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 → MEX
San Francisco to Mexico City
Best fare, round trip
$316
−27%
below its usual $430
you keep $114
GoodFound
- Depart
- Sun 10 Jan
- Return
- Sun 17 Jan
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 4.5h
- Airline
United
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $319 and $504. The drop beats 72% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
MexicoMexico CityAltitude, murals, and arguably the best food city in the hemisphere at street prices.Best windowMar–May · Oct–NovAirportsBenito Juárez (MEX) · Felipe Ángeles (NLU)Every route into Mexico CityFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in January around $316 and peak in December near $471, 49% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies United nonstop and takes about 4.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip. At $316 for 3,038 km each way, that works out to about $52 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. Across the 7 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Mexico City, this fare ranks 4th — 49% above the $212 from Chicago. The best time to be in Mexico City: Mar–May · Oct–Nov.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 20% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $369 then versus $442 now, across 17 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 $252, on 13 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 17 of 111 days priced, from 64 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $524. Compare fares from this day.3456789Tuesday 10 November: $413. Compare fares from this day.11Thursday 12 November: $383. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $419. Compare fares from this day.141516Tuesday 17 November: $404. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 18 November: $404. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 19 November: $485. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $555. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $539. Compare fares from this day.222324252627282930
December 2026
1234567891011121314Tuesday 15 December: $531. Compare fares from this day.161718192021222324252627Monday 28 December: $471. Compare fares from this day.293031
January 2027
123456789Sunday 10 January: $316. Compare fares from this day.111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Jan, around $316
27% below the $430 typical fare
$395Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$383Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$471Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$316Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$319Jun, below the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, San Francisco to Mexico City, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- SFO · Oakland (OAK) · San José (SJC) ↔ Benito Juárez (MEX) · Felipe Ángeles (NLU)
- Flight time
- ≈4.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈3,038 km each way
- Typical price
- $430 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- United
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Good to know
SF → MEX, answered.
Is $316 a good price for San Francisco to Mexico City?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $430 round-trip. At $316 you're 27% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Mexico City?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Jan comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Mexico City are Mar–May · Oct–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SF → Mexico City?
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 5 months of cached fares, Jan 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 Mexico City?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (United). The outbound leg runs around 4.5 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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