There are 7 ways to get from Shenzhen to San Francisco by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Hong Kong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane HKG - SFO
16h 6m$444–869Fly Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SZX - SFO
19h 8m$310–863Bus to Macau International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the bus from China Hong Kong City to MGM Cotaibus
- Fly from Macau International Airport (MFM) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane MFM - SFO
18h 36m$505–1,651Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, Caltrain
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane HKG - SJC
- Take the train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northboundtrain
20h 22m$467–1,522Train to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Shenzhen North to Guangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane CAN - SFO
17h 45m$570–1,432Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport, train
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane HKG - SMF
- Take the train from Sacramento to Richmondtrain
22h 45m$485–1,673Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane HKG - OAK
18h 54m$460–1,515
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shenzhen to San Francisco is to fly which costs $310 - $900 and takes 19h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Shenzhen to San Francisco is to fly which takes 16h 6m and costs $440 - $900.
The distance between Shenzhen and San Francisco is 7001 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 6m to get from Shenzhen to San Francisco, including transfers.
San Francisco is 15h behind Shenzhen. It is currently 4:26 PM in Shenzhen and 1:26 AM in San Francisco.
There are 833+ hotels available in San Francisco.
What companies run services between Shenzhen, China and San Francisco, CA, USA?
United Airlines, Cathay Pacific, and two other airlines fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 13m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Macau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Vancouver, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Oakland International Airport via San Francisco International Airport, Burbank
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Oakland International Airport via San Francisco International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–900
Flights from Macau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Macau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–850
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 13m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–3,300
Flights from Macau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Macau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–900
Flights from Macau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Hong Kong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 13m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Macau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 4m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–850
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Macau International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- 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
Train from Shenzhen North to Guangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- $9–11
- 1st Class Seat
- $15–17
- Business Class Seat
- $21–30
Train from Shenzhen North to Guangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–17
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $9–14
- Adult - 1st Class
- $12–17
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Sacramento to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (852) 2979 8778
- Website
- tilchinalink.com
Bus from China Hong Kong City to MGM Cotai
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- tilchinalink.com
- Book at
- tilchinalink.com
- Adult
- $13–19
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