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✈ SFO → CDG

11H 25M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
11h 25m
Distance
5,569 mi
Or
8,962 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from San Francisco to Paris

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Paris → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Paris?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Paris (CDG) takes about 11 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,569 miles (8,962 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 25m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,569 mi

8,962 km · great-circle

Avg speed

785 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Paris timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Paris

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 1326 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1533 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 367 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

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Flights to Paris

Nearest origins

Long-haul to Paris

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