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✈ LIS → SFO

11H 37M FROM LISBON TO SAN FRANCISCO. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

Flight time
11h 37m
Distance
5,668 mi
Or
9,121 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Lisbon to San Francisco

From Humberto Delgado (LIS), Portugal Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Lisbon

How long is the flight from Lisbon to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Lisbon (LIS) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 11 hours 37 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,668 miles (9,121 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 37m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,668 mi

9,121 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Lisbon timezone

UTC+1

Europe/Lisbon

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-8h

8 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~5.6d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1350 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1560 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 374 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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