$173 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Tulum

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Cheapest round-trip
$355
Overall average: $573
United Airlines
Fri 2/6Thu 2/12
SFO - CUN • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$173
Typical prices: $221-$351
Aeromexico
Fri 2/6
SFO - CUN • 1 stop
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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Tulum (SFO-CUN)

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

Fri, Feb 6 - Thu, Feb 12
United Airlines Logo
11:01 pm - 7:13 am
SFO
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CUN
5h 12mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
1:35 pm - 4:38 pm
CUN
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SFO
6h 03mnonstop
$355United Airlines
Fri, Feb 6 - Wed, Feb 11
Delta Logo
5:55 am - 6:05 pm
SFO
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CUN
9h 10m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:01 am - 11:56 am
CUN
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SFO
8h 55m
1 stop
$356Delta
Fri, Feb 20 - Tue, Feb 24
Frontier Logo
10:10 pm - 12:08 pm
SFO
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CUN
10h 58m
2 stops
Frontier Logo
2:24 pm - 10:01 pm
CUN
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SFO
10h 37m
1 stop
$357Frontier
Tue, Mar 31 - Thu, Apr 2
Aeromexico Logo
2:45 pm - 1:25 am
SFO
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CUN
8h 40m
1 stop
Aeromexico Logo
8:35 pm - 3:03 pm
CUN
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SFO
20h 28m
2 stops
$358Aeromexico
Fri, Feb 6 - Wed, Feb 11
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:17 pm - 9:48 am
SFO
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CUN
18h 31m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
2:24 pm - 12:28 am
CUN
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SFO
13h 04m
1 stop
$359Multiple Airlines
Sat, Feb 7 - Sat, Feb 14
Delta Logo
9:26 pm - 12:45 pm
SFO
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CUN
12h 19m
2 stops
Delta Logo
6:01 am - 11:56 am
CUN
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SFO
8h 55m
1 stop
$360Delta
Sat, Feb 21 - Sat, Feb 28
Frontier Logo
11:00 pm - 1:37 pm
SFO
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CUN
11h 37m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
1:18 pm - 12:28 am
CUN
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SFO
14h 10m
2 stops
$361Frontier
Sun, Apr 12 - Sat, Apr 18
Delta Logo
11:19 pm - 11:13 am
SFO
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CUN
9h 54m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:10 pm - 7:53 am
CUN
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SFO
15h 43m
1 stop
$362Delta
Sun, Mar 1 - Mon, Mar 9
Frontier Logo
9:16 pm - 5:17 pm
SFO
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CUN
17h 01m
2 stops
Frontier Logo
10:08 am - 12:29 am
CUN
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SFO
16h 21m
1 stop
$363Frontier
Thu, Mar 5 - Mon, Mar 9
Frontier Logo
10:58 pm - 3:59 pm
SFO
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CUN
14h 01m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
9:01 am - 7:14 pm
CUN
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SFO
12h 13m
1 stop
$364Frontier
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Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$173
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 7% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 18% increase in price.
Flight from San Francisco to Cancun

When to book flights from San Francisco to Tulum

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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Tulum

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

    When flying out of San Francisco you’ll be using San Francisco. Tulum does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Cancun airport, which is 68.6 mi away.

  • How long does a flight from San Francisco to Tulum take?

    Direct flights cover the 2,404 miles separating San Francisco and Tulum in about 5h 12m.

  • How many flights are there between San Francisco and Tulum?

    2 direct flights run between San Francisco and Tulum on a daily basis. On average, there are about 17 departures each week.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly between San Francisco and Tulum?

    Consider leaving on a Saturday and avoid Wednesdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to San Francisco, you’ll find the best rates on Saturdays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

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

    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 Tulum.

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

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

    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 Tulum 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 Tulum?

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

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from San Francisco to Tulum?

    In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket between San Francisco and Tulum found on KAYAK was with Viva for $80. Frontier offered a round-trip connection from $191 and Hawaiian Airlines from $205.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from San Francisco to Tulum

  • There is no airport in Tulum. Instead, you’ll be flying into Cancun Airport when flying between San Francisco and Tulum.
  • The cheapest flight from San Francisco to Tulum was found 30 days before departure, on average.
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be November, December and January. The cheapest month to fly is January.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving San Francisco to Tulum

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Tulum? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 11738 reviews
7.0Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
7.1Food
7.8Comfort
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The Alaska Airlines app made it very difficult to find my boarding pass. It was very frustrating to use! The flight itself was flawless.

8.0 ExcellentMatt, Jan 2026
SFO - PDX
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The Alaska Airlines app made it very difficult to find my boarding pass. It was very frustrating to use! The flight itself was flawless.

The flight was excellent and very friendly and helpful staff. Will travel again and recommend to friends. Thank you

Did not have In flight service on my round trip due to turbulence. I did not partake in In flight entertainment. Flight descending into LAX was very turbulent. It would have been nice if the pilot communicated with us during that rough descent into LAX to ease the minds of some of us more nervous flyers.

They canceled my flight with only a couple hours before checking in at the airport and offered no alternatives to get home.

I had entered my TSA pre number when I bought the ticket but TSA pre was not on my boarding pass. I went to find an agent at check in and there was only one agent one duty for first class and a line of people waiting for check in/baggage with no agent manning that area.

