✈ SFO → ARN
10H 59M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from San Francisco to Stockholm
From SFO (SFO), USA North America → Arlanda (ARN), Sweden Europe
How long is the flight from San Francisco to Stockholm?
A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Stockholm (ARN) takes about 10 hours 59 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,345 miles (8,602 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 59m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,345 mi
8,602 km · great-circle
Avg speed
783 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Stockholm timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Stockholm
Time difference
+9h
9 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~9d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.