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✈ MUC → SFO

MUNICH → SAN FRANCISCO IN 11H 59M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
11h 59m
Distance
5,864 mi
Or
9,437 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Munich to San Francisco

From Munich Airport (MUC), Germany Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Munich

How long is the flight from Munich to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Munich (MUC) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 11 hours 59 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,864 miles (9,437 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 59m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,864 mi

9,437 km · great-circle

Avg speed

787 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Munich 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.

✈ Flight 1397 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1614 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 387 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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