Best time to fly Redding to San Francisco

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

Best month

July

88.2% on time · 153 flights

Worst month

May

72% on time · 162 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 165 84.2% 0% 131 min
February 155 77% 1.94% 101 min
March 153 72.8% 1.31% 136 min
April 141 72.3% 0% 68 min
May 162 72% 0.62% 96 min
June 171 74.1% 0.58% 98 min
July 153 88.2% 0.65% 73 min
August 163 85.9% 0% 142 min
September 153 81.7% 0% 93 min
October 125 82.4% 0% 116 min
November 178 79.2% 4.49% 157 min
December 182 77.5% 4.95% 183 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.