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£263 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to New Delhi

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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to New Delhi (SFO-DEL)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from San Francisco to New Delhi 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 return flight deals from San Francisco to New Delhi

Tue, 25 Nov - Wed, 3 Dec
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06:00 - 09:00SFO-DEL
37h 30m2 stops
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05:00 - 22:14DEL-SFO
30h 44m2 stops
£515Delta
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Wed, 22 Oct - Mon, 16 Mar
SWISS Logo
19:30 - 23:35SFO-DEL
39h 35m1 stop
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01:45 - 17:30DEL-SFO
28h 15m1 stop
£515SWISS
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Tue, 20 Jan - Sat, 28 Feb
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13:00 - 21:50SFO-DEL
43h 20m1 stop
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01:55 - 19:35DEL-SFO
31h 10m1 stop
Mon, 27 Oct - Sun, 23 Nov
ITA Airways Logo
16:05 - 01:50SFO-DEL
21h 15m1 stop
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03:40 - 13:05DEL-SFO
22h 55m1 stop
£523ITA Airways
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Fri, 24 Oct - Sun, 23 Nov
ITA Airways Logo
06:20 - 01:10SFO-DEL
30h 20m2 stops
ITA Airways Logo
03:40 - 13:05DEL-SFO
22h 55m1 stop
£526ITA Airways
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Tue, 25 Nov - Tue, 17 Mar
Virgin Atlantic Logo
10:30 - 09:00SFO-DEL
33h 00m2 stops
Virgin Atlantic Logo
05:00 - 23:55DEL-SFO
31h 25m2 stops
£531Virgin Atlantic
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Sun, 2 Nov - Wed, 1 Apr
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14:40 - 01:30SFO-DEL
21h 20m1 stop
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01:05 - 16:10DEL-SFO
27h 35m1 stop
Sat, 17 Jan - Sat, 7 Mar
Virgin Atlantic Logo
16:30 - 09:00SFO-DEL
27h 00m1 stop
Virgin Atlantic Logo
05:00 - 22:30DEL-SFO
31h 00m2 stops
£540Virgin Atlantic
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Wed, 29 Oct - Mon, 6 Apr
Lufthansa Logo
15:40 - 01:30SFO-DEL
21h 20m1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
01:45 - 19:00DEL-SFO
29h 45m1 stop
£546Lufthansa
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Mon, 10 Nov - Mon, 9 Mar
Lufthansa Logo
16:15 - 01:30SFO-DEL
43h 45m2 stops
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01:55 - 00:09DEL-SFO
34h 44m2 stops
£549Lufthansa
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Everything you should know

Our travellers' advice
AI-generated summary based on content written by travel experts
Use kerbside check-in at SFO for smoother departures.
The Delhi Metro Orange Line offers a quick ride to the city.
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Top airlines
Delta
Cheapest • from £515 (return)
Virgin Atlantic
Best reviews • 7.4 score
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When to book
10 weeks
in advance
Our data shows that travellers who book at least 10 weeks in advance save around 17% compared to booking last minute.
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When to travel
September
Cheapest • 26% price drop
February
Most popular
Good to know
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+1
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Cheapest return fare
£515
Overall average: £804
Delta
Tue 25/11Wed 3/12
SFO - DEL • 2 stops
Cheapest direct flights
£645
Typical prices: £708-918
Air India
Wed 22/10Tue 17/3
SFO - DEL • Direct
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Expert advice for your flight from San Francisco to New Delhi

 
Snippets provided in this section are AI-generated based on a summarisation of KAYAK-commissioned articles. The articles are presented as-is, for general informational purposes only, and may not be up-to-date. The opinions contained in the articles are original to the author and reflect their authentic experience, which may vary significantly from the experience of others.
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Airports
SFO

Take advantage of kerbside check-in at SFO with airlines like United and Delta for a smoother departure experience.

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DEL

Use the Delhi Metro Orange Line for a quick 15-minute ride from DEL to New Delhi Station.

Read more about DELby Robert Schrader
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Robert Schrader

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Robert Schrader

Robert Schrader

One of the web's original travel bloggers, Robert launched his first site, Leave Your Daily Hell, in 2009. Since then, he's expanded into destination niche sites (one each for Japan, Thailand and Taiwan), in addition to having written for the inflight magazines of Singapore Airlines and Korean Air. Overall, he's visited nearly 100 countries, and flies business as often as possible.

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Blane Bachelor

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Blane Bachelor

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Blane Bachelor is a journalist and editor specialising in travel and aviation who writes regularly for top global outlets. Born and raised in Florida, Blane has worked and lived in four countries, including the Netherlands, where she’s currently based with her family. Her favourite way to get to know a new destination is by running or riding a bike around town – or hearing a spooky ghost story about local history.

