There was no meal service in first class, just a simple snack basket was offered along with beverages. There should have been some type of continental breakfast prior to arrival in PHL. As an Executive Platinum American Airlines Advantage member, I received no name recognition from the first class flight attendant. When disembarking at PHL, the flight attendants were more interested in their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as they disembarked.

Flight from FNC to OBO was cancelled. We were rebooked to Lisbon later in the day. It was inconvenient but it worked out ok in the end.

Food was edible, not great, and served by attendants who looked like they really were not happy working the flight. The section I was in was too warm making the 11 hour flight uncomfortable. Other areas on the plane were fine.

Terrible flight attendant attitude. Average 3-star hotel employee has better hospitality skills. Business class seats are literally a joke. TAP executives should ride business class in other airlines to develop some rudimentary sense of what business class is.

Checked bG chstgr was extremely high. Over $120. It was s bsit and switch knowing an international passenger would have t9 check a bag.

First, communication was terrible. The gate on our ticket was not what was reflected on the airport screens and TAP personnel were not present at either gate to answer questions. The flight was delayed and there was no announcement. Also, there was an equipment swap to a smaller airframe which affected our level of comfort. The root of all these issues was as a lack of communication. With air travel in foreign countries already being a stressful affair, lack of communication needlessly raises the level of difficulty.

Checkin was very slow, we had checked in online and hoping we could do a bag drop at the airport. However everyone with checked bags had to queue up and it took over 40mins. Our advice arrive extra early or you will be rushing to the gate.

On time, politeness, food okay but entertneiment mediocre with only old movie and the so called new we’re 2 or 3…

Do you have a bad service And And treat customers terrible

Very pleasant flight, crew was very nice. The flight was really smooth, big plane. The seats are kind of close together, so comfort was just OK. The boarding process on the way back to New York was a little chaotic. It took a long time.There were no announcements, no loudspeaker just one staff yelling out of instructions and a lot of people crowding in before their term to board. So that could really be improved a lot.

Little leg room in business. I am tall and could use more.

Not having to check carry on bags when plane wasn’t full. (The told us it was)

Service and food were excellent, could have been more info in English.

I was in business class for the 8 hour flight where: 1. The WiFi did not work 2. The entertainment system did not work 3. We were told there were no hot drinks for the entire flight

I had an issue with the name on my ticket vs my passport name. I was very upset that the Iberia ticket clerk had no authorization to help me and I was left to fix it. It took 19 calls of persons promising to accomplish and not doing anything before I reached someone who helped me in 10 minutes. Two of them even hung up on me. I missed my original flight because of this. Terrible customer service.

Flight boarded three hours late for no reason other than someone made a huge error in crew scheduling. We missed our connecting flight in Madrid and got zero help from American or Iberian airlines on rebooking. We had to pay for a car to take us to the Madrid train station and pay for train tickets to Santiago. We never used our booked flight to Santiago. American claims I can submit the expenses but they are not obligated to cover them. Very frustrating.

Flight delayed Service could be better Iberia staff are not really friendly

They cancelled the flight)(they said bad weather but many other flights took off) and made us wait 5 hours in line to figure out what to do. We ended up making a new flight the next day on another airlines...I hope they honor giving us our money back

Flight from Costa Rica to Madrid was excellent. Good food and service. The flight from Madrid to Brussels was very poor . No food , no entertainment, no usb … Total package was quite expensive so you should give same service on the second flight

We travelled with Level, which is a subsidiary of Iberia. They mixed up all our seats, downgraded few from premium economy fo economy. The crew were not professional, they seem to be in a rush! Also some with an attitude

business class food was pretty average otherwise it was a good experience

This was the second time on BA, food terrible, bathrooms gross,( granted, that was mostly due to the disgusting children urinating all over it)boarding was late and disorganized. No gate issued until last minute st Heathrow, bad system, caused undue stress. Seats were painful, that's what you get for traveling like a poor in economy, right BA? Should have been able to afford business or first class if you want to actually be able to walk upright without back pain after a trip.

This was the second time on BA, food terrible, bathrooms gross, boarding late and disorganized. No gate issued until last minute st Heathrow, bad system, caused undue stress.

As I said Al & AJ were absolutely the best and wow they should be recognized for their amazing service!

The delay was not communicated via text and the person who helped with check in also didn’t inform me about the delay. I ended up missing my connection and it was a waste of 5 hours. The crew didn’t mention there would be someone at the gate informing of if I would be rebooked and there was no signage. Overall a very poor experience. The British Airways app was also very buggy, and didn’t work. I will avoid flying with British Airways when possible.

The airplane was old. Some things didn’t work out of middle seat was broken. The rest was OK.

Cancelled flight minutes before boarding. Rescheduled flight was two days later

The flight attendants were EXTREMELY personable and appreciated the service, lights going off after dinner (probably the norm, but I haven’t flown evening overnight flights in a while). Thank you!

Business class seats were very dated on my plane. Very little storage, charging ports were not easily accessible, tv screen kept flopping away. Vegetarian food was disappointing: hardly any protein and severely under-seasoned. Crew was lovely.

A basic tea/ coffee and a snack could be provided especially for long distance flyers.

The food was pathetic. There wasn't much leg room and recline space for such a long flight. No tea/ coffee for a 2-3 hour connecting flight without purchasing! Really!?

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