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Find cheap flights from San Francisco to Mexico from $121

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from San Francisco to Mexico departing on 9/9. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Cancún
Cancún1 stop$331
Mexico City
Mexico City2 stops$323
Guadalajara
Guadalajara1 stop$321
Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta1 stop$356
Tijuana
Tijuana1 stop$282
León
León2 stops$470
Oaxaca
Oaxaca1 stop$535
Monterrey
Monterrey1 stop$342
Mazatlán
Mazatlán1 stop$448
Morelia
Morelia1 stop$539
Mérida
Mérida1 stop$535
Ixtapa
Ixtapa2 stops$394
Puerto Escondido
Puerto Escondido2 stops$836
Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes1 stop$527
Veracruz
Veracruz1 stop$545
Acapulco
Acapulco1 stop$466

Good to know

Low season

September

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$121
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 6% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 36% increase in price.
Flight from San Francisco to Guadalajara

FAQs - booking Mexico flights

  • Do I need a visa to fly from San Francisco to Mexico?

    Those from the U.S. will be able to travel to Mexico and stay in the country for up to 6 months without a visa. If you'll be staying for longer than that, you'll need to apply for the Mexican Temporary Residence Permit.

  • Where will flights from San Francisco to Mexico usually make stops?

    Flights from San Francisco to Mexico will often make one or two stops on the way to their final destinations. These stops might see you enduring layovers at airports like Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) or Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX).

  • What is the most budget-friendly airline for those flying from San Francisco to Mexico?

    Most airlines that fly from San Francisco International Airport to Mexico will be able to set you up with cost-effective prices on flights. But if you have an especially tight budget, a low-cost airline like Volaris might be able to provide you with a price you can afford on a flight to Mexico.

  • How can I make flights from San Francisco to Mexico more eco-friendly?

    Bringing the least amount of luggage possible for flights from San Francisco to Mexico is one good way to make them more sustainable. You should also seek to fly with airlines like American Airlines that are working hard to reduce their carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.

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

    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 Mexico.

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

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

    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 Mexico 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 Mexico?

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

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Mexico

  • Morning departure is around 4% cheaper than an evening flight, on average*.
  • San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is less than 500 miles from the Mexican border. However, it's over 2000 miles from some of the major cities in Mexico like Mexico City, which helps explain why so many airlines fly from San Francisco to Mexico. Your options will include Aeroméxico, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Volaris, and United Airlines. Select the airline that can provide you with the most affordable flights.
  • There are lots of airports in Mexico you can fly to from San Francisco International Airport (SFO). For this reason, you'll need to pick out the airport closest to your preferred destination before booking flights from San Francisco to Mexico. Cancún International Airport (CUN) is on the Yucatán Peninsula, while Los Cabos International Airport (SJD) is on the Baja California Peninsula. Mexico City International Airport (MEX), meanwhile, is right in Mexico City, while Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) is near Puerto Vallarta.
  • If you'd like to avoid making stops during flights from San Francisco to Mexico, you'll be happy to learn nonstop flights from San Francisco to Mexico exist. Alaska Airlines and United Airlines have direct flights from San Francisco International Airport to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport that only take between 3 and 4 hours.
  • Flying first class from San Francisco International Airport to one of the airports in Mexico is a great idea if you can afford it. You'll be able to enjoy amenities like lie-flat seats, in-flight entertainment options, and chef-quality food on first-class flights to Mexico with Aeroméxico or American Airlines.
  • San Francisco International Airport has plenty of lounges you can use while waiting for a flight to Mexico to board. The United Club, for instance, will be open to United Airlines passengers. The Centurion Lounge, on the other hand, will be open to American Express customers and anyone who can pay a small fee.
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*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Mexico

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Mexico? 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 9157 reviews
7.9Comfort
7.3Entertainment
7.3Food
8.2Boarding
8.6Crew
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I enjoyed the leg room at my seat, but I was in an exit row.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, May 2024SFO - EWR
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I enjoyed the leg room at my seat, but I was in an exit row.

Boarded the plain and had to wait 1 hour for crew Captain to arrive from another flight

They canceled the flight 30 minutes prior to departure without any heads up.

All parts were excellent, especially staff at bag tag printing and inflight crew. Just the normal differences from past air travel could be improved but we’ve learned to accept those—cramped seats, minimal food/beverage, etc.

Attentive crew. Best of all was the empty seat between me and my rowmate.

We had a very scary attempted landing in Palm Springs and were redirected to Ontario. It was a stressful flight.

Every thing means , crew, service, timing, boarding is very good.

I like that we took off on time and arrived a bit early. I like that I could gate check my bag and board early. I don't like how crowded the flight was. I had ok leg room, but could feel every move of the person next to me. And the aisles are very narrow. The gate and flight crews were terrific.

