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✈ SFO → ZRH

SAN FRANCISCO → ZURICH IN 11H 55M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
11h 55m
Distance
5,826 mi
Or
9,376 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from San Francisco to Zurich

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Zurich → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Zurich?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Zurich (ZRH) takes about 11 hours 55 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,826 miles (9,376 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 55m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,826 mi

9,376 km · great-circle

Avg speed

787 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Zurich timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Zurich

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 1388 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1603 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 384 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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Nearest origins

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