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✈ SFO → FCO

12H 43M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,250 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
12h 43m
Distance
6,250 mi
Or
10,058 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from San Francisco to Rome

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Rome → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Rome?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Rome (FCO) takes about 12 hours 43 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,250 miles (10,058 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 43m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,250 mi

10,058 km · great-circle

Avg speed

790 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Rome timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Rome

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 1489 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1720 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 412 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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