✈ SFO → BER

11H 38M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,677 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
11h 38m
Distance
5,677 mi
Or
9,137 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from San Francisco to Berlin

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Brandenburg (BER), Germany Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Berlin → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Berlin?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Berlin (BER) takes about 11 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,677 miles (9,137 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 38m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,677 mi

9,137 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Berlin timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Berlin

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 1352 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1562 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 375 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.