Best time to fly St. Louis to San Francisco

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

Best month

January

88.1% on time · 69 flights

Worst month

June

18.3% on time · 60 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 69 88.1% 2.9% 84 min
February 60 68.3% 0% 61 min
March 60 86.4% 1.67% 105 min
April 77 45.3% 2.6% 92 min
May 71 32.4% 0% 77 min
June 60 18.3% 0% 61 min
July 83 59.8% 1.2% 52 min
August 63 77.4% 1.59% 63 min
September 60 80% 0% 38 min
October 62 58.1% 0% 52 min
November 57 78.9% 0% 104 min
December 60 71.7% 0% 102 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.