Cheap flights from San Francisco to Manchester from $252

The cheapest month to fly to Manchester from San Francisco is in April. Flight prices, which tend to average around $771, are often lower during this time because this is during the off-season. If you don’t want to visit Manchester in April, then you should wait until March to fly from San Francisco, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of $843.

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Manchester from San Francisco when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Manchester for around $1,060 when searching weeks out. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Manchester from San Francisco for as low as $741 on momondo.

You could potentially save up to 4% on your flight if you consider stops on a San Francisco to Manchester flight.

As of October 2026, prices for San Francisco to Manchester flights are approximately 11% more expensive when compared to flights at the same time last year.

Aer Lingus is the most popular carrier operating from San Francisco to Manchester

Aer Lingus, British Airways and KLM are the top three most popular airlines that fly to Manchester from San Francisco according to our data. Aer Lingus is the first choice among our users, with 63% of people opting to fly with this airline when traveling to Manchester. Keep in mind that there are 8 different airlines that fly to Manchester on a routine basis, so you have a few additional options to choose from.

Dublin (DUB) was the most common stop: 46% of momondo users choosing 1-stop flights on this route connected there.

Flights via Lisbon (LIS) offer the lowest average round-trip price of $485.

Flights connecting via Dublin (DUB) have the shortest average one-way travel time: 12h 22m.

Frankfurt am Main (FRA) has the shortest average layover time for this route: 1h 10m.