The flight was diverted and departed from San Jose instead of San Francisco. This could’ve been executed more smoothly because after arriving in San Jose it seemed like nothing was being processed correctly as needed for the gate agents to do their jobs well and the flight to leave on time

Excellent service and prices. I was not award of inflight entertainment.

There was a loud squeaky sound the whole time we were flying.

I didn’t not like that I could not select my seat and ended up with the worse seat.

The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!

Plane was late because of a mechanical malfunction and the food listed as available was not. Flight attendants seem over worked and under paid. They just done seem happy. And that can be seen in their faces.

Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.

Great, on time departure, friendly and accommodating crew, great leg room, Smith flight

Plane was turned around due to fog half way into the flight, Delta did not properly direct passengers to stay on same flight and instead failed to properly rebook on Alaska

Honestly, I didn’t expect that I will experience this long time wait during the check in. There was only one person who was taking care of the passengers for the economy class and it took us to wait about one hour to do our check i. As a result we barely get to the airplane as the gate was at the end of the airport. That is totally not professional where one crue is working at the registration desk with economy and 3-4 crues are helping for the business class.

Like most domestic flights in the US, you are basically on your own with this airline when it comes to food, so be sure to purchase meals and drinks ahead of time or expect to arrive starving and dehydrated (like I was).

You need to be a hacker to get the (Free) WiFi

The plane was so outdated, that it made it uncomfortable. The temperature was hot during the whole flight

Happy attentive flight crew. All in all good flight the night flight works well. Getting into Mexico City early so you don't get caught up it all the immigration and custom ques, additionally, this helps when exiting the airport and crossing the city to your final destination. All works very well and would do it again

Some entertainment and food/snack service would have been nice

All the pessengers should be wait in a line útil the creo and piloto are arrived.

Planes seat could be bigger very uncomfortable for tall humans.

Atraso de dos horas y media con vuelos sobre vendidos

Great airplane The confort was within the high standards. My only little problem was That all the movies ( only 3) was on Spanish, even though I was selecting the audio on English it didn't happen. After that I highly recommend aeromexico

1 hour waiting for suitcases to come out traveling in business class and food in business class is a sandwich? Avoid Aeromexico .

Aeromexico es siempre una buena opción, relación precio calidad adecuada!

No space reserved for anyone who didn’t have underseat in front of them. Made it inconvenient to get the backs secured. No inflight entertainment in the 190. Bring your own! Food was excellent and we were surprised to get a full breakfast.

Hated every minute of it. This flight should have only taken 1.5hrs but was delayed over 10hours. Now I am being told I cannot be compensated or refunded my ticket price or extra leg room, which I purchased but did not receive, because the airline is throwing the blame on the 3rd party I purchased tickets through and 3rd party putting the blame on airline. No one wants to help. They received their money and that's all they care about. Im going on 3 days of still trying to get to my final destination, had to cancel car rental, car insurance and hotel. Currently staying in airport until hotels open up. Thank you Lufthansa, Kayak, Underpricer and United for making this trip the worst ever.

Crew was great and did their best to make us comfortable and captain came out at the beginning to announce why the flight was delayed, weather situation up ahead, and kept us updated throughout the flight.

United WiFi is consistently unusable (it can take 10 mins to load a single web page). If you need Wifi to do work, be prepared to lose half a day of productivity.

Awful. I got stuck next to a person carrying a dog and behind someone with a dog. People need to board these dogs downstairs. The cabin is crowded enough with your pets

Packed in like sardines, very uncomfortable. Sitting the aisle my shoulder was rammed into numerous times by rushing flight attendants. Also flight was very cold.

Beverage and food services are excellent. We enjoy paying the extra for economy plus for the 3 inches more leg room to be exact.

Flight was delayed by 3 hours. The pilot made up 1 hour during the flight, but that made the wait at the airport 5 hours once you factor getting there 2 hours early.

Airline did not explain reasons why flight was delayed two hours. Explanations were badly needed and rarely provided. Problem seemed to clearly be the airline’s fault and not the fault of the weather or airport.

Very uncomfortable seats and seat backs, and I am only 5’9”. Delayed due to crew issues, spent a long time with no ventilation. Teeny overhead bins. Wifi worked well. Arrived safely.

I was delighted that we were able to get on the 4:40 pm flight rather than our original booking at 6:55 pm!! Other than that, the flight was comfortable and landed early😊

Horrible - they lied to me about baggage & boarding, even though I specifically spoke to their agents the day before my flight about my issue. When I showed up they did not let me board and stranded me at my airport until I bought a new flight with money I did not have to spend.

Not sure why JAL partnered with American Airlines because their service is no where near similar. Flight attendants were not friendly and didn’t smile. Food was horrible…

The experience was great and much better than the flight going out. of course I was in first class but the service was excellent

Comfort of seats, ease of boarding. Food selection could be better

Food options were limited which is absolutely embarrassing for a Flight of this size The staff did not come around as much and I am not accustomed to such poor service from American Airlines Drinks I believe were limited to soda and water

Crew were attentive and friendly. Flight was smooth and early! I enjoyed the less crowded plane. Thank you!

