How Much Does San Francisco Cost?
A week for two runs about $3,006 door to door from New York. Day to day, a hotel night usually costs $162, and daily spend is $45–$150 a person.
Fare, hotel night and daily spend for San Francisco, USA, line by line, from where you fly — from backpacker to luxury.
What a trip to San Francisco costs
The fare from where you fly, the usual hotel night and daily spend. Change the travellers, nights or travel style.
- Fare · New York to San Francisco × 2Economy round trip, usually about $411 eachPricier than 16 of the 17 days we checked fares on this route, by our own fare checks since Jun 2026. How we know$822
- Hotel night · $162 × 7 nightsWhat a night here usually costs, from hotel prices we check every week. 2 travellers share a room.$1,134
- Daily spend · $75 × 2 travellers × 7 daysRestaurants, transport and paid sights, per person per day. The hotel isn't in it.$1,050
7 nights, 2 travellers, mid-range, flying from New York. Usual prices we track ourselves, not a price you can book.
How we know
- Fare: the middle price of the economy round trips we found from New York on our latest check (half were cheaper, half dearer), for departures in the coming weeks.
- Hotel night: the middle nightly price of the San Francisco hotels we check three times a week (see our hotel price index).
- Daily spend: food, local transport and sights per person, from our city guide, by travel style. The hotel isn't in it.
- Total: fare × travellers + hotel night × nights × rooms + daily spend × travellers × days. Prices move, so treat it as a guide, not a quote.
Daily spend by travel style
Per person per day: food, getting around and something worth doing. The hotel isn't in it; a hotel night usually costs $162.
- Budget, per day
- $45A week for two with the hotel: $1,764, before flights
- Mid-range, per day
- $75A week for two with the hotel: $2,184, before flights
- Luxury, per day
- $150A week for two with the hotel: $3,234, before flights
Where a day's spend goes
Pick a travel style to see how a day's spend splits in San Francisco. The hotel is separate.
- FoodCasual restaurants$31
- TransportMetro + occasional taxi$19
- Sights & activitiesPaid attractions, tours$25
- Daily spend, per person$75
San Francisco on our hotel price index
Where the usual night sits against every city we track.
Across the 242 destinations we track, San Francisco is the 52nd priciest for hotels — one of the priciest on our index — with a typical night of $162.
Cheaper than Las Vegas ($163) · Pricier than Boston ($155).
See the full hotel price indexWondering whether to book now? The price check, our 4-week forecast and the cheapest dates to fly are in the San Francisco guide.
Money-saving tips for San Francisco
- Bring layers — SF microclimates mean it can be sunny and 70 in one neighborhood and foggy and 55 in another
- Walk or bike across the Golden Gate Bridge, then take the ferry back from Sausalito
- Eat in the Mission District for the best burritos and diverse food
- Ride a cable car — it's touristy but genuinely fun and an engineering marvel
- Visit during shoulder season (September to November (warmest), May to June) for the best balance of weather and prices
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