There are 6 ways to get from San Francisco to Windhoek by plane, train, shuttle, or taxi
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Windhoek International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Windhoek International Airport (WDH)plane SFO - WDH
28h 45m$523–1,528Fly Oakland International Airport to Windhoek International Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Windhoek International Airport (WDH)plane OAK - WDH
32h 54m$619–1,824Train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Windhoek International Airport
- Take the train from Richmond to Sacramentotrain
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Windhoek International Airport (WDH)plane SMF - WDH
34h 20m$796–2,580Caltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Windhoek 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 Windhoek International Airport (WDH)plane SJC - WDH
39h 47m$675–2,230Shuttle to Monterey Regional Airport, fly to Windhoek International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from SFO Airport Terminal 3-Lower Level to Monterey Shuttle Station
- Fly from Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) to Windhoek International Airport (WDH)plane MRY - WDH
36h 10m$831–2,301Fly San Francisco International Airport to Walvis Bay Airport, taxi, shuttle
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Walvis Bay Airport (WVB)plane SFO - WVB
- Take the taxi from Walvis Bay Airport (WVB) to Swakopmundtaxi
- Take a shuttle bus from Swakopmund to Windhoek
39h 6m$801–2,418
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Windhoek International Airport (WDH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Windhoek is to fly which costs $500 - $1,600 and takes 28h 45m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Windhoek is to fly which takes 28h 45m and costs $500 - $1,600.
The distance between San Francisco and Windhoek is 15907 km.
It takes approximately 28h 45m to get from San Francisco to Windhoek, including transfers.
Windhoek is 9h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 12:40 PM in San Francisco and 9:40 PM in Windhoek.
There are 395+ hotels available in Windhoek.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Windhoek, Namibia?
Lufthansa, Airbus France, and four other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Windhoek International Airport (WDH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Newark, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Salt Lake City, Newark, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Washington Dulles, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Atlanta, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Newark, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Atlanta, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Atlanta, Johannesburg, Maun
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 38m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Walvis Bay Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Walvis Bay Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Denver, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Portland, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 9m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Monterey Regional Airport to Windhoek International Airport via San Francisco International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Atlanta, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Atlanta, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Walvis Bay Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Walvis Bay Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Portland, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 9m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Las Vegas, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Las Vegas, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Windhoek International Airport via Washington Dulles, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 37m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Walvis Bay Airport via Newark, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Walvis Bay Airport via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Richmond to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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
- $9–12
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from SFO Airport Terminal 3-Lower Level to Monterey Shuttle Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–70
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Standard Rate
- $55–70
- Phone
- + 264 81 263 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- welwitschia-shuttle.com
Shuttle from Swakopmund to Windhoek
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $41
- Schedules at
- welwitschia-shuttle.com
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Estimated price
- $50–65
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