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 → TYO
San Francisco to Tokyo
Best fare, round trip
$658
−13%
below its usual $755
you keep $97
Found
- Depart
- Wed 2 Dec
- Return
- Wed 9 Dec
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 11.5h
- Airline
ZIPAIR
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $733 and $893. The drop beats 32% of measured fares on the board, over 7 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
JapanTokyoNeon canyons, 3am ramen, and the world’s most polite chaos. The yen is kind to visitors right now.Best windowMar–May · Oct–NovAirportsNarita (NRT) · Haneda (HND)Every route into TokyoFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in December around $658 and peak in June near $1,162, 77% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies ZIPAIR nonstop and takes about 11.5 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip. At $658 for 8,275 km each way, that works out to about $40 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 23 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Tokyo, this fare ranks 11th — 13% above the $584 from Dubai. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 32 routes of similar length we watch out of San Francisco, where the middle fare is $823. The best time to be in Tokyo: Mar–May · Oct–Nov.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 7% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $918 then versus $856 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 $503, on 13 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 12 of 111 days priced, from 96 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
December 2026
1Wednesday 2 December: $658. Compare fares from this day.34567891011121314151617Friday 18 December: $2.5k. Compare fares from this day.1920Monday 21 December: $2.2k. Compare fares from this day.22232425262728293031
January 2027
1234567891011121314151617Monday 18 January: $719. Compare fares from this day.19202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Dec, around $658
13% below the $755 typical fare
$673Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$753Nov, around the usual price. Compare November fares.$658Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$719Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$893Feb, above the usual price. Compare February fares.$837Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$1162Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, San Francisco to Tokyo, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- SFO · Oakland (OAK) · San José (SJC) ↔ Narita (NRT) · Haneda (HND)
- Flight time
- ≈11.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈8,275 km each way
- Typical price
- $755 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- ZIPAIR
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Oct–Nov
Good to know
SF → TYO, answered.
Is $658 a good price for San Francisco to Tokyo?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $755 round-trip and this fare is 13% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Tokyo?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Tokyo are Mar–May · Oct–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book SF → Tokyo?
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, Dec 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 Tokyo?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (ZIPAIR). The outbound leg runs around 11.5 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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