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 → MNL
San Francisco to Manila
Best fare, round trip
$435
−41%
below its usual $735
you keep $300
RareFound
- Depart
- Wed 3 Feb
- Return
- Wed 17 Feb
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 18h
- Airline
Cathay Pacific
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $448 and $1,029. The drop beats 89% of measured fares on the board, over 7 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
PhilippinesManilaChaotic, warm and mostly a gateway — the islands worth the trip are a cheap domestic hop away.Best windowDec–AprAirportsNinoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)Every route into ManilaFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in February around $435 and peak in June near $1,147, 164% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 18 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under Cathay Pacific, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $435 for 11,213 km each way, that works out to about $19 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $42 per 1,000 km that ultra-long-haul fares on this board typically run. Of the 29 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Manila, this is the cheapest right now — though Dallas is within a few dollars. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 53 routes of similar length we watch out of San Francisco. The best time to be in Manila: Dec–Apr.
The 8 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 37% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $731 then versus $999 now, across 18 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 $401, on 6 Oct.
- Sun 8 Nov$795lowest
- Wed 18 Nov$886
- Thu 19 Nov$968
- Tue 15 Dec$1,459
- Mon 21 Dec$1,290
- Sat 26 Dec$1,182
- Sun 27 Dec$1,029
- Sun 3 Jan$923
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Feb, around $435
41% below the $735 typical fare
$448Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$1029Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$923Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$435Feb, the cheapest month. Compare February fares.$736Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$435Apr, below the usual price. Compare April fares.$1147Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, San Francisco to Manila, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- SFO · Oakland (OAK) · San José (SJC) ↔ Ninoy Aquino (MNL) · Clark (CRK)
- Flight time
- ≈18 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈11,213 km each way
- Typical price
- $735 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Cathay Pacific
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Dec–Apr
Good to know
SF → MNL, answered.
Is $435 a good price for San Francisco to Manila?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $735 round-trip. At $435 you're 41% below that, which we rate rare for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Manila?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Feb comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Manila are Dec–Apr — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SF → Manila?
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 7 months of cached fares, Feb 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 Manila?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Cathay Pacific. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
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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