✈ CDG → SFO

PARIS → SAN FRANCISCO IN 11H 25M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
11h 25m
Distance
5,569 mi
Or
8,962 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Paris to San Francisco

From Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Paris

How long is the flight from Paris to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Paris (CDG) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 11 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,569 miles (8,962 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 25m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,569 mi

8,962 km · great-circle

Avg speed

785 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Paris timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Paris

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-9h

9 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~6.3d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1326 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1533 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 367 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.