Best time to fly Reno to San Francisco

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

Best month

January

84.2% on time · 343 flights

Worst month

May

59.9% on time · 346 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 343 84.2% 0.58% 86 min
February 308 69.3% 3.57% 67 min
March 341 75.4% 1.17% 49 min
April 346 65.7% 1.16% 52 min
May 346 59.9% 0.58% 72 min
June 287 60.1% 0.35% 66 min
July 206 78.2% 0% 59 min
August 225 76.4% 0% 60 min
September 242 79.3% 0.41% 45 min
October 283 73.1% 0% 47 min
November 325 67.5% 4.31% 78 min
December 339 71.1% 1.77% 72 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.