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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to New Delhi flights

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

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

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to New Delhi on a Sunday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Saturday is the most expensive day to fly from San Francisco to New Delhi. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Friday and avoiding Thursdays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to New Delhi?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to New Delhi, 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 New Delhi is September, where tickets cost £575 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £1,171 and £947 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from San Francisco to New Delhi?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop stopover the cheapest option at £690 on average.

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

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 New Delhi, 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 New Delhi, you should book around 10 weeks before departure, which saves you about 17% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from San Francisco to New Delhi

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight£263
Best time to beat the crowds (24% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from San Francisco to New Delhi

When to book flights from San Francisco to New Delhi

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from San Francisco to New Delhi 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 New Delhi

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Francisco to New Delhi?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to New Delhi was £357 for a one-way ticket and £698 for a return.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from San Francisco to New Delhi?

    Only SWISS offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the San Francisco to New Delhi flight route.

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

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

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Francisco to New Delhi?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between San Francisco and New Delhi.

  • On which days can I fly direct from San Francisco to New Delhi?

    There are direct flights from San Francisco to New Delhi on a daily basis.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to New Delhi, Virgin Atlantic or Turkish Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to New Delhi are Virgin Atlantic and Turkish Airlines. With an average price for the route of £736 and an overall rating of 7.4, Virgin Atlantic is the most popular choice. Turkish Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £739 and an overall rating of 7.3.

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

    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 New Delhi.

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

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

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to New Delhi 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 New Delhi?

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

Prefer to fly direct from San Francisco to New Delhi?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from San Francisco to New Delhi Indira Gandhi Intl.
Find which airlines fly direct from San Francisco Airport to New Delhi Indira Gandhi Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

San Francisco to New Delhi Indira Gandhi Intl

Monday

Air India

Air India

Tuesday

Air India

Air India

Wednesday

Air India

Air India

Thursday

Air India

Air India

Friday

Air India

Air India

Saturday

Air India

Air India

Sunday

Air India

Air India

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Direct returns

New Delhi Indira Gandhi Intl to San Francisco

Monday

Air India

Air India

Tuesday

Air India

Air India

Wednesday

Air India

Air India

Thursday

Air India

Air India

Friday

Air India

Air India

Saturday

Air India

Air India

Sunday

Air India

Air India

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Reviews of the top 3 airlines flying from San Francisco to New Delhi

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to New Delhi. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to New Delhi? 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.
7.4
Virgin AtlanticOverall score based on 664 reviews
7.3Comfort
8.1Crew
7.5Entertainment
6.9Food
7.7Boarding
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Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

6.0 GoodShreyas, Sept 2025LHR - MCO
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Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

I was my pleasure to fly virgin on my birthday for my first solo trip ever 🫶🏼

These are one of the older seat arrangements facing away from the windows! Not particularly convenient sets. No storage spaces. NO COAT HANGING HOOKS. Inconvenient business class seat compared to any other airlines of similar class. Staff are excellent! Extremely professional, friendly. Food is good too.

Overall, flight was excellent but check in was very slow for Premium Economy. Economy queue was shorter but we weren't allowed to use it.

The staff was not very polite but the flight was very very nice and comfortable and the entertainment was great

Great crew - old style upper class seats on the older fleet now feels dated

Premium economy more comfortable than economy, but not by much. Did was awful, do not try the omelette. Flight crew were helpful. Flight was delayed by over an hour. Overall but bad, arrived safely and thank God.

Food was excellent. Service was very good. Staff was very helpful to all passengers.

The crew was excellent as ever on Virgin. The special meal was poor unfortunately. More significantly when we arrived at Manchester Airport there was no air bridge provided and we had to exit the plane down a rickety stair case. This is unacceptable for a transatlantic flight. Whilst I understand that this is the airport’s fault at the end of the day the airline is responsible for our transportation and needs to do something.

Super friendly and helpful staff, from check-in desk to cabin crew.

Rude staff. I would avoid using the word racist but definitely partially or discriminatory. My 72 yrs old mother who is also disabled was traveling on this flight. She was the second passenger boarded to the plane. The First elderly couple ahead of my mother were allowed to use the airplane bathroom but my mother was denied entry stating it was for safety reasons. My mother objected the the couple in front of her were allowed but hostess still stated that due to the flight safety reasons she can’t use it. Even my mother explained that he is using blood pressure medication that’s why she have to use the restroom frequently but the crew continued arguing her. At one point the Mae attendent even suggested that if that’s the case my mother can urinate in her seat. The level of disrespect against an elderly lady is beyond my comprehension. This matter will be taken to the social media to shame the employees involved.

my experience was great with Turkish airlines . the problem i encountered was with kayak booking. When I booked . it showed that im allowed a bag . and when I got to the airport, i had to pay $165 for one bag.

