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✈ SFO → LIS

11H 37M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,668 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
11h 37m
Distance
5,668 mi
Or
9,121 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from San Francisco to Lisbon

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Humberto Delgado (LIS), Portugal Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Lisbon → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Lisbon?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Lisbon (LIS) takes about 11 hours 37 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,668 miles (9,121 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 37m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,668 mi

9,121 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

Lisbon timezone

UTC+1

Europe/Lisbon

Time difference

+8h

8 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~8d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1350 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1560 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 374 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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