✈ SFO → BUD

12H 26M, 6,101 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
12h 26m
Distance
6,101 mi
Or
9,819 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from San Francisco to Budapest

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Ferenc Liszt (BUD), Hungary Europe

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Budapest?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Budapest (BUD) takes about 12 hours 26 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,101 miles (9,819 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 26m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,101 mi

9,819 km · great-circle

Avg speed

789 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Budapest timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Budapest

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 1453 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1679 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 403 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.