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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Vienna (SFO-VIE)

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

Fri, Dec 5 - Sun, Dec 7
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4:40 pm - 9:35 amSFO-VIE
31h 55m1 stop
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8:05 pm - 8:24 pmVIE-SFO
33h 19m2 stops
$552Scandinavian Airlines
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Fri, Dec 5 - Thu, Dec 11
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9:05 pm - 7:25 pmSFO-VIE
37h 20m2 stops
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8:05 pm - 10:48 pmVIE-SFO
35h 43m2 stops
$553Scandinavian Airlines
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Fri, Dec 5 - Mon, Dec 8
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4:40 pm - 7:20 pmSFO-VIE
17h 40m1 stop
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10:15 am - 2:35 pmVIE-SFO
13h 20m1 stop
$557Multiple Airlines
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Sat, Dec 6 - Sat, Dec 13
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4:40 pm - 7:25 pmSFO-VIE
17h 45m1 stop
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7:20 am - 2:35 pmVIE-SFO
16h 15m1 stop
$558Multiple Airlines
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Wed, Feb 4 - Wed, Feb 18
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8:25 am - 8:30 amSFO-VIE
15h 05m1 stop
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10:55 am - 6:54 pmVIE-SFO
16h 59m1 stop
$560Austrian Airlines
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Tue, Jan 13 - Tue, Jan 20
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8:30 am - 12:20 pmSFO-VIE
18h 50m2 stops
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7:00 am - 12:40 pmVIE-SFO
14h 40m1 stop
$578Austrian Airlines
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Wed, Mar 18 - Thu, Mar 26
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8:25 pm - 7:05 pmSFO-VIE
14h 40m1 stop
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6:30 pm - 5:30 pmVIE-SFO
31h 00m1 stop
$597SWISS
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Wed, Nov 26 - Fri, Dec 5
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9:40 pm - 8:20 pmSFO-VIE
13h 40m1 stop
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7:00 am - 12:40 pmVIE-SFO
14h 40m1 stop
$599Lufthansa
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Tue, Nov 11 - Tue, Nov 18
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6:50 pm - 8:55 amSFO-VIE
29h 05m1 stop
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4:25 pm - 4:45 pmVIE-SFO
33h 20m1 stop
$600Turkish Airlines
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Thu, Apr 2 - Wed, Apr 8
Turkish Airlines Logo
12:50 pm - 8:55 amSFO-VIE
35h 05m1 stop
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7:50 pm - 10:45 amVIE-SFO
23h 55m1 stop
$627Turkish Airlines
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Cheapest • from $552 (round-trip)
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Cheapest round-trip
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Overall average: $1,258
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Cheapest one-way
$252
Typical prices: $473-659
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Thu 10/23
SFO - VIE • 2 stops
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Vienna flights

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

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Planning a trip from San Francisco to Vienna? 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.

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

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

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Vienna, 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 Vienna is October, where tickets cost $717 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,258 and $1,233 respectively.

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

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 Vienna, 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 Vienna, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 29% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 3 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$252
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 10% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 37% increase in price.
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Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Francisco to Vienna based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Vienna

  • Where can I sleep at Vienna International Airport (VIE)?

    If you’re looking for a place to sleep at VIE, Zzzleepandgo provides sleeping pods you can rent to catch some z’s. The establishment offers soundproof sleeping pods with a bed, Wi-Fi, power outlets, and a flight status screen. The establishment is in Terminal 3, landside on the second floor. You can also book your stay at the NH Vienna Airport Conference Center, across from the Arrivals Hall, a minute from the terminal. They offer day rooms between 9 am and 7 pm.

  • What are the transport options from Vienna International Airport?

    VIE is served by the S-Bahn and suburban underground railway trains offering quick and cheap downtown connections. The trains take about 25min to get downtown, and you can get tickets from the vending machines at the platforms of the airport station. The City Airport Train also offers nonstop service from VIE, taking about 16min to get downtown. You can also take the bus operated by Vienna Airport Lines, and there are three primary routes to downtown, with the quickest taking about 20min. Taxis are also an option; you’ll find providers in the Arrivals Hall.

