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✈ SFO → ATH

SAN FRANCISCO → ATHENS IN 13H 46M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
13h 46m
Distance
6,793 mi
Or
10,932 km
Jet lag
10h

Flight from San Francisco to Athens

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Athens → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Athens?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Athens (ATH) takes about 13 hours 46 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,793 miles (10,932 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 46m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,793 mi

10,932 km · great-circle

Avg speed

794 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Athens timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Athens

Time difference

+10h

10 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~10d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1618 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1869 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 448 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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