Cheap Flights from Zurich to San Francisco, CA from $268

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 4 direct and 996 connecting flights from Zurich to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 30 airlines and multiple travel sites from $268, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out ZRH-SFO flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Zurich to San Francisco Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Zurich to San Francisco with the lowest price of $268. The fastest direct flight takes 12h and the fastest connecting – 13h 25m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $743 Find flight	13:35 Zurich Zurich	16:35 San Francisco San Francisco	12h 0m	United Airlines	UA45
from $867 Find flight	13:10 Zurich Zurich	16:10 San Francisco San Francisco	12h 0m	United Airlines	UA9728
from $1156 Find flight	13:10 Zurich Zurich	16:10 San Francisco San Francisco	12h 0m	SWISS International Air Lines	LX38
from $288 Find flight	09:35 Zurich Zurich	17:25 San Francisco San Francisco	16h 50m layover 1h 55m - Barcelona	Vueling	VY6247 VY9791
from $294 Find flight	21:40 Zurich Zurich	17:25+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	28h 45m layover 13h 50m - Barcelona	Vueling	VY6249 VY9791
from $310 Find flight	07:15 Zurich Zurich	13:50 San Francisco San Francisco	15h 35m layover 2h 35m - London	British Airways	BA709 BA285
from $310 Find flight	20:45 Zurich Zurich	13:50+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	26h 5m layover 13h 20m - London	British Airways	BA719 BA285
from $336 Find flight	21:50 Zurich Zurich	17:25+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	28h 35m layover 13h 45m - Barcelona	SWISS International Air Lines	LX1950 VY9791
from $336 Find flight	17:20 Zurich Zurich	17:25+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	33h 5m layover 18h 10m - Barcelona	SWISS International Air Lines	LX1956 VY9791
from $337 Find flight	07:30 Zurich Zurich	16:10 San Francisco San Francisco	17h 40m layover 2h 40m - Madrid	Iberia	IB634 AY5557
from $342 Find flight	10:05 Zurich Zurich	17:25 San Francisco San Francisco	16h 20m layover 3h 30m - London	British Airways	BA8764 BA287
from $268 Find flight	21:55 Zurich Zurich	16:34+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	27h 39m layover 7h 45m - Rome 4h 10m - Los Angeles	EasyJet	U22989 N0411 HA6207
from $318 Find flight	10:25 Zurich Zurich	21:25 San Francisco San Francisco	20h 0m layover 3h 0m - London 2h 30m - Los Angeles	British Airways	BA711 BA269 BA4809
from $345 Find flight	08:30 Zurich Zurich	10:40+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	35h 10m layover 9h 0m - Rome 9h 0m - Newark	EasyJet	U22987 N0401 HA4903
from $351 Find flight	11:15 Zurich Zurich	22:23 San Francisco San Francisco	20h 8m layover 3h 35m - Dublin 2h 18m - Seattle	Aer Lingus	EI343 EI53 HA6898
from $351 Find flight	10:05 Zurich Zurich	21:25 San Francisco San Francisco	20h 20m layover 3h 35m - London 2h 30m - Los Angeles	British Airways	BA8764 BA269 BA4809

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on May 30, 2025

Flight Schedule Zurich to San Francisco (California)

