Best time to fly Seattle to San Francisco

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

Best month

March

81.7% on time · 528 flights

Worst month

June

39.2% on time · 633 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 486 76.3% 1.23% 82 min
February 480 74.3% 1.04% 67 min
March 528 81.7% 2.46% 72 min
April 495 48.5% 0% 49 min
May 591 40.7% 1.35% 54 min
June 633 39.2% 0.79% 55 min
July 639 70.7% 1.88% 59 min
August 619 73.9% 0.65% 62 min
September 584 75.2% 0.68% 48 min
October 584 73% 1.2% 61 min
November 567 72.2% 2.29% 55 min
December 558 66.1% 0.72% 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.