There are 7 ways to get from San Francisco to London by plane or train
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Recommended option
Fly San Francisco to London Heathrow • 13h 8m
$312 - $848
Cheapest option
Fly Oakland to London Gatwick • 13h 11m
$265 - $946
5 alternative options
Fly San Francisco to London Gatwick • 13h 12m
$301 - $1,243
Caltrain to San Jose, fly to London Heathrow • 14h 32m
$317 - $956
Fly San Francisco to London City • 15h 31m
$309 - $913
Fly San Francisco to Southend, train • 16h 37m
$464 - $1,934
Fly San Francisco to London Stansted • 16h 43m
$329 - $1,543
Questions & Answers
What is the cheapest way to get from San Francisco to London?
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to London is to fly which costs $260 - $950 and takes 13h 11m.
What is the fastest way to get from San Francisco to London?
The quickest way to get from San Francisco to London is to fly which costs $310 - $850 and takes 13h 8m.
How far is it from San Francisco to London?
The distance between San Francisco and London is 5385 miles.
How long does it take to get from San Francisco to London?
It takes approximately 13h 8m to get from San Francisco to London, including transfers.
How long is the flight from San Francisco to London?
The quickest flight from San Francisco Airport to London Heathrow Airport is the direct flight which takes 10h 15m.
What is the time difference between San Francisco and London?
London is 8h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 10:43 PM in San Francisco and 6:43 AM in London.
Which airlines fly from San Francisco Airport to London Heathrow Airport?
Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Delta and three other airlines offer flights from San Francisco Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
Where can I stay near London?
There are 9934+ hotels available in London. Prices start at $87 USD per night.
How do I get to San Francisco (SFO) Airport from San Francisco?
The best way to get from San Francisco to San Francisco Airport is to BART which takes 28m and costs $6 - $9.
Launch map view
- Distance: 5385.3 miles
- Duration: 13h 8m
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and London, England?
Virgin Atlantic, British Airways and 11 other airlines fly from San Francisco to London every 30 minutes.
Airlines
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,400
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,400
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,400
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,400
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,400
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,400
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,000
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,000
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,000
Flights from San Francisco to London City via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550 - $2,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,100
Flights from San Francisco to London Gatwick via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800 - $2,300
Flights from San Francisco to London Gatwick via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550 - $2,300
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,000
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,700
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,700
Flights from San Francisco to London City via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $1,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,100
Flights from San Francisco to London Gatwick via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550 - $2,300
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,000
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,700
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,700
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,700
Flights from San Francisco to London City via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $1,700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,100
Flights from San Francisco to London Gatwick via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800 - $2,300
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600 - $2,000
Flights from San Francisco to London City via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750 - $2,400
Flights from San Francisco to Southend via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950 - $2,700
Flights from San Francisco to Southend via Chicago O'Hare, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000 - $2,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,500
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700 - $2,700
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700 - $2,400
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700 - $2,400
Flights from San Francisco to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,400
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,400
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,400
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,000
Flights from San Francisco to London City via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $2,200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from San Francisco to Southend via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $1,800
Flights from San Francisco to Southend via London Gatwick, Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440 - $1,900
Flights from San Francisco to Southend via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $2,200
Flights from San Francisco to Southend via London Heathrow, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,700
Flights from San Francisco to London Stansted via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $3,000
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,500
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700 - $2,700
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700 - $2,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,400
Flights from San Francisco to London City via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550 - $2,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from San Francisco to Southend via Newark, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $2,300
Flights from San Francisco to London Stansted via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600 - $1,800
Flights from San Francisco to London Stansted via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900 - $2,700
Flights from San Francisco to London Stansted via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $2,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,600
Flights from San Jose to London Heathrow via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700 - $2,400
Flights from San Francisco to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,700
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Heathrow via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $2,900
Flights from San Francisco to London Gatwick via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,600
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350 - $1,500
Flights from Oakland to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440 - $1,900
- Website
- wowair.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Gatwick via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300 - $1,300
Flights from San Francisco to London Stansted via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340 - $1,500
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Gatwick via Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500 - $1,600
Flights from San Francisco to London City via Lisbon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550 - $1,700
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from San Francisco to London Gatwick via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280 - $1,200
Train operators
- Phone
- +1 650-508-6200
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain to Santa Clara Caltrain
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9 - $12
- Schedules at
- caltrain.com
- Website
- abelliogreateranglia.co.uk
Train from Southend Airport to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18 - $26
- Website
- abelliogreateranglia.co.uk
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
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