✈ SFO → MEL
15H 49M FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO MELBOURNE. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.
Flight from San Francisco to Melbourne
From SFO (SFO), USA North America → Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania
How long is the flight from San Francisco to Melbourne?
A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Melbourne (MEL) takes about 15 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,862 miles (12,653 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
15h 49m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,862 mi
12,653 km · great-circle
Avg speed
800 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Melbourne timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Melbourne
Time difference
+17h
17 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~17d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.