Comfort level was below par. Food selection was non-existent. Paying $35 for 1st bag is never appreciated. I will not fly them again. I am actually trying to change my return flight.

The flight attendants were excellent and I was in the back of the plane. Much much better than recent JetBlue experiences on that route and better than Delta on that route.

I’m not sure there is anything that can be improved, even the cost was fantastic.

Poor. They should have given me a row with more room and instead they put me in a middle seat with two strangers next to me

Flight crew and flight were good. But it departed two hours late.

Delta’s staff is unmatched. From the gate agents, to the pilots, to the flight attendants… all top of the industry.

The flight was delayed for about 2 hrs. Other than it, it was good.

I am extremely disappointed that delta internal pilot manuals now refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “gulf of America”. You can bow down to the Orange turd on your own. I will never fly delta again

No lunch on a x-country flight scheduled for 10:50 am departure, arrived 5+ hrs later. That requires a black box label before you pay for the tickets. Worst, when I checked in online, it's specifically said that lunch was served on his flight for economy Plus passengers.

Our flight from SFO to MSP was right on time on 11/15/2025. No delays. As we approached MSP at about 8 pm, we circled in the air until 8:40 pm so I don't call that efficient for MSP. I think the captain should announce the delay and why. (as if we all don't know that we are just circling around the area, slowing down, speeding up, slowing down.) Thank you. Marilyn Fischer

Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

The flight used a B767 with a very old interior from before 2014. The entertainment system did not work at all during the flight despite attempts to reset the system. It was like they flew this route just to be competitive.

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

Flight delayed for two and half hours and then canceled altogether due to mechanical issues. No mechanic onsite to fix so had to send one from LAX.

My husband upgraded our seats and I don't know if it was due to the type of planet was or if they didn't upgrade our seats. We were supposed to be in I believe comfort seats and they were just as tight as any other seat- no leg room and we are very tall people but at least it wasn't extremely cold. My husband did put in a complaint about our seating because he paid extra and if we would have known that the space and the tightness would have been the same, we just would have gotten the emergency row emergency row seats that we normally get. We love Delta but both our flights coming home we're not good. Oh I forgot to mention that on our flight to Hawaii our luggage wheels got broke and we had to purse new luggage on vacation then we never had this problem so we didn't know protocol and reported it after we got home only for them to tell is we only had 24hrs to report the damage. Not sure what was going on with Delta this vacation trip.

Food should be changed in menu Many muslims travels in this airlime they need to add one Halal meal

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.

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

It was costly and difficult to check in. $85 to take a small suitcase with me, carry on or checked and $75 on the return trip, Plus $25 if I didn't check my self in check in $25, because I couldn't do it on the kiosk. Small very uncomfortable seats, waited on the runway for near an hour each way. It was my worst flight to date.

It was ok. It was expensive to check 2 bags ($75.00 per bag), and then it took a long time to wait for shuttle to take us from one terminal to the terminal where the plane was taking off at LAX. And all of this for a flight where we had to pay for any food or drink that was not water.

It didn’t happen. I booked it and then was told it wasn’t available and then forced to pay far higher prices for a worse option

A 630departure flight Delayed 6hours! They changed my gate, I moved to the new gate. Had our flight on the screen for 12noon departure. I go get above to eat, check screen again and the flight was gone, no notice no announcement, nothing!! They sent my bag on the flight I wasn’t on, got it back to me 3days later. Thank goodness they did refund my money but I will NEVER fly them again.

Due to weather, my flight was delayed, further delayed, then canceled. I eventually got through to a support person who helped me find a different route out of MSP, but to get to DIA, they didn't want to, but eventually did help with the connection ticket purchase. But even this replacement flight was delayed time and time again, and I would have missed my connecting flights and I didn't want to get stuck in a layover city, so after 12 hours at the airport with two young boys who were very tired, we just cancelled our plans and spent the week at home, instead of Nana's.

When I wanted to check in 3 hours prior to boarding time, the employees mentioned “a little over an hour delay” so I waited for an hour then I went to go look for food in the terminal and most people from that flight were in the same area looking for food. Finally I decided after food to check to see if it’s anytime closer and now it’s 2 mins until boarding closes?! What are you kidding me? I didn’t receive anything via sms about boarding now nor via email or on the intercom. I luckily made it through, barely, and then there’s no room for my carry on mind you I’m in the very first row so I had to place my purse in one further row back and my carry on sections down. Not sure who pays for better seats to get your stuff placed all over the plane but that was the worst experience I’ve ever had flying with anyone.

This airline sucks. They offer low rates then charge you for everything, the app does not work well, the seats are the most uncomfortable. Maintenance issues on the flight, and you still have to sit through their credit card commercials. People are nice enough but does not make up for overall poor experience.

Cancelled flight after I arrived at airport after 75 min drive and parking. Next flight was 4 days in the future. Had to scramble and buy a much more expensive flight on another carrier.

I liked the turn-style feature at gate 209B at LAX. Very efficient process. The gate staff also made several, clearly directed announcements so I felt very informed.

The seats were awful, hard plastic covered in sheet vinyl. The airline tries to scam you into paying extra to get seat together when the flight wasn’t full. They were going to separate a family with young children but my wife who had a row to herself gave up her seat so the young mom could be with her young boys. I’m never giving this airline my money again.

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