✈ MUC → SFO
11H 59M FROM MUNICH TO SAN FRANCISCO. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
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.
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 Munich
- Munich → Zurich
- Munich → Prague
- Munich → Frankfurt
- Munich → Vienna
- Munich → Milan
- Munich → Berlin
- Munich → Budapest
- Munich → Brussels
- Munich → Amsterdam
- Munich → Paris
- Munich → Rome
- Munich → Warsaw
- Munich → Copenhagen
- Munich → London
- Munich → Barcelona
- Munich → Manchester
- Munich → Bucharest
- Munich → Stockholm
- Munich → Oslo
- Munich → Edinburgh
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- Edinburgh → San Francisco
- Dublin → San Francisco
- Tokyo → San Francisco
- Oslo → San Francisco
- Manchester → San Francisco
- Stockholm → San Francisco
- London → San Francisco