We are gluten free, there were not any available complimentary gluten free options.

No meal on a cross country flight? SFO-MiA is pretty much the definition of a coast to coast flight. No meal provided. Sky high wi-fi rates too. Stop nickel and diming your customers.

The staff was unprofessional and didn’t communicate very well. The boarding process was very disheveled, potentially due to a power outage the previous day but there was no contingency plan to properly get passengers boarded the following day. Once boarded the aircraft stayed on the tarmac for over 45 minutes due to high winds. The communication was sporadic but an announcement was finally made an additional 30 minutes later that the flight was cancelled but we couldn’t get off the plane. Prior to deplaning one of the gate agents came on the plane and made an announcement for everyone to pickup their checked bags and take a card to rebook a new reservation because they didn’t have adequate staff. Flights were missed, passengers went to different airports and there was little to no assistance from AA.

You cancelled my flight by email then made it very difficult to get in contact with you. Then put me in a flight with a long layover in Mexico returning to the wrong airport in uk. Mind blowing my stressful. I missed see my grand dad because of you.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

8/20Tue
1 stop
7h 58mSFO-GDL
9/7Sat
1 stop
11h 09mGDL-SFO
$321
9/5Thu
2 stops
18h 14mSFO-MEX
9/10Tue
1 stop
10h 53mMEX-SFO
$323
10/7Mon
1 stopAlaska Airlines
8h 20mSFO-SJD
10/24Thu
1 stopAlaska Airlines
15h 18mSJD-SFO
$333
8/6Tue
1 stopAlaska Airlines
12h 32mSFO-SJD
8/13Tue
1 stopAlaska Airlines
16h 21mSJD-SFO
$336
6/4Tue
nonstopAeromexico
4h 04mSFO-GDL
6/8Sat
nonstopAeromexico
4h 06mGDL-SFO
$340
6/27Thu
nonstopAeromexico
4h 04mSFO-GDL
7/7Sun
nonstopAeromexico
4h 06mGDL-SFO
$355
8/25Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 10mSFO-SJD
8/31Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 06mSJD-SFO
$378
9/7Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
16h 00mSFO-SJD
9/10Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
9h 40mSJD-SFO
$382
10/6Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
7h 13mSFO-SJD
10/11Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 06mSJD-SFO
$387
9/14Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
13h 27mSFO-SJD
9/21Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
8h 45mSJD-SFO
$392

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Recent one-way flight deals

9/9Mon
1 stop
7h 58mSFO-GDL
$121
8/20Tue
1 stop
13h 39mSFO-MEX
$123
8/6Tue
1 stopAlaska Airlines
5h 51mSFO-SJD
$138
8/5Mon
1 stopAlaska Airlines
14h 28mSFO-SJD
$159
5/28Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
11h 37mSFO-GDL
$165
11/5Tue
1 stopAeromexico
19h 00mSFO-ZIH
$171
9/28Sat
1 stopAmerican Airlines
16h 00mSFO-SJD
$173
7/10Wed
nonstopUnited Airlines
4h 20mSFO-MEX
$176
6/24Mon
1 stopAeromexico
14h 43mSFO-SJD
$180
5/26Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 45mSFO-PVR
$190

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5/20Mon
multi-stopFrontier
14h 58mSFO-CUN
5/23Thu
multi-stopFrontier
28h 01mCUN-SFO
$323
5/20Mon
multi-stopFrontier
14h 58mSFO-CUN
5/23Thu
multi-stopFrontier
28h 01mCUN-SFO
$326
5/18Sat
multi-stopAeromexico
15h 32mSFO-SJD
5/22Wed
multi-stopAeromexico
9h 56mSJD-SFO
$400
5/20Mon
multi-stopAeromexico
8h 16mSFO-PVR
5/24Fri
multi-stopAeromexico
9h 22mPVR-SFO
$402
5/19Sun
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 15mSFO-SJD
5/25Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 07mSJD-SFO
$410
5/19Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
7h 43mSFO-PVR
5/25Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
3h 47mPVR-SFO
$414
5/18Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
16h 07mSFO-SJD
5/22Wed
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
10h 36mSJD-SFO
$424
5/21Tue
multi-stopAlaska Airlines
8h 19mSFO-SJD
5/24Fri
nonstopAlaska Airlines
3h 19mSJD-SFO
$432
5/19Sun
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
9h 30mSFO-PVR
5/21Tue
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
20h 58mPVR-SFO
$433
5/19Sun
nonstopAlaska Airlines
3h 07mSFO-SJD
5/22Wed
nonstopAlaska Airlines
3h 19mSJD-SFO
$440

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