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✈ SFO → BER

11H 38M FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO BERLIN. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

Flight time
11h 38m
Distance
5,677 mi
Or
9,137 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from San Francisco to Berlin

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Brandenburg (BER), Germany Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Berlin → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Berlin?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Berlin (BER) takes about 11 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,677 miles (9,137 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 38m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,677 mi

9,137 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Berlin timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Berlin

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 1352 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1562 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 375 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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