Best time to fly Minneapolis to Sacramento

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

There is not yet enough of the year on record for this route to say anything about seasons. The months below are shown as recorded.

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 35 54.3% 0% 40 min
February 28 85.7% 0% 92 min
March 31 70% 3.23% 55 min
April 30 83.3% 0% 22 min
May 56 91.1% 0% 43 min
June 60 86.7% 0% 35 min
July 60 83.3% 0% 43 min
August 60 85% 0% 34 min
September 55 92.7% 0% 27 min
October 58 91.4% 0% 22 min
November 57 91.2% 0% 183 min
December 60 60.3% 3.33% 65 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.