There are 6 ways to get from San Francisco to Kaohsiung by plane or train
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane SFO - KHH
18h 51m$391–1,313Fly San Francisco International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane SFO - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 左營train
17h 47m$517–910Fly Oakland International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane OAK - KHH
22h$607–1,709Caltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Kao-Hsiung 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 Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane SJC - KHH
23h 54m$463–1,415Fly San Francisco International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA)plane SFO - TSA
- Take the train from 桃園 to 左營train
22h 56m$701–2,065Fly San Francisco International Airport to Taichung Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Taichung Airport (RMQ)plane SFO - RMQ
- Take the train from 台中 to 左營train
22h 23m$455–1,542
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Kaohsiung is to fly and train which costs $500 - $950 and takes 17h 47m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Kaohsiung is to fly and train which takes 17h 47m and costs $500 - $950.
The distance between San Francisco and Kaohsiung is 10682 km.
It takes approximately 18h 51m to get from San Francisco to Kaohsiung, including transfers.
Kaohsiung is 15h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 3:07 AM in San Francisco and 6:07 PM in Kaohsiung.
There are 479+ hotels available in Kaohsiung.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Kaohsiung, Taiwan?
Japan Airlines, China Airlines, and four other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH) every 4 hours.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Los Angeles, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–4,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–4,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Los Angeles, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–4,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Taichung Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Los Angeles, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–950
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 33m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,900
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 33m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 9m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,900
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Seattle, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Taichung Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Honolulu, Chūbu Centrair
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Taichung Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Train from 桃園 to 左營
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Website
- thsrc.com
- Non-Reserved
- $38–43
- Standard
- $35–45
- Business
- $70
Train from 桃園 to 左營
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Website
- thsrc.com
- Non-Reserved
- $38–43
- Standard
- $35–45
- Business
- $70
Train from 台中 to 左營
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–27
- Website
- thsrc.com
- Non-Reserved
- $22–26
- Standard
- $23–27
- Business
- $44
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
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