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✈ SFO → GRU

13H 10M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,479 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
13h 10m
Distance
6,479 mi
Or
10,427 km
Jet lag
4h

Flight from San Francisco to São Paulo

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Guarulhos (GRU), Brazil South America

↔ Flying the other way? São Paulo → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to São Paulo?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to São Paulo (GRU) takes about 13 hours 10 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,479 miles (10,427 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 10m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,479 mi

10,427 km · great-circle

Avg speed

792 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

São Paulo timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Time difference

+4h

4 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~4d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1543 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1783 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 428 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

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Flights to São Paulo

Nearest origins

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