Direct Flights from San Francisco to Palm Springs
Palm Springs · California
Nonstop service from SFO to PSP on Alaska, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
24 cities have a nonstop to Palm Springs, San Francisco among them.
How long to go to Palm Springs for, from San Francisco
1h 20m in the air, 420 miles: short enough that a single night in Palm Springs is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 7 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Palm Springs
Palm Springs is a resort city in the California desert. It became a destination during the 1950s and 1960s when Hollywood movie stars flocked there in droves. Nowadays, the area offers entertainment for all ages, although the most common demographics consists of retirees. Palm Springs offers a wealth of indoor and outdoor activities. Known for its hiking, mid-century modern architecture, stunning natural beauty and sparkling pools, Palm Springs has the perfect blend of outdoor activities and casual relaxation.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Palm Springs
- Joshua Tree National Park is a US National Park located in southeastern California, straddling north-central Riverside County and part of southern San Bernardino County.
- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, formerly the Living Desert Museum, is a non-profit zoo and desert botanical garden in Palm Desert, in the Colorado Desert, in California in the United States.
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park , renamed from Palm Springs Mortuary & Mausoleum in 2005, is a mausoleum in Cathedral City, California near Palm Springs. It is operated by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries.
- Mount San Jacinto State Park is in the San Jacinto Mountains, of the Peninsular Ranges system, in Riverside County, California, United States.
- The Palm Springs Art Museum is a visual and performing arts institution with several locations in the Coachella Valley, in Riverside County, California, United States, founded in 1938.
- The Big Bear Alpine Zoo, formerly Moonridge Animal Park, is a zoo in Big Bear Lake, California, United States. The zoo is one of two Alpine zoos in the United States.
- The Gilman Ranch is a historic ranch and stagecoach station on the Bradshaw Trail, in Riverside County, California, United States.
- Bear Mountain, formerly known as the Moonridge Ski Area (1943–1969), Goldmine Mountain (1970–1987), and Big Bear Mountain (1988–2001), is a ski area originally established in 1941 in the San Bernardino National Forest in…
- Palm Springs Air Museum is an aviation museum in Palm Springs, California. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit leases from the city 17 acres abutting Palm Springs International Airport.
- Snow Summit is a ski resort that was established in 1952 and is in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California.
- College of the Desert (COD) is a public community college in Palm Desert, California. COD enrolls about 12,500 students, of which around one third attend college full-time.
- The Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium is a 1 acre (0.40 ha) family-owned botanical garden in Palm Springs, California, specializing in cacti and other desert plants.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Palm Springs weather, compared with San Francisco
22° warmer than San Francisco on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Palm Springs 70°F · San Francisco 57°F · 13° warmer
- April
- Palm Springs 86°F · San Francisco 65°F · 21° warmer
- July
- Palm Springs 107°F · San Francisco 72°F · 35° warmer
- October
- Palm Springs 90°F · San Francisco 71°F · 19° warmer
July averages 107°F, hot enough to plan the middle of the day around. Palm Springs also swings harder through the year than San Francisco does — 39° between its coldest and warmest months against 17°.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Palm Springs
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Palm Springs is November–March, when daytime highs are a comfortable 68–80°F.
- How long to stay
- Palm Springs rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Joshua Tree National Park, Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, and Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from San Francisco to Palm Springs?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from San Francisco (SFO) to Palm Springs (PSP) on Alaska, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from San Francisco to Palm Springs?
- Alaska, United fly nonstop between San Francisco (SFO) and Palm Springs (PSP).
- How many nonstop flights are there from San Francisco to Palm Springs?
- There are about 7 nonstop departures per day (roughly 49 per week) from San Francisco to Palm Springs.
- How far is Palm Springs from San Francisco?
- Palm Springs is about 420 miles from San Francisco by air.
- What is there to do in Palm Springs?
- Popular things to do include Joshua Tree National Park, Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City), Mount San Jacinto State Park, and more.
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