Best time to fly San Francisco to Tampa

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

Best month

October

91.3% on time · 73 flights

Worst month

August

72.2% on time · 80 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 143 88.8% 0% 78 min
February 121 90.9% 0% 41 min
March 143 85.2% 0.7% 63 min
April 116 87.9% 0% 32 min
May 116 84.5% 0% 40 min
June 108 85% 0.93% 45 min
July 93 74.7% 2.15% 39 min
August 80 72.2% 0% 55 min
September 60 86.4% 1.67% 34 min
October 73 91.3% 4.11% 42 min
November 120 88.1% 0.83% 43 min
December 143 78.9% 0% 43 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.