Best time to fly San Francisco to Palm Springs

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

Best month

January

87.7% on time · 223 flights

Worst month

June

58.2% on time · 194 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 223 87.7% 4.93% 148 min
February 204 80.7% 0.49% 89 min
March 244 86.8% 0% 75 min
April 248 71.4% 0.4% 66 min
May 213 61% 1.41% 86 min
June 194 58.2% 0% 70 min
July 154 79.9% 0% 51 min
August 162 80.9% 0% 62 min
September 191 86.9% 0% 45 min
October 234 77.7% 0.43% 61 min
November 238 78.5% 1.68% 77 min
December 199 70.6% 2.51% 91 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.