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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 853 connecting flights from Johannesburg to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 35 airlines and multiple travel sites from $476, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out JNB-SFO flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Johannesburg to San Francisco Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Johannesburg to San Francisco with the lowest price of $476. Take a look at the list of flights with layovers from Johannesburg to San Francisco from $476. There’re no direct flights. The fastest connecting flight – 23h 9m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $476 Find flight	13:55 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	13:35+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	32h 40m layover 8h 35m - Doha	Qatar Airways	QR1364 QR737
from $561 Find flight	17:50 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	10:35+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	25h 45m layover 2h 35m - Istanbul	Turkish Airlines	TK39 TK289
from $646 Find flight	17:55 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	16:40+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	31h 45m layover 8h 40m - Istanbul	Turkish Airlines	TK43 TK79
from $552 Find flight	13:55 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	17:54+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	36h 59m layover 8h 45m - Doha 2h 21m - Los Angeles	Qatar Airways	QR1364 QR739 QR2177
from $562 Find flight	09:50 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	23:59+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	47h 9m layover 6h 50m - Abu Dhabi 11h 29m - New York	Etihad Airways	EY748 EY1 HA4995
from $564 Find flight	17:00 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	21:22+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	37h 22m layover 1h 30m - Nairobi 10h 29m - Newark	Kenya Airways	KQ763 KQ2 AS293
from $574 Find flight	17:00 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	23:44+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	39h 44m layover 1h 30m - Nairobi 12h 49m - New York	Kenya Airways	KQ763 KQ2 HA4928
from $577 Find flight	12:10 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	12:13+2 дня San Francisco San Francisco	57h 3m layover 15h 30m - Nairobi 16h 15m - Newark	Kenya Airways	KQ761 KQ4 HA4903
from $579 Find flight	17:00 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	23:44+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	39h 44m layover 1h 30m - Nairobi 12h 49m - New York	Kenya Airways	KQ763 KQ2 AS41
from $580 Find flight	12:10 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	12:13+2 дня San Francisco San Francisco	57h 3m layover 15h 30m - Nairobi 16h 15m - Newark	Kenya Airways	KQ761 KQ4 AS373
from $586 Find flight	17:00 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	10:39+2 дня San Francisco San Francisco	50h 39m layover 1h 30m - Nairobi 23h 55m - Newark	Kenya Airways	KQ763 KQ2 HA4903
from $588 Find flight	17:00 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	10:39+2 дня San Francisco San Francisco	50h 39m layover 1h 30m - Nairobi 23h 55m - Newark	Kenya Airways	KQ763 KQ2 AS373
from $603 Find flight	17:00 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	21:22+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	37h 22m layover 1h 30m - Nairobi 10h 29m - Newark	Kenya Airways	KQ763 KQ2 HA4902
from $606 Find flight	17:00 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	13:35+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	29h 35m layover 2h 25m - Lusaka 2h 15m - Doha	Qatar Airways	QR5726 QR1452 QR737
from $606 Find flight	11:30 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	13:35+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	35h 5m layover 7h 55m - Lusaka 2h 15m - Doha	Qatar Airways	QR5746 QR1452 QR737
from $616 Find flight	12:10 Johannesburg OR Tambo International	14:48+2 дня San Francisco San Francisco	59h 38m layover 15h 30m - Nairobi 18h 45m - New York	Kenya Airways	KQ761 KQ4 HA4845

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on July 02, 2025

Flight Schedule Johannesburg to San Francisco (California)

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Johannesburg to San Francisco. You can also specify the concrete flights and airlines on the route and how long the flight actually is. Use the calendar for today, tomorrow or other specific date as some flights are available only on certain days of the week.

Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
10:05 — 14:00 +1 day	10:05 — 20:15 EK768 Emirates Johannesburg — Dubai 12h 55m stop 09:10 — 14:00 EK225 Emirates Dubai — San Francisco	36h 55m including layover	Find flight from$693
10:10 — 10:30 +1 day	10:10 — 10:55 CA868 Air China Limited Johannesburg — Beijing 2h 5m stop 13:00 — 10:30 CA985 Air China Limited Beijing — San Francisco	33h 20m including layover	Find flight from$1313
11:20 — 11:15 +1 day	11:20 — 06:30 CX748 Cathay Pacific Johannesburg — Hong Kong 6h 55m stop 13:25 — 11:30 CX870 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong — San Francisco	32h 55m including layover	Find flight from$693
11:20 — 17:30 +1 day	11:20 — 06:30 CX748 Cathay Pacific Johannesburg — Hong Kong 13h 25m stop 19:55 — 17:50 CX892 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong — San Francisco	39h 10m including layover	Find flight from$693
13:55 — 13:35 +1 day	12:45 — 22:10 QR1364 Qatar Airways Johannesburg — Doha 8h 35m stop 07:50 — 12:35 QR737 Qatar Airways Doha — San Francisco	32h 40m including layover	Find flight from$476
17:50 — 10:35 +1 day	17:50 — 04:35 TK39 Turkish Airlines Johannesburg — Istanbul 2h 35m stop 07:10 — 10:35 TK289 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — San Francisco	25h 45m including layover	Find flight from$561
17:50 — 16:40 +1 day	17:50 — 04:35 TK39 Turkish Airlines Johannesburg — Istanbul 8h 45m stop 13:20 — 16:40 TK79 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — San Francisco	31h 50m including layover	Find flight from$561
18:50 — 20:50 +1 day	18:50 — 06:10 AF995 Air France Johannesburg — Paris 12h 20m stop 18:30 — 20:50 BF710 Bluebird Cargo Paris — San Francisco	35h including layover	Find flight from$1005
18:50 — 13:50 +1 day	18:50 — 06:10 AF995 Air France Johannesburg — Paris 5h 20m stop 11:30 — 13:50 BF714 Bluebird Cargo Paris — San Francisco	28h including layover	Find flight from$1226
19:10 — 14:00 +1 day	18:50 — 05:05 EK764 Emirates Johannesburg — Dubai 3h 45m stop 08:50 — 12:50 EK225 Emirates Dubai — San Francisco	27h 50m including layover	Find flight from$693
19:25 — 13:50 +1 day	19:25 — 05:35 BA56 British Airways Johannesburg — London 5h 10m stop 10:45 — 13:50 BA285 British Airways London — San Francisco	27h 25m including layover	Find flight from$723
20:40 — 17:25 +1 day	20:40 — 06:45 VS450 Virgin Atlantic Airways Johannesburg — London 7h 30m stop 14:15 — 17:25 BA287 British Airways London — San Francisco	29h 45m including layover	Find flight from$1201
20:40 — 13:50 +1 day	20:40 — 06:45 VS450 Virgin Atlantic Airways Johannesburg — London 4h stop 10:45 — 13:50 AY5525 Finnair London — San Francisco	26h 10m including layover	Find flight from$1353
21:15 — 13:50 +1 day	21:15 — 07:30 BA54 British Airways Johannesburg — London 3h 15m stop 10:45 — 13:50 BA285 British Airways London — San Francisco	25h 35m including layover	Find flight from$723
21:15 — 17:15 +1 day	21:15 — 07:30 BA54 British Airways Johannesburg — London 6h 35m stop 14:15 — 17:15 BA287 British Airways London — San Francisco	29h including layover	Find flight from$899
22:20 — 14:00 +2 days	22:20 — 08:20 SA7162 South African Airways Johannesburg — Dubai 24h 50m stop 09:10 — 14:00 EK225 Emirates Dubai — San Francisco	48h 40m including layover	Find flight from$1344
09:50 — 23:59 +1 day	09:50 — 19:45 EY748 Etihad Airways Johannesburg — Abu Dhabi 6h 50m stop 02:35 — 09:00 EY1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi — New York 11h 29m stop 20:29 — 23:59 HA4995 Hawaiian Airlines New York — San Francisco	47h 9m including layover	Find flight from$562
09:50 — 23:44 +1 day	09:50 — 19:45 EY748 Etihad Airways Johannesburg — Abu Dhabi 6h 50m stop 02:35 — 09:00 EY1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi — New York 11h 29m stop 20:29 — 23:59 AS41 Alaska Airlines New York — San Francisco	46h 54m including layover	Find flight from$567
12:10 — 12:13 +2 days	12:10 — 17:15 KQ761 Kenya Airways Johannesburg — Nairobi 15h 30m stop 08:45 — 16:45 KQ4 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Newark 16h 15m stop 09:00 — 12:13 HA4903 Hawaiian Airlines Newark — San Francisco	57h 3m including layover	Find flight from$577
12:10 — 12:13 +2 days	12:10 — 17:15 KQ761 Kenya Airways Johannesburg — Nairobi 15h 30m stop 08:45 — 16:45 KQ4 Kenya Airways Nairobi — Newark 16h 15m stop 09:00 — 12:13 AS373 Alaska Airlines Newark — San Francisco	57h 3m including layover	Find flight from$580
13:55 — 17:54 +1 day	13:55 — 23:15 QR1364 Qatar Airways Johannesburg — Doha 8h 45m stop 08:00 — 14:00 QR739 Qatar Airways Doha — Los Angeles 2h 21m stop 16:41 — 18:13 QR2177 Qatar Airways Los Angeles — San Francisco	36h 59m including layover	Find flight from$552

