Direct Flights from San Francisco to Cleveland
Cleveland · Ohio
Nonstop service from SFO to CLE on United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
29 cities have a nonstop to Cleveland, San Francisco among them.
How long to go to Cleveland for, from San Francisco
4h 50m in the air, 2,156 miles. A two-night trip loses most of two days to travel; three or four nights is where this one starts to make sense.
About Cleveland
Cleveland is a culturally diverse city on the shores of Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes, in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. Recreational, cultural and educational opportunities are abundant throughout Northeast Ohio. You'll find world-class museums, cultural events, professional sports, and amusement parks.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Cleveland
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), also simply referred to as the Rock Hall, is a museum and hall of fame located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the shore of Lake Erie.
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a national park of the United States in Ohio that reclaims and preserves the industrial, commercial, and rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron and Cleveland in Northeast…
- The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
- The James A. Garfield Memorial is the final resting place of assassinated President James A. Garfield, located in Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.
- The Akron Art Museum is an art museum in Akron, Ohio, United States.
- The Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) is an art museum located in Oberlin, Ohio, and run by Oberlin College. Founded in 1917, the collection contains over 15,000 works of art.
- The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is a 183-acre (74 ha) zoo in Cleveland, Ohio. The Zoo is divided into several areas: Australian Adventure; African Savanna; Northern Wilderness Trek, The Primate, Cat & Aquatics Building, Wat…
- The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in University Circle, a district of educational, cultural and medical institutions approximately five miles (8 km) east of Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, Uni…
- The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) is a private music conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio.
- The Cleveland Cultural Gardens are a collection of public gardens located in Rockefeller Park in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1896, John D. Rockefeller donated the land the Cleveland Cultural Gardens occupies today.
- St. Theodosius Cathedral is an Eastern Orthodox church located on Starkweather Avenue in the West Side neighborhood of Tremont in Cleveland, Ohio.
- The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is a private music conservatory of Oberlin College, a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio.
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Cleveland weather, compared with San Francisco
6° cooler than San Francisco on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Cleveland 35°F · San Francisco 57°F · 22° colder
- April
- Cleveland 59°F · San Francisco 65°F · 6° colder
- July
- Cleveland 83°F · San Francisco 72°F · 11° warmer
- October
- Cleveland 63°F · San Francisco 71°F · 8° colder
January bottoms out near 35°F — a real coat, not a layer. Cleveland also swings harder through the year than San Francisco does — 48° between its coldest and warmest months against 17°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Cleveland
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Cleveland is May–June and August–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 63–81°F.
- How long to stay
- Cleveland rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and Cleveland Museum of Art and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from San Francisco to Cleveland?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from San Francisco (SFO) to Cleveland (CLE) on United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from San Francisco to Cleveland?
- United flies nonstop between San Francisco (SFO) and Cleveland (CLE).
- How many nonstop flights are there from San Francisco to Cleveland?
- There are about 2 nonstop departures per day (roughly 14 per week) from San Francisco to Cleveland.
- How far is Cleveland from San Francisco?
- Cleveland is about 2,156 miles from San Francisco by air.
- What is there to do in Cleveland?
- Popular things to do include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Cleveland Museum of Art, James A. Garfield Memorial, and more.
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