There are 5 ways to get from San Francisco to Beijing by plane or train
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane SFO - PEK
16h 37m¥3,589–7,611Fly San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane SFO - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing Westtrain
18h 51m¥2,388–6,116Fly San Francisco International Airport to Tianjin Binhai, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Tianjin Binhai (TSN)plane SFO - TSN
- Take the train from Tianjin Station to Beijing Southtrain
20h 26m¥2,608–6,655Fly Oakland International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane OAK - PEK
20h 6m¥2,662–7,582Caltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane SJC - PEK
19h 27m¥2,503–7,123
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Beijing is to fly and train which costs ¥2300 - ¥6500 and takes 18h 51m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Beijing is to fly which takes 16h 37m and costs ¥3500 - ¥8000.
The distance between San Francisco and Beijing is 9540 km.
It takes approximately 16h 37m to get from San Francisco to Beijing, including transfers.
Beijing is 15h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 9:44 PM in San Francisco and 12:44 PM in Beijing.
There are 1172+ hotels available in Beijing.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Beijing, China?
Air China, United Airlines, and five other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Seattle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–14,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Las Vegas, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–11,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Los Angeles, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–10,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Las Vegas, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–11,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tianjin Binhai via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–10,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–7,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Portland, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–11,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–6,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tianjin Binhai via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–6,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tianjin Binhai via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tianjin Binhai via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–12,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–11,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–10,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Portland, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–11,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tianjin Binhai via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–8,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Seattle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 49m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–9,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–8,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–7,500
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–23,000
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tianjin Binhai via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–9,500
Train operators
Train from Tianjin Station to Beijing South
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥55–60
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥85–100
- Business Class Seat
- ¥120–180
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥60–80
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- ¥60–80
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