Best time to fly San Jose to Long Beach

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

Best month

January

94.3% on time · 194 flights

Worst month

October

82% on time · 213 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 194 94.3% 0.52% 72 min
February 178 87.5% 0.56% 66 min
March 218 92.2% 0% 64 min
April 228 89.5% 0% 50 min
May 238 91.2% 0% 35 min
June 217 82.9% 0% 51 min
July 220 87.2% 0.45% 54 min
August 216 87% 0% 30 min
September 210 86.2% 0% 46 min
October 213 82% 0.94% 48 min
November 211 88.6% 0% 60 min
December 219 83.3% 0.91% 57 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.