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✈ BCN → SFO

12H 10M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,956 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
12h 10m
Distance
5,956 mi
Or
9,586 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Barcelona to San Francisco

From El Prat (BCN), Spain Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Barcelona

How long is the flight from Barcelona to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Barcelona (BCN) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 12 hours 10 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,956 miles (9,586 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 10m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,956 mi

9,586 km · great-circle

Avg speed

788 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Barcelona timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Madrid

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-9h

9 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~6.3d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1419 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1639 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 393 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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