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KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from California to Africa.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from California to Africa is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from California to Africa with an airline and back with another airline.

Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from California to Africa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

American Airlines connects California to Africa with 3 flights per week and both Royal Air Maroc and Egyptair also offer 3 flights per week.

There are 309 airports in Africa. The busiest airport is OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg (JNB), with 10% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Africa is Cairo Airport (CAI), with an average flight price of $563.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Africa is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $793. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where round-trip prices are $907 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $895 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $895.

The cheapest ticket to Africa from California found in the last 5 days was to Casablanca, at $722 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Cairo (CAI) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $725.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Africa is October, when tickets cost $573 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,009 and $877 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Africa, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 6% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 10 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Africa from 1 city. This city is Los Angeles and there are 9 direct flights each week.

There are around 2 direct flights from within California to Africa every day. Most flights (67%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 9 direct flights from within California to Africa. The most common day for departures is Tuesday, with 22% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Africa takes 23h 16m, covering a distance of 8511 miles. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Casablanca (CMN) with an average flight time of 9h 45m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Africa. Instead, there are 9 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from Los Angeles.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Cairo (26% of total searches to Africa). The next most popular destinations are Sun City Resort (12%) and Cape Town (9%). Searches for flights to Lagos (9%), to Johannesburg (7%) and to Marrakech (7%) are also popular.