Best time to fly San Francisco to St. Louis

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

Best month

January

84.4% on time · 128 flights

Worst month

May

59.9% on time · 153 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 128 84.4% 4.69% 80 min
February 113 68.8% 0% 64 min
March 122 80.8% 0.82% 80 min
April 137 62.7% 1.46% 71 min
May 153 59.9% 0% 60 min
June 142 66.9% 0% 60 min
July 114 69.9% 0.88% 54 min
August 115 76.3% 0% 46 min
September 140 70.7% 0% 42 min
October 141 77% 0% 45 min
November 134 62.4% 0% 57 min
December 125 62.9% 0.8% 61 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.