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Direct Flights from Miami to San Francisco

San Francisco · California

Nonstop service from MIA to SFO on American, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.

Airlines
American, United
Nonstop flights
~5/day
Distance
2,581 mi
Flight time
~5h 40mgate to gate
Elevation
13 ftabout the same as home
Days operated
Daily (all week)
Great-circle flight path from Miami (MIA) to San Francisco (SFO), 2,581 miles nonstop.MIASFO

How rare is this nonstop?

80 cities have a nonstop to San Francisco, Miami among them.

How long to go to San Francisco for, from Miami

5h 40m in the air, 2,581 miles — past long-weekend range. Five days is roughly where the flying stops dominating the trip.

With roughly 5 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.

About San Francisco

Plaque commemorating "Emperor Norton I" of San Francisco, from Transbay Terminal.
Photo by Nagle at en.wikipedia · Public domain

The centerpiece of the Bay Area, San Francisco is one of the most visited cities in the world, and with good reason. The cultural center of northern California, San Francisco is renowned for its mixture of scenic beauty and unique culture that makes it one of the most vibrant and desirable cities in the nation, if not the world.

Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).

Top things to do in San Francisco

  1. The Internet Archive is an American non-profit library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org.
  2. Golden Gate Park is an urban park between the Richmond and Sunset districts on the West Side of San Francisco, California, United States.
  3. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California.
  4. United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United St…
  5. Lombard Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns. The street stretches from The Presidio east to The Embarcadero.
  6. USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy (USN) during World War II.
  7. The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a computer museum in Mountain View, California.
  8. The de Young Museum, formally the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, is a fine arts museum located in San Francisco, California, United States, named for early San Francisco newspaperman M. H. de Young.
  9. The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens.
  10. The Presidio of San Francisco is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
  11. Coit Tower is a 210-foot (64 m) tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, overlooking the city and San Francisco Bay.
  12. Kink.com is an independent San Francisco–based bondage internet pornography company that runs a group of websites devoted to BDSM and related fetishes.

Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).

San Francisco weather, compared with Miami

18° cooler than Miami on average across the year, on daytime highs:

January
San Francisco 57°F · Miami 77°F · 19° colder
April
San Francisco 65°F · Miami 84°F · 19° colder
July
San Francisco 72°F · Miami 91°F · 19° colder
October
San Francisco 71°F · Miami 86°F · 15° colder

Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.

Planning a trip to San Francisco

Best time to visit
The best time to visit San Francisco is March–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 62–74°F.
How long to stay
San Francisco rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Internet Archive, Golden Gate Park, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and beyond.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a direct flight from Miami to San Francisco?
Yes — you can fly nonstop from Miami (MIA) to San Francisco (SFO) on American, United.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Miami to San Francisco?
American, United fly nonstop between Miami (MIA) and San Francisco (SFO).
How many nonstop flights are there from Miami to San Francisco?
There are about 5 nonstop departures per day (roughly 35 per week) from Miami to San Francisco.
How far is San Francisco from Miami?
San Francisco is about 2,581 miles from Miami by air.
What is there to do in San Francisco?
Popular things to do include Internet Archive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, and more.

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