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✈ SFO → MEL

15H 49M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.

Flight time
15h 49m
Distance
7,862 mi
Or
12,653 km
Jet lag
17h

Flight from San Francisco to Melbourne

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania

↔ Flying the other way? Melbourne → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Melbourne?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Melbourne (MEL) takes about 15 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,862 miles (12,653 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

15h 49m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,862 mi

12,653 km · great-circle

Avg speed

800 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Time difference

+17h

17 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~17d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1873 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2164 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 519 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.

Flights from San Francisco

Nearest destinations

Long-haul from San Francisco

More flights to Oceania

Flights to Melbourne

Nearest origins

Long-haul to Melbourne

More flights from North America