✈ CDG → SFO
11H 25M FROM PARIS TO SAN FRANCISCO. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Paris to San Francisco
From Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe → SFO (SFO), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Paris
How long is the flight from Paris to San Francisco?
A nonstop flight from Paris (CDG) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 11 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,569 miles (8,962 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 25m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,569 mi
8,962 km · great-circle
Avg speed
785 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Paris timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Paris
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 Paris
Nearest destinations
- Paris → Brussels
- Paris → London
- Paris → Amsterdam
- Paris → Frankfurt
- Paris → Zurich
- Paris → Manchester
- Paris → Milan
- Paris → Munich
- Paris → Dublin
- Paris → Prague
Long-haul from Paris
- Paris → Auckland
- Paris → Sydney
- Paris → Melbourne
- Paris → Bali (Denpasar)
- Paris → Santiago
- Paris → Buenos Aires
- Paris → Manila
- Paris → Singapore
- Paris → Kuala Lumpur
- Paris → Taipei
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