Best time to fly Burbank to San Francisco

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full BUR to SFO record →

Best month

March

85.5% on time · 310 flights

Worst month

May

30.9% on time · 289 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 215 77.3% 1.86% 100 min
February 216 77.1% 0.46% 95 min
March 310 85.5% 0% 66 min
April 271 45.5% 0.74% 53 min
May 289 30.9% 1.38% 65 min
June 261 31.9% 2.68% 61 min
July 245 69.8% 0.41% 55 min
August 238 78.2% 0% 55 min
September 225 77.3% 0% 42 min
October 254 71.3% 0% 69 min
November 261 69.6% 4.6% 81 min
December 257 68.4% 2.33% 124 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.