✈ BUD → SFO
12H 26M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Budapest to San Francisco
From Ferenc Liszt (BUD), Hungary Europe → SFO (SFO), USA North America
How long is the flight from Budapest to San Francisco?
A nonstop flight from Budapest (BUD) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 12 hours 26 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,101 miles (9,819 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 26m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,101 mi
9,819 km · great-circle
Avg speed
789 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Budapest timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Budapest
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.