Not up to Business Class standards. Two of the three toilets were out of order. The hostesses were aware and didn’t show any responsible act to do something. Food quality was not what we expect from Turkish hospitality. Overall we were not impressed and disappointed.

During mid flight, try to get a flight attendant to help I couldn’t find one Otherwise, everything was perfect

I was not given basinett seat.The connecting flight was missed due to airline fault i was not accomodated for hotel.Drinks were normt served frewuently.Never travelling again on tirkish airlines.I always travel wiyh family by turkish airline but no more.zero stars

The crew were very hospitable and pleasant. The food was pretty good. Unfortunately, there was a flight delay of more than 2 hours. We're not sure why but it appeared to be outside the control of Turkish Airlines.

Outdated business class on this aircraft, no flat bed, and even minimal recline. Couldn’t sleep at all. Laggy and outdated entertainment system. Food sub standard.

Bough tickets with luggage, but made me pay at Airport as well

The economy seat was so uncomfortable, had not enough leg room for 13 hours flight, front seat basket was broken and couldn’t hold anything, food quality was horrible( we got food poisoned ) we charged for logged which used to be free. We paid too much for this flight and very disappointed. Turkish air line better to make satisfy and respect people instead of find different way to scam people.

This is really the rating of two flights. JFK to IST then IST to NQZ. New York to Istanbul was good. Good crew and all positives. The flight to Astana was so bad that brought it all down. Crew was nonexistent above the minimum, seats were cramped, and it was hot on the plane. Turkish Airlines seems to be slipping down to US based carriers level.

Bad seats. Broken entertainment system. Charging port not working. Seats were broken worn out. Crew was amazing. They helped as much as they could.

my experience with kayak was terrible. Team kayak just left me with a booking and limbo and preffered not to contact me.. Instead when I contacted the team they said the booking is cancelled. Seriously 5 days after booking u were waiting of my call to inform me of the incompetence of the team. This will be taken up with higher authorities

Absolutely nothing. Cold and unpleasant airline staff, and to top it all, the entertainment system was broken. Really harrowing experience.

BAD experience. Entertainment system was not working and most of the passengers had this issue. Staff was not helpful. Meal was yuck. Bad old flights.

Communication was terrible. Flight was delayed for 4-5 hours in DC (on the front end, and also after we boarded, we had to get off - some issue with fueling the old plane correctly). There was little to no information on timing or what was happening. Once we reach Delhi airspace, apparently there was weather that caused us not to land - we were actually near the ground, saw the run way, and lifted back up to the sky after being sooo close. Then we circled for about 30 minutes, and they decided to go to Jaipur to land until the weather cleared and to refuel. Again, once we landed in Jaipur (wrong city), there was little to no information on timing or what was happening. Then we heard that the crew was reaching their 24 hours. We sat on the place, on the tarmac for another 3 HOURS, with no food and not enough water for everyone on the flight. Then, they kicked us off the plane with no plan, in the wrong city. We went thru customs, got our bags (thank goodness), and had to ask a bunch of staff what was happening and what to do. Eventually, their soltuion was to bus people back to Delhi (like 6 hours we were told) but not everyone would fit on the bus, and unknown timing on when it would leave. At this point it was 9PM (we were scheduled to arrive in Delhi at 11AM...). My husband and I decided to risk it and take a cab that we had to pay ourselves (about $200 US dollars) to get to Delhi (about 5 hour drive). We both had terrible trips back to the US as well - almost missed connecting flight, forced to pay for carry-on luggage (a small back pack!) and duty-free goods by the Air India staff last minute. Just terrible experience all around. Never again with AI! The ONLY good thing was the air hostesses were kind and patient - example: they made sure people with food allergies got their correct.

It would have been perfect if there was onboard entertainment.

Food could be better they need a better caterer in DC flight from India always has better food

Everything! To start with, seats, food tray table, entertainment console all are broken! Imposing duty free baggage fees for $250 as a surprise penalty cannot be appreciated! Airlines should be responsible for transferring the checked baggages to the connecting flight. Having customer go through the transfer is painful considering the travel tiredness! No soft drinks served on flight is another crumble!

Old creaky plane, poor entertainment, USB port did not work. Food was ok.

Old fittings. Went business class. Staff not very considerate regards comfort.

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