Best time to fly Portland to San Jose

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

Best month

March

87.9% on time · 265 flights

Worst month

June

77% on time · 289 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 263 86.2% 1.14% 59 min
February 241 87.6% 0% 38 min
March 265 87.9% 0% 56 min
April 255 87.4% 0% 45 min
May 236 84.3% 0.42% 60 min
June 289 77% 0.69% 51 min
July 335 78.1% 0.6% 61 min
August 379 82.1% 0% 46 min
September 395 83.2% 0.51% 50 min
October 423 84.8% 0.24% 58 min
November 326 86.1% 0.61% 49 min
December 380 85.5% 0.26% 45 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.