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✈ GRU → SFO

13H 10M, 6,479 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

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

Flight from São Paulo to San Francisco

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

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → São Paulo

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

A nonstop flight from São Paulo (GRU) to San Francisco (SFO) 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

São Paulo timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-4h

4 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~2.8d

Westward — easier

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.

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