$178 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Zihuatanejo

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Cheapest round-trip
$344
Overall average: $614
Alaska Airlines
Sat 3/7Sat 3/14
SFO - ZIH • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$359
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SFO - ZIH • Non-stop
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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Zihuatanejo (SFO-ZIH)

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

Sat, Mar 7 - Sat, Mar 14
Alaska Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 4:47 pm
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ZIH
8h 47m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
4:57 pm - 8:36 pm
ZIH
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SFO
4h 39mnonstop
$344Alaska Airlines
Sat, Feb 21 - Tue, Feb 24
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7:10 pm - 12:51 pm
SFO
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ZIH
15h 41m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:59 pm - 11:59 pm
ZIH
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SFO
12h 00m
1 stop
$354United Airlines
Sat, Mar 14 - Wed, Mar 18
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:00 am - 2:15 pm
SFO
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ZIH
4h 15mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
3:24 pm - 4:25 pm
ZIH
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SFO
26h 01m
1 stop
$356Alaska Airlines
Sat, Feb 28 - Sat, Mar 7
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:02 am - 3:17 pm
SFO
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ZIH
4h 15mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:57 pm - 8:33 pm
ZIH
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SFO
4h 36mnonstop
$359Alaska Airlines
Wed, Feb 25 - Thu, Mar 5
Alaska Airlines Logo
12:47 pm - 3:15 pm
SFO
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ZIH
24h 28m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
4:27 pm - 11:53 pm
ZIH
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SFO
9h 26m
1 stop
$360Alaska Airlines
Sat, Feb 21 - Sat, Mar 7
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:24 pm - 3:15 pm
SFO
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ZIH
15h 51m
1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:57 pm - 8:33 pm
ZIH
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SFO
4h 36mnonstop
$364Alaska Airlines
Fri, Feb 27 - Fri, Mar 6
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:26 pm - 4:47 pm
SFO
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ZIH
16h 21m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:30 pm - 5:56 pm
ZIH
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SFO
24h 26m
2 stops
$371Multiple Airlines
Sun, Mar 1 - Thu, Mar 5
Delta Logo
10:36 pm - 12:55 pm
SFO
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ZIH
12h 19m
1 stop
Delta Logo
1:58 pm - 7:59 pm
ZIH
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SFO
8h 01m
1 stop
$377Delta
Sat, Feb 28 - Sat, Mar 7
Alaska Airlines Logo
9:02 am - 3:17 pm
SFO
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ZIH
4h 15mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
5:57 pm - 8:33 pm
ZIH
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SFO
4h 36mnonstop
$379Alaska Airlines
Sat, Apr 18 - Tue, May 5
Alaska Airlines Logo
8:29 am - 1:45 pm
SFO
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ZIH
4h 16mnonstop
Alaska Airlines Logo
3:29 pm - 9:20 pm
ZIH
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SFO
6h 51m
1 stop
$380Alaska Airlines
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Low seasonSeptember
Cheapest flight$168
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 65% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 9% increase in price.
Flight from San Francisco to Ixtapa

When to book flights from San Francisco to Zihuatanejo

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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Zihuatanejo

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

    When flying out of San Francisco you’ll be using San Francisco. Zihuatanejo does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Intl airport, which is 6.7 mi away.

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

    Direct flights cover the 1,875 miles separating San Francisco and Zihuatanejo in about 4h 15m.

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

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

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

    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 Zihuatanejo.

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

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

    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 Zihuatanejo 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 Zihuatanejo?

    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 Zihuatanejo 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 Zihuatanejo?

    In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket between San Francisco and Zihuatanejo found on KAYAK was with Aeromexico for $170. Aeromexico offered a round-trip connection from $199 and Delta from $369.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from San Francisco to Zihuatanejo

  • There is no airport in Zihuatanejo. Instead, you’ll be flying into Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Intl Airport when flying between San Francisco and Zihuatanejo.
  • The cheapest flight from San Francisco to Zihuatanejo was found 44 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 May, June and July. The cheapest month to fly is September.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving San Francisco to Zihuatanejo

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Zihuatanejo? 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 11711 reviews
7.1Food
7.8Comfort
7.0Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.5Crew
Airline reviews

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

10.0 ExcellentKen, Jan 2026
SFO - SNA
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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.