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Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
13:10 — 16:10	13:10 — 16:10 UA9728 United Airlines Zurich — San Francisco	12h	Find flight from$867
13:10 — 16:10	13:10 — 16:10 LX38 SWISS International Air Lines Zurich — San Francisco	12h	Find flight from$1156
13:35 — 16:35	13:35 — 16:35 UA45 United Airlines Zurich — San Francisco	12h	Find flight from$743
13:35 — 16:35	13:35 — 16:35 LX3208 SWISS International Air Lines Zurich — San Francisco	12h	Find flight from$1168
07:15 — 13:50	07:15 — 07:55 BA709 British Airways Zurich — London 2h 35m stop 10:45 — 13:50 BA285 British Airways London — San Francisco	15h 35m including layover	Find flight from$310
07:15 — 17:25	07:15 — 08:10 BA709 British Airways Zurich — London 6h 5m stop 14:15 — 17:25 BA287 British Airways London — San Francisco	19h 10m including layover	Find flight from$310
09:35 — 17:25	09:35 — 11:25 VY6247 Vueling Zurich — Barcelona 1h 55m stop 14:05 — 18:10 VY9791 Vueling Barcelona — San Francisco	16h 50m including layover	Find flight from$288
10:25 — 17:25	09:50 — 10:40 BA711 British Airways Zurich — London 2h 55m stop 14:15 — 17:25 BA287 British Airways London — San Francisco	16h including layover	Find flight from$310
17:20 — 17:25 +1 day	17:20 — 19:10 LX1956 SWISS International Air Lines Zurich — Barcelona 18h 10m stop 14:05 — 18:10 VY9791 Vueling Barcelona — San Francisco	33h 5m including layover	Find flight from$336
18:30 — 16:10 +1 day	18:30 — 20:55 UX1672 Air Europa Zurich — Madrid 15h 40m stop 12:35 — 16:10 AY5557 Finnair Madrid — San Francisco	30h 40m including layover	Find flight from$386
20:45 — 13:50 +1 day	20:35 — 21:20 BA719 British Airways Zurich — London 13h 20m stop 10:45 — 13:50 BA285 British Airways London — San Francisco	26h 5m including layover	Find flight from$310
08:30 — 10:40 +1 day	08:30 — 10:05 U22987 EasyJet Zurich — Rome 9h stop 19:05 — 22:30 N0401 N0 Rome — Newark 9h stop 07:30 — 10:40 HA4903 Hawaiian Airlines Newark — San Francisco	35h 10m including layover	Find flight from$345
08:30 — 23:44 +1 day	08:30 — 10:05 U22987 EasyJet Zurich — Rome 9h stop 19:05 — 22:30 N0401 N0 Rome — New York 21h 54m stop 20:24 — 23:44 HA4928 Hawaiian Airlines New York — San Francisco	48h 14m including layover	Find flight from$357
10:25 — 21:25	10:25 — 11:20 BA711 British Airways Zurich — London 3h stop 14:20 — 17:35 BA269 British Airways London — Los Angeles 2h 30m stop 20:05 — 21:25 BA4809 British Airways Los Angeles — San Francisco	20h including layover	Find flight from$318
11:15 — 22:23	11:15 — 12:35 EI343 Aer Lingus Zurich — Dublin 3h 35m stop 16:10 — 17:50 EI53 Aer Lingus Dublin — Seattle 2h 18m stop 20:26 — 22:40 HA6898 Hawaiian Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	20h 8m including layover	Find flight from$351
11:15 — 22:18	11:15 — 12:35 EI343 Aer Lingus Zurich — Dublin 3h 35m stop 16:10 — 17:50 EI53 Aer Lingus Dublin — Seattle 2h 10m stop 20:26 — 22:40 AS1050 Alaska Airlines Seattle — San Francisco	20h 3m including layover	Find flight from$356
17:10 — 12:43 +2 days	17:10 — 17:50 LX432 SWISS International Air Lines Zurich — London 17h 5m stop 10:55 — 14:10 Z0711 Z0 London — Los Angeles 21h 2m stop 11:12 — 12:43 AS3342 Alaska Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	52h 33m including layover	Find flight from$367
20:55 — 20:37 +1 day	20:55 — 21:35 U28474 EasyJet Zurich — London 13h 20m stop 10:55 — 14:10 Z0711 Z0 London — Los Angeles 4h 58m stop 19:08 — 20:37 HA6208 Hawaiian Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	32h 42m including layover	Find flight from$370
21:55 — 16:34 +1 day	21:55 — 23:30 U22989 EasyJet Zurich — Rome 7h 45m stop 07:15 — 10:55 N0411 N0 Rome — Los Angeles 4h 10m stop 15:05 — 16:34 HA6207 Hawaiian Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	27h 39m including layover	Find flight from$268
21:55 — 17:11 +1 day	21:55 — 23:30 U22989 EasyJet Zurich — Rome 9h 20m stop 07:15 — 10:55 N0411 N0 Rome — Los Angeles 3h 14m stop 16:41 — 18:13 HA6210 Hawaiian Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	28h 16m including layover	Find flight from$268
22:05 — 23:52 +2 days	22:05 — 23:55 VY6249 Vueling Zurich — Barcelona 18h 35m stop 18:30 — 21:15 VY9795 Vueling Barcelona — Boston 23h 8m stop 20:23 — 23:52 HA4827 Hawaiian Airlines Boston — San Francisco	58h 47m including layover	Find flight from$398
22:05 — 10:39 +2 days	22:05 — 23:55 VY6249 Vueling Zurich — Barcelona 18h 35m stop 18:30 — 21:40 VY9797 Vueling Barcelona — Newark 9h 50m stop 07:30 — 10:39 HA4903 Hawaiian Airlines Newark — San Francisco	45h 34m including layover	Find flight from$407

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on May 30, 2025

Flight Information

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

Distance between Zurich and San Francisco is 9376 miles. Time difference between the cities is 9h. Airplanes depart 06:00 to 22:45 from 1 Zurich airport and arrive 06:00 to 22:45 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 12h.

The fastest flight 12h
Average flight time 12h
The earliest flight 06:00
The latest flight 22:45
Distance 5826 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are august (from 358 $), october (from 414 $), september (from 469 $).

The most expensive months are november (from 973 $), december (from 903 $), january (from 874 $).

What is the lowest airfare Zurich to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $268. This airfare is for economy class on one-way U22989 flight by EasyJet for August 27, 2025 which leaves Zurich in Zurich at 21:55 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 17:11.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Zurich — San Francisco is served by 30 regular airlines and 4 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Condor Airlines - 10 departures per week at the price of from $ 490 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by SWISS International Air Lines airline - from $ 1185.

Direct flights

There are 4 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA45 by United Airlines takes 12h and the cheapest is U22989 by EasyJet for $743.

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Connecting Flights

There are 996 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is LH1183 by Lufthansa takes 13h 25m and the cheapest is U22989 by EasyJet for $268.

DE - Condor Airlines

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VY - Vueling

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FI - Icelandair

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LO - LOT

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JU - Air Serbia

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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A3 - Aegean Airlines

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WK - American Falcon

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SK - SAS

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IB - Iberia

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SN - Brussels Airlines

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WS - WestJet

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Airports

You can fly from Zurich to San Francisco from 1 airports (Zurich).

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Zurich-ZRH

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Airplanes

There are flights to San Francisco from Zurich by 30 airlines that use 0 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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