There are 6 ways to get from Belfast to San Francisco by plane, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BHD - SFO
16h 14m$272–915Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane DUB - SFO
15h 49m$193–850Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Oakland International Airport
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane DUB - OAK
18h 43m$269–896Train to City Of Derry Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Lanyon Place to Colerainetrain
- Fly from City Of Derry Airport (LDY) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane LDY - SFO
21h 53m$380–1,239Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane DUB - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
21h 19m$320–1,214Fly Belfast International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BFS - SFO
18h 14m$251–878
George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Belfast to San Francisco is to bus and fly which costs $190 - $850 and takes 15h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to San Francisco is to bus and fly which takes 15h 49m and costs $190 - $850.
The distance between Belfast and San Francisco is 5088 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 14m to get from Belfast to San Francisco, including transfers.
San Francisco is 8h behind Belfast. It is currently 11:04 PM in Belfast and 3:04 PM in San Francisco.
There are 805+ hotels available in San Francisco.
What companies run services between Belfast, Northern Ireland and San Francisco, CA, USA?
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and three other airlines fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Dublin Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Glasgow, Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Belfast International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Dublin Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Dublin Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Dublin Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Oakland International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
Flights from City Of Derry Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Dublin Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Belfast International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Dublin Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Dublin Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Dublin Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Dublin Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Edinburgh, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Oakland International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Lanyon Place to Coleraine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- Translink
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- $5
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- $5
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- $5
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- [email protected]
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–140
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–140
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–140
- Website
- Dublin Express
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