The ground crew did not supply drink or snacks during the layover in SFO. So there weren't many options. Otherwise, it was all great.

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.

Crew was excellent. Comfort seats not as nice as other kinds of planes.

I received several emails about my 3:10 flight. When I showed up to the airport at 12:30 to check my bags I was told the flight was actually at 1 pm. They grudgingly rebooked me for a flight at 5:22 to Vegas to get a connecting to LAX. I did find the gate for my original 3:10 flight but they were booked. I proceeded to receive status updates and gate change information for the 3:10 flight, even though I was apparently never supposed to be on that flight

The food options were limited and very specific. Some type of entertainment option for a 4.5 hour flight would have been nice.

The Kayak confirmation number did not work for checking in the day before. I checked in at 8.30 using my ticket number. When I arrived at the airport, I was informed that the flight was overbooked, and since I had checked in late, I did not have a seat. The Next flight was not until ten PM. I called my wife, who had been taking care of our kids all weekend, and she was upset, calling me a liar and telling me to stay in SD. It turned my weekend getaway into a nightmare! I blame the Kayak website and will not book flights using your app in the future.

comfortable but the food is horrible. I have flown Hawaiian several times now and no matter what they say the food is its the same squashed bread with melted goop inside. Tastes fake and isnt what they represent, its quite nasty. What happend to real food? And there is NO entertainment!! so not sure why they are asking for a review on that.

Good and friendly staff. Nicely enjoyed the complimentary drink and snack.

I was very, very cold and a stranger loaned me her sweater next to me. I didn’t wanna buy a blanket just for a four hour trip when I did not need the pillow or the earphones. I don’t mind purchasing a blanket, but I only needed that not all of it accessories. Cold air pretty much blew the entire trip. Two people in front of me both bought the blanket packages. Maybe that’s the idea. The crew was exceptionally nice and passed through multiple times.. the restrooms were very clean and usually accessible.

3 hour wait on customer service after flight was cancelled. Was bumped to a flight where I wouldnt have gotten to my destination for another 2 days. Had to fully refund flight and book a new one the following morning. Paid twice the amount for the flight than I had originally booked. Very disappointed I was not offered any sort of discount or points for all of the frustration, in fact the airline profited twice as much off of me by cancelling my flight and and changing my entire trip.

I understand that both Hawaiian and Alaskan are in the process of merging but I could not get real-time flight info or access my boarding pass on either app

Had a hard time checking into my flight on my phone because they gave me the wrong confirmation number. Otherwise everything else went well.

All was good and they were able to seat my travel companion next to me. Thank you.

Really nice, all good, nice crew and all on time

Unfortunately I had an awful boarding experience. Our first flight with Aeromexico was fine and landed on time however it couldn’t find a gate and we were late which made us lose our connecting flight with Aeromexico. The staff handled it horribly when we explained our situation and would not led us board when we missed the boarding time by a couple minutes. The staff were extremely rude and did not attempt to even help us. Because of this incident, my husband and I missed a full day of work which negatively impacted our salary which we need. Please compensate us for the work that we missed.

It was OK. The flight is pretty long for the airlines to only offer a simple sandwich on business class. The entertainment is similar to that on other Skyteam members. Ultimately the airline lost my bag and didn’t deliver it to me until the next day after a lengthy lost baggage report.

Good, the flight from Miami to Mexico City was better than Mexico City to Miami

Aeroméxico cancelled my ticket without advice AND It make a last minute mess in my intinerary, no solving my situation, bad advice and bad customer service

Flight was on time, good service, but there was no free WiFi, even for first class passengers

The ground staff were not as friendly and nice to the passengers as the air crew. Flight attendants, cockpit crew were great and very nice to everyone on board.

My flight was delayed, then I got transferred to a new flight that was also delayed- which wasn’t Aeromexico’s fault, it was because of weather conditions. Most of the crew was very nice and patient, except for one or two flight attendants who were rude. The entertainment wasn’t on, so all the screens were off.

My wife's entertainment system did not work. Payed for flight upgrade but did not receive advertised "free WiFi".

Annoying that we had to go to departures and get boarding passes. Should allow us to be booked all the way through, this is the only airline i have this problem with in MEX. Late boarding and take off

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

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