San Francisco → Tel Aviv flights

SFO–TLV: target the $455 quartile, skip the $601 outliers

Key takeaways

• Median fare of $467 across 30 daily snapshots gives a solid baseline for this route
• Bottom quartile fares run $455 or below — a realistic target when shopping
• Top quartile jumps to $537+, and the observed high hit $601, so late or peak-demand searches can cost noticeably more
• 46% spread between low and high means timing matters more than usual on this route
• With 30 samples, the sample size is solid enough to trust the general range, though it doesn't reveal specific weekday patterns

30-day price trend

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

The full picture

Over the 30-day window we tracked, SFO–TLV fares ranged from $411 to $601, with a median of $467. That's a 46% spread — wide enough that where you land in the distribution matters a lot. The bottom quartile (fares at or below $455) represents a realistic target for a good deal, while the top quartile ($537 and up) reflects what you risk paying if you search only when convenient rather than watching the market.

We don't have booking-window data (i.e., days-before-departure) in this dataset, so we can't say definitively when in the purchase cycle prices soften — only that across the 30 days we sampled, cheaper fares were available roughly a quarter of the time. Practically, this means treating $455 or below as a signal to book rather than waiting for a specific calendar date, since our data doesn't support claims about particular days being systematically cheaper.

No dominant carrier was identifiable from the data, so we can't speak to airline-specific pricing behavior on this route — international long-haul fares to Tel Aviv often reflect a mix of carriers with different fare structures, which may contribute to the wide spread. The honest caveat: this is a snapshot of cached fares over one month, not a seasonal or historical trend. Prices around major Israeli or U.S. holidays, or during periods of regional travel disruption, could behave differently than what this window shows. Use the $455–$467 range as your planning anchor, but verify current conditions before assuming past patterns hold.

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