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The cheapest ticket to California from Australia found in the last 5 days was to Los Angeles, at $481 round-trip. The most popular route is Brisbane (BNE) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $481.

A flight to California costs $978 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks was $429 for the route Sydney (SYD) to Los Angeles (LAX). The most popular routes on KAYAK are Sydney to Los Angeles which costs $1,225 on average, and Melbourne to Los Angeles, which costs $1,128 on average.

The cheapest month for flights from Australia to California is February, when tickets cost $530 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $767 and $730 respectively.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $994 on average. Morning departures are around 19% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,181.

To get a below average price on the flight from Australia to California, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 9% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 15 weeks before departure.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with an average flight price of $629.

There are 29 airports in California. The busiest airport is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with 40% of all flights arriving there.

An average nonstop flight from Australia to California takes 19h 50m, covering a distance of 7796 miles. The shortest route is Brisbane (BNE) to Los Angeles (LAX) with an average flight time of 12h 55m.

There are around 47 direct flights from within Australia to California every day. Most flights (80%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 326 direct flights from within Australia to California. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 18% of flights taking off on this day.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to California. Instead, there are 326 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Sydney.

From Australia, there are direct flights to California from 3 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Sydney, with 163 direct flights each week.