✈ BER → SFO
BERLIN → SAN FRANCISCO IN 11H 38M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Berlin to San Francisco
From Brandenburg (BER), Germany Europe → SFO (SFO), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Berlin
How long is the flight from Berlin to San Francisco?
A nonstop flight from Berlin (BER) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 11 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,677 miles (9,137 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 38m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,677 mi
9,137 km · great-circle
Avg speed
786 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Berlin timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Berlin
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.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Berlin
Nearest destinations
- Berlin → Prague
- Berlin → Copenhagen
- Berlin → Frankfurt
- Berlin → Munich
- Berlin → Warsaw
- Berlin → Vienna
- Berlin → Amsterdam
- Berlin → Brussels
- Berlin → Zurich
- Berlin → Budapest
Long-haul from Berlin
- Berlin → Auckland
- Berlin → Sydney
- Berlin → Melbourne
- Berlin → Santiago
- Berlin → Buenos Aires
- Berlin → Bali (Denpasar)
- Berlin → São Paulo
- Berlin → Rio de Janeiro
- Berlin → Singapore
- Berlin → Manila
More flights to North America
Flights to San Francisco
Nearest origins
- Los Angeles → San Francisco
- Las Vegas → San Francisco
- Seattle → San Francisco
- Vancouver → San Francisco
- Dallas → San Francisco
- Chicago → San Francisco
- Mexico City → San Francisco
- Atlanta → San Francisco
- Toronto → San Francisco
- Cancun → San Francisco
Long-haul to San Francisco
- Johannesburg → San Francisco
- Cape Town → San Francisco
- Nairobi → San Francisco
- Kuala Lumpur → San Francisco
- Singapore → San Francisco
- Mumbai → San Francisco
- Bali (Denpasar) → San Francisco
- Abu Dhabi → San Francisco
- Dubai → San Francisco
- Doha → San Francisco