  • Does Vienna International Airport offer family services?

    VIE has provided baby changing facilities in all restrooms at the airport and the Family Fun Gate at Terminal 3 airside. Strollers are also available for use at the airport free of charge. You can pick these up at the Baggage Service Center in Terminal 3 and use them up to the gates. If you’re with older kids aged between four and ten, check out the Family Fun Gate playing area in Terminal 3 near the F and G Gates.

  • Does San Francisco International Airport offer accessible services?

    SFO offers barrier-free access with ramps and elevators replacing steps at the airport. Passengers with limited mobility will also have access to accessible restrooms, reserved parking spots, and wheelchair assistance at the airport. Low-vision passengers visiting will get free Aira services and braille signage, while hard-of-hearing passengers get visual paging services and TTY telephones.

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Vienna was $252 for a one-way ticket and $552 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Vienna from San Francisco.

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

    The Boeing 777-200LR is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the San Francisco to Vienna flight route.

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

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

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

    Frankfurt am Main is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from San Francisco to Vienna.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Vienna, KLM or Austrian Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Vienna are KLM and Austrian Airlines. With an average price for the route of $1,618 and an overall rating of 7.8, KLM is the most popular choice. Austrian Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,014 and an overall rating of 7.6.

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

    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 Vienna.

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

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

    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 Vienna with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline. Booking your flights between San Francisco and VIE 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 Vienna?

    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 Vienna 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 Vienna

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for $888 or less round-trip.
  • San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is one of the largest airports on the west coast. It includes four terminals, all connected by walkways and served by an Air Train that runs every 5-10min.
  • If you’re traveling with Fido through SFO, the airport has provided pet relief areas for your pet. There are several indoor and outdoor pet relief areas at SFO, and you’ll find them around Courtyards 2, 3, and 4, and Gates B6, C5-C7, and F11.
  • About 2,486 kg of carbon is emitted on flights from San Francisco to Vienna. You can fly more sustainably with KLM, which offers a flight that emits 44% less carbon per passenger on this route.
  • No nonstop flights are operating between San Francisco and Vienna. All flights must include at least one layover, and the most common layover cities are Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, London, and Amsterdam.
  • If you have urgent business to attend to before your flight, use the business center at SFO. The business center is in the International Terminal in the main hall, offering various business services, including mobile rentals, faxing, copying, and printing services.

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

 
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7.6
Austrian AirlinesOverall score based on 851 reviews
8.1Crew
7.6Boarding
7.3Comfort
6.8Entertainment
6.8Food
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Very limited legroom in a 10 hour flight.very old plane.

4.0 OkayAssaf, Sep 2025TLV - VIE
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Very limited legroom in a 10 hour flight.very old plane.

The flight was delayed for 30 minutes with no apparent reason. There is no entertainment at all, and no USB or electric outlets for charging your phone or tablet.

They had me unpack a handbag 2 lbs overweight into another handbag 8 lbs underweight for a Bible.

My flight was canceled and even though I paid אם KAYAK you didn't even answer me and obviously didn't refund my money. I will never buy a ticket through you again.

One thing I really liked about Austrian Airlines was that the flight attendants were very kind, and the in-flight entertainment offered many choices. One thing that could be improved is the meal service, since only a vegetarian option was offered — it would be better to have at least two choices.

Despite the booked seats in front of the land we were moved to the back of the plane even first like 8 lines were totally without pasangers. When I tried to sit on empty seat flight attendant asked me to go to my dedicated seat in the fully crowded back of the plane. She was not able to explain why. Food was very poor on flight LAX - VIE.

We had a wonderful experience overall. The only issue was check-in our luggage at the Split Airport counter. It was very confusing because we needed to pay for baggage.

