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✈ SFO → CUN

5H 22M IN THE SKY. THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU WILL TALK.

Flight time
5h 22m
Distance
2,406 mi
Or
3,872 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from San Francisco to Cancun

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America

↔ Flying the other way? Cancun → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Cancun?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Cancun (CUN) takes about 5 hours 22 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,406 miles (3,872 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

5h 22m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

2,406 mi

3,872 km · great-circle

Avg speed

722 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Cancun timezone

UTC-5

America/Cancun

Time difference

+2h

2 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~2d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 573 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 662 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 159 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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Nearest destinations

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Nearest origins

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