ExceptionalNonstop · 1.5h
SFO to LASUnited States
Las Vegas
$61
usually $155
−61%
Most monthly lows $130–$295. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · SFO → HNL
San Francisco to Honolulu
Best fare, round trip
$284
−32%
below its usual $420
you keep $136
GreatFound
- Depart
- Wed 4 Nov
- Return
- Wed 11 Nov
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 5.5h
- Airline
Alaska Airlines
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $350 and $420. The drop beats 81% of measured fares on the board, over 4 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
United StatesHonoluluWaikīkī sunsets and volcanic ridgelines — mainland fare wars put Hawai‘i under $300 more often than you’d think.Best windowApr–Jun · Sep–NovAirportsDaniel K. Inouye (HNL)Every route into HonoluluFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $284 and peak in December near $442, 56% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Alaska Airlines nonstop and takes about 5.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip. At $284 for 3,854 km each way, that works out to about $37 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. It is also the 3rd cheapest of the 7 routes of similar length we watch out of San Francisco. The best time to be in Honolulu: Apr–Jun · Sep–Nov.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 19% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $399 then versus $473 now, across 21 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $177, on 28 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 19 of 107 days priced, from 126 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $488. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $298. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $284. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $311. Compare fares from this day.67891011121314Sunday 15 November: $433. Compare fares from this day.161718Thursday 19 November: $533. Compare fares from this day.202122Monday 23 November: $693. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 24 November: $637. Compare fares from this day.2526272829Monday 30 November: $326. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
12345678910111213141516171819202122Wednesday 23 December: $891. Compare fares from this day.24Friday 25 December: $442. Compare fares from this day.2627Monday 28 December: $645. Compare fares from this day.293031
January 2027
1Saturday 2 January: $473. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 3 January: $486. Compare fares from this day.456789Sunday 10 January: $420. Compare fares from this day.111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $284
32% below the $420 typical fare
$350Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$284Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$442Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$420Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, San Francisco to Honolulu, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- SFO · Oakland (OAK) · San José (SJC) ↔ Daniel K. Inouye (HNL)
- Flight time
- ≈5.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈3,854 km each way
- Typical price
- $420 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Alaska Airlines
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Nov
Good to know
SF → HNL, answered.
Is $284 a good price for San Francisco to Honolulu?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $420 round-trip. At $284 you're 32% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Honolulu?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Honolulu are Apr–Jun · Sep–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SF → Honolulu?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 4 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from San Francisco to Honolulu?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Alaska Airlines). The outbound leg runs around 5.5 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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