San Francisco → Delhi flights

Target $387–$474 for SFO–Delhi; avoid the $770 ceiling

Key takeaways

• Median fare is $474, based on 30 daily snapshots of the cheapest available cached prices on this route.
• Bottom-quartile fares sit at $387 or below — a realistic target if you have flexibility and lead time.
• The spread is 104% (low $378, high $770), meaning prices on this route are highly volatile; timing your purchase matters more than on tighter routes.
• The p75 threshold is $544 — if you're being quoted more than that, the fare is in the expensive half of what we observed and worth waiting or adjusting for.
• The floor of $378 exists but is rare — treat it as a best-case benchmark, not a planning assumption.

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the SFO → DEL price history page.

The full picture

San Francisco to Delhi is a long-haul route with a lot of price movement baked in. With a 104% spread between the lowest observed fare ($378) and the highest ($770), this is not a route where any price is a safe price — context matters enormously. The median of $474 is a useful anchor: fares at or below that level represent the cheaper half of what we observed over 30 days, and the $387–$474 corridor (between p25 and median) is where disciplined shoppers tend to land. If you're being quoted $544 or more, the data suggests you're in the pricier half of the range, and it's worth checking back in a few days or adjusting your travel window before committing.

On a route of this distance (roughly 14–16 hours flying time depending on connections), fares typically behave predictably in one respect: very last-minute bookings — inside three weeks of departure — often push toward the upper range as seat inventory tightens, particularly in economy cabins on connecting itineraries through Middle Eastern or South Asian hubs. The 6–10 week booking window has historically been a softer zone on transpacific and transatlantic long-haul routes generally, though this data set doesn't directly confirm booking-lead times, only daily price snapshots. Treat that as a reasonable working hypothesis, not a guarantee.

One honest caveat: 30 snapshots capture a single month-long window and may reflect one season's demand patterns, promotional cycles, or a specific demand event that inflated the $770 high. That outlier is real in the data but shouldn't define your expectations — focus on the $387–$544 interquartile range as the most probable outcome if you shop with reasonable lead time and flexibility.

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