✈ FCO → SFO

ROME → SAN FRANCISCO IN 12H 43M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
12h 43m
Distance
6,250 mi
Or
10,058 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Rome to San Francisco

From Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

How long is the flight from Rome to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Rome (FCO) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 12 hours 43 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,250 miles (10,058 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 43m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,250 mi

10,058 km · great-circle

Avg speed

790 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rome timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Rome

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 1489 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1720 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 412 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.