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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 France.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from California to France 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 France 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 France up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Delta connects California to France with 47 flights per week. KLM also offers 47 flights per week, while Virgin Atlantic follows with 47 flights per week.

There are 46 airports in France. The busiest airport is Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), with 56% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in France is Paris Orly Airport (ORY), with an average flight price of $408.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to France is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $979. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $1,184 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to France is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $892 on average. On average, there is no price difference when choosing to fly in the morning or the evening on this flight route. The most expensive time of day to fly to France is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,205.

The cheapest ticket to France from California found in the last 5 days was to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, at $736 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $736.

The cheapest month for flights from California to France is October, when tickets cost $437 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are May and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $600 and $599 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to France, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 19% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to France from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Los Angeles, with 175 direct flights each week.

There are around 39 direct flights from within California to France every day. Most flights (56%) depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 273 direct flights from within California to France. The most common day for departures is Tuesday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to France takes 15h 38m, covering a distance of 5701 miles. The shortest route is Las Vegas (LAS) to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) with an average flight time of 10h 15m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to France. Instead, there are 273 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 Paris (94% of total searches to France). The next most popular destinations are Nice (2%) and Marseille (2%). Searches for flights to Lyon (1%), to Toulouse (1%) and to Bordeaux (1%) are also popular.