There are 7 ways to get from San Francisco to Hong Kong by plane, ferry, or train
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane SFO - HKG
16h 52m$3,572–6,724Fly San Francisco International Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX)plane SFO - SZX
20h 40m$2,704–7,244Fly San Francisco International Airport to Macau International Airport, ferry
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Macau International Airport (MFM)plane SFO - MFM
- Take the ferry from Macau Taipa Ferry Terminal to Hong Kong Sheung Wanferry
20h 39m$4,547–11,314Caltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane SJC - HKG
21h 30m$4,089–10,238Fly Oakland International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)plane OAK - HKG
19h 56m$4,140–11,191Fly San Francisco International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN)plane SFO - CAN
- Take the train from Guangzhou East to West Kowloon Stationtrain
20h 34m$4,673–11,208Fly San Francisco International Airport to Huizhou Pingtan Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Huizhou Pingtan Airport (HUZ)plane SFO - HUZ
- Take the train from Huizhou South to Shenzhen Northtrain
22h 33m$3,581–9,484
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Hong Kong is to fly which costs $3500 - $7000 and takes 16h 52m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Hong Kong is to fly which takes 16h 52m and costs $3500 - $7000.
The distance between San Francisco and Hong Kong is 11179 km.
It takes approximately 16h 52m to get from San Francisco to Hong Kong, including transfers.
Hong Kong is 15h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 2:27 PM in San Francisco and 5:27 AM in Hong Kong.
There are 634+ hotels available in Hong Kong.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Hong Kong?
United Airlines, Cathay Pacific, and six other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) every 3 hours.
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,200–8,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Macau International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,700–13,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Seattle, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $3,900–10,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Los Angeles, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,200–11,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Seattle, Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,000–11,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,100–8,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,100–9,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,700–11,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,000–14,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $4,100–12,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,900–12,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 38m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $4,200–14,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,000–9,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,400–6,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $2,600–7,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,500–7,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Huizhou Pingtan Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,300–14,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,000–24,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,300–27,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,300–27,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Macau International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,700–13,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,900–23,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,800–9,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,000–24,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,700–13,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,500–10,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,000–14,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $4,400–13,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,100–11,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Macau International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,700–13,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Huizhou Pingtan Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $3,200–14,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,600–8,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $2,200–7,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $2,300–7,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Huizhou Pingtan Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $3,300–11,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,500–10,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $4,400–13,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,000–11,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Macau International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,700–13,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,000–9,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $3,300–11,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $2,800–10,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Macau International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,700–13,000
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,000–14,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 38m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $4,200–14,000
- Website
- airmacau.com.mo
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Macau International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,700–13,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Hong Kong International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $3,700–13,000
- Website
- flycua.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Huizhou Pingtan Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $3,900–14,000
- 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
- $70–90
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $70–90
Train from Guangzhou East to West Kowloon Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $90–105
- 1st Class Seat
- $150–170
- Business Class Seat
- $210–310
Train from Huizhou South to Shenzhen North
- 2nd Class Seat
- $33–37
- 1st Class Seat
- $52–57
- Business Class Seat
- $65–100
Train from Huizhou South to Shenzhen North
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $50–70
- Adult - 1st Class
- $45–70
- Phone
- +852 2359 9990
- Website
- cotaiwaterjet.com
Ferry from Macau Taipa Ferry Terminal to Hong Kong Sheung Wan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $175–220
- Schedules at
- cotaiwaterjet.com
- Weekdays
- $175
- Weekends/Holidays
- $190
- Night Sailing
- $220
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