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on July 2, 2025

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from Johannesburg to San Francisco depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between Johannesburg and San Francisco is 16978 miles. Time difference between the cities is 10h. Airplanes depart 01:15 to 23:45 from 5 Johannesburg airports and arrive 01:15 to 23:45 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 34h 45m.

The fastest flight 23h 9m
Average flight time 34h 45m
The earliest flight 01:15
The latest flight 23:45
Distance 10550 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are october (from 635 $), november (from 713 $), january (from 719 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 1 015 $), april (from 990 $), august (from 797 $).

What is the lowest airfare Johannesburg to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $476. This airfare is for economy class on one-way QR1364 flight by Qatar Airways for October 7, 2025 which leaves OR Tambo International in Johannesburg at 13:55 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 13:35.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Johannesburg — San Francisco is served by 35 regular airlines and 1 low-cost airline. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Condor Airlines - 30 departures per week at the price of from $ 750 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by South African Airways airline - from $ 4503.

Direct flights

There’re no direct flights on this route. Try flights with stops.

Connecting Flights

There are 853 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA187 by United Airlines takes 23h 9m and the cheapest is QR1364 by Qatar Airways for $476.

DE - Condor Airlines

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5Z - Bismillah Airlines

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WB - RwandAir

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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UA - United Airlines

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SA - South African Airways

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DT - TAAG Angola Airlines

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QF - Qantas

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SK - SAS

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SN - Brussels Airlines

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WS - WestJet

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UR - UTair-Express

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Airports

You can fly from Johannesburg to San Francisco from 5 airports (Johannesburg Airport, Rand/Germiston, Lanseria, OR Tambo International, Grand Central).

Johannesburg airports

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Lanseria-HLA

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OR Tambo International-JNB

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Grand Central-GCJ

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San Francisco airports

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Embarkadero-EMB

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Airplanes

There are flights to San Francisco from Johannesburg by 35 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

Top International Destinations from Johannesburg

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Johannesburg — New York

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Johannesburg — Atlanta

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Johannesburg — Miami

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Johannesburg — Los Angeles

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Johannesburg — Boston

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Johannesburg — Dallas

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Johannesburg — Chicago

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Johannesburg — San Francisco

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Johannesburg — Denver

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Johannesburg — Houston

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