Austrian Airlines help and service was fine, but Kayak misled us into believing we had purchased a Business Class ticket. In fact, the tickets were only upgraded Coach Class tickets with luggage restrictions that belonged to the Coach Class. Very disappointed! Paid over $$$$ 9K for the two tickets. Very disappointing!

Quick and organized boarding process, friendly staff but not as many snacks and drinks as the previous flight overnight

Landing was a little hard. Food was not great. No options.

Very nice crew and great food. Easy to board just wish the flight could be shorter or seats more comfortable or more room to walk around when you get cramps in your legs from sitting so long. Crew was great and attentive and really was good food.

Food used to be better and comfort was not attainable after 5 hours everything starts hurting.

Horrible flight. First delay in boarding of approximately 30 minutes. While in the plane, the flight attendants huddle and we get an announcement that the crew's legal time was exceeded, that they don't have replacement crew and that they will need to cancel the flight. One would think that they would know that their time was to be exceeded BEFORE boarding. Took for ever to deplane. Then we were told that flight would not be cancelled but gave us a departure time of 21.15, which of course was not fulfilled. Arrived in Valencia, luggage took 30 minutes to arrive. Absolutely unacceptable

Swiss is the. Only airline I use when I go to Europe. They are on time and they are fantastic!

horrible.. they cause such a problem and my daughter 14 years old was stranded in san francisco

Not good. We returned on united airlines and the food was horrible.

I can’t even the whole trip was a catastrophe

Poor. Seats uncomfortable. No leg room. Hot and humid the whole trip. Food and staffs were ok.

The seats were so close together, when the man in front of me put his seat back, the screen in front of me was 9 inches from my face. There is no way to lean forward if I needed to pick something up. It was pretty uncomfortable for a ten hour flight. I was very surprised.

The food was good. Most the staff was pleasant. The flight would be drastically improved with WiFi on a long international flight.

We had to deboard 2 times due to maintenance issues. They changed the plane, and then we got deviated to LAX due to maibtenance issues on the other plane, had to sleep at LAX and los a full day.

Tastless food and too obvious lack of enthusiasm for service in the economy vesus business class

From the first moment you interact with United Airlines, you can expect nothing less but extreme frustration. The baggage handler at the bag drop seems completely unbothered by the presence of customers waiting in line. No help was extended to load the baggage whatsoever. And if any of your bags is overweight by 0.01 pound they will make you re-distribute everything in your suitcase just to play power trip. When it was time to board no help was extended to customers to locate their seats. Moreover. It was a chaotic mess at the gate when it was unclear who should board first and everyone just bunched up, trying to get on the plane. I am sure the crew was doing their best to perform their jobs while being paid their wages however it shouldn’t be that hard to smile once or twice when you’re in the business if serving customers. It is a shame for the United States of America to have a flagship carrier of such low caliber. Our flight was also delayed by about an hour and a half due to further delays prior to our inbound flight. Being someone who has travelled for both business and leisure in Asia, Europe, and South America I have never experienced such poor quality of service.

The pilots were late and it made us 1 hour late. The meat was tough and bok choy was also tough.

Stuck on tarmac for two hours plus a 5.5 hour flight. Rude flight attendant. And no meals, not even for purchase!

The service was good, the food could have been better.

I learned that seating towards the end of plane that a line forms for the restroom and people use your chair as a hand railing, bumping your seat consistently. I was seated in the aisle. I think that next time if I am towards the back row I would want to sit in the middle or window seat.

The best airline I have ever travel , really good customer service, attention and service !!

Everything was great. Only thing that could’ve made it better was buy on board options for hot food, but the snacks were decent. The flight attendants were great. I had no complaints. I was able to make it to my destination safely

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

It was a short flight. Plenty of room on the plane. It was also extremely clean.

The food could be better, more snacks. And have some plugs to chargue the phone.

Everything was really great just The aircraft was too old and sounded it will break during takeoff

Extremely pleased with the crew. Best flight attendants ever! Very friendly, genuinely caring and attentive.

