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✈ SFO → BCN

SAN FRANCISCO → BARCELONA IN 12H 10M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
12h 10m
Distance
5,956 mi
Or
9,586 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from San Francisco to Barcelona

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  El Prat (BCN), Spain Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Barcelona → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Barcelona?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Barcelona (BCN) takes about 12 hours 10 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,956 miles (9,586 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 10m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,956 mi

9,586 km · great-circle

Avg speed

788 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Barcelona timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Madrid

Time difference

+9h

9 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~9d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1419 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1639 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 393 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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