$110 Find Cheap Flights from California to Germany

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 Germany.

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

California and Germany are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Lufthansa (73 flights per week), United Airlines (61 flights per week), and Air New Zealand (48 flights per week).

There are 27 airports in Germany. The busiest airport is Frankfurt Airport (FRA), with 41% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Germany is Munich Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC), with an average flight price of $690.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Germany is Monday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $919. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where round-trip prices are $1,062 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Germany is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $863 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Germany is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $979.

The cheapest ticket to Germany from California found in the last 5 days was to Frankfurt am Main Airport, at $638 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $638.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Germany is August, when tickets cost $449 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $734 and $712 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Germany, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 3 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Germany from 3 cities. The city with the most direct flights is San Francisco, with 160 direct flights each week.

There are around 46 direct flights from within California to Germany every day. Most flights (65%) depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 317 direct flights from within California to Germany. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Germany takes 15h 17m, covering a distance of 5731 miles. The shortest route is San Francisco (SFO) to Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA) with an average flight time of 10h 45m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Germany. Instead, there are 297 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from San Francisco.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Frankfurt am Main (52% of total searches to Germany). The next most popular destinations are Munich (26%) and Berlin (12%). Searches for flights to Düsseldorf (4%), to Hamburg (3%) and to Cologne (1%) are also popular.