Best time to fly San Francisco to Reno

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

Best month

September

86.8% on time · 243 flights

Worst month

June

67.1% on time · 287 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 342 82.9% 0.88% 67 min
February 308 80.1% 3.25% 70 min
March 341 84.5% 1.47% 62 min
April 346 77.4% 0.29% 54 min
May 346 73.5% 0.87% 70 min
June 287 67.1% 0% 71 min
July 207 82.6% 0% 72 min
August 225 85.3% 0% 57 min
September 243 86.8% 0.41% 64 min
October 282 80.5% 0% 50 min
November 325 77.1% 4% 62 min
December 341 75.9% 0.88% 84 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.