Best time to fly Santa Ana to San Francisco

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

Best month

January

84.7% on time · 682 flights

Worst month

May

60.3% on time · 858 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 682 84.7% 1.76% 89 min
February 589 77.4% 1.36% 98 min
March 647 80.7% 1.24% 80 min
April 736 63.4% 1.9% 62 min
May 858 60.3% 1.17% 58 min
June 785 64.2% 1.15% 57 min
July 747 77.3% 1.07% 52 min
August 804 82.8% 0.37% 56 min
September 838 78.4% 0.24% 58 min
October 875 75.1% 0.8% 56 min
November 861 72.1% 2.67% 74 min
December 752 72.2% 2.79% 87 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.