Best flight attendants ever! Very customer and service oriented, courteous, professional and helpful.

Cheapest airlines I have ever been on. I got downgraded and never got on united. I got rerouted through Vancouver onto jetwesf

Very small and uncomfortable seats, Hard to hear entertainment system sound. Horrible food. Staff doesn't care much about the passengers. 2nd time they didn't give me my vegetarian meal. They asked me regular food with meat. The airline and staff was from United airlines.

Checkin took along timen only.few angents available at.checkin desk. Customer support over phone no existence

At baggage claim, I was given the wrong printed ticket. The ticket belonged to another passenger for a different flight — to Zurich instead of Frankfurt (layover). I was even allowed to pass security, and when I asked the Lufthansa employee if I was on the correct flight, and why it was changed. The employee said everything was correct and I should board. When I got on the plane, there was someone in my seat, and the crew on the plane finally realized that I was on the wrong plane. When I got off the plane, nobody was willing to help, and the security refused to provide my original printed ticket. That was until I showed them that I took a photo of the ticket; once they realized I had photographic evidence, they were suddenly ready to help me. The Lufthansa employee began communicating with other airlines and found a flight that would take me to my destination via Polish Airlines. I was required to once again go through security, re-check my bag, and once again pay for my checked bag and weight overage fees. This experience was incredibly stressful and very frustrating, as you can imagine. A Lufthansa employee told me I would be eligible for a refund. Please tell me what steps I need to take in order to make that happen. Thank you!

Good service … bus transfer upon arrival from plane to terminal: atrocious!!!

Business class: or fist class: Seating absolutely terrible, same seats as everyone else , no space, we could not fit our knees in. I was sitting sideways since nobody else booked this business class. I wish we would have an option to select a business class for the main journey between USA and Europe, but regular class for the short flights in Europe.

The seating was exactly same as the rest of the plane. We had no space for our knees. In fact it was the tightest spacing of the seats I ever flew with, on a very old plane. (and we flew all over Asia and Europe) The same chairs. We were the only passengers in business or first class. Obviously funny.... The only difference was, we got a sendwich and we were offered a drink. Rest of the plane got a bottle of water.

The crew was great. Good etc was unacceptable for an overseas flight. Wine with a meal should be complimentary. Seat comfort /space horrible and I am 5‘3“ with heels on. Short haul probably ok but not on long haul flights

It was extremely difficult to upgrade my partners flight over the Internet from economy to economy, plus. Then it said clearly the checked luggage can be 32 kg. At the check-in counter in Hamburg, we had to pay 100 Euros ( $122.17) for the only 31kg peace checked luggage. We were told because the change was made less than 24 hours before the flight , the luggage weight would not be upgraded. Then they offered me that for €90 I can upgrade at the counter from economy to economy, plus so we can sit together on the flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco. I happily agreed and was charged. €99.($120.95), which I noticed too late. Especially about the Euro 100 up charge I feel upset and it’s a unfair way of doing business!

Take off was not good, too hot inside the plane and seats are beyond uncomfortable.

The company said that it was Condor's responsibility to issue my train ticket, and that I should contact them. But when I did, condor said I have to contact the train company and show them my booking number. I went to the station to board my train and they said where is my bar code ticket. It was a disaster and the people at the train station said how messed up this is and that condor is the worst for putting people through this. I boarded the train with NO ticket cause no one can issue me one even though I paid and it is in my booking confirmation.

Helpful crew in a comfortable and well designed aircraft. My kids also loved the striped design of the airplane.

The return flight, the food was better. Didn't like that even at checkin we still had to pay when only 5 seats were available. Had to pay or would be stuck in the very middle between two others. I had to pay for an aisle and a middle seat. Both were considered prime seats but the two other middle ones were not.

There was one flight attendant who was exceptionally rude about the fact that they didn’t have any meatless options left when I told her I was a vegetarian. The boarding process was a bit disorganized and unclear but everything else was very good.

Seats are not comfortable. Some of the food was good and some not so good.

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