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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 India.

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

There are 107 airports in India. The busiest airport is Delhi Indira Gandhi Airport (DEL), with 21% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in India is Bengaluru Intl Airport (BLR), with an average flight price of $480.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to India is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $927. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, where round-trip prices are $927 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to India is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $906 on average. Morning departures are around 40% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to India is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,429.

The cheapest ticket to India from California found in the last 5 days was to New Delhi, at $814 round-trip. The most popular route is San Francisco (SFO) to Kolkata (CCU) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $830.

The cheapest month for flights from California to India is February, when tickets cost $503 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $881 and $811 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to India, you should book around 6 weeks before departure, which saves you about 24% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 9 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to India from 1 city. This city is San Francisco and there are 14 direct flights each week.

There are around 2 direct flights from within California to India every day. Most flights (79%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 14 direct flights from within California to India. The most common day for departures is Saturday, with 21% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to India takes 25h 05m, covering a distance of 8412 miles. The shortest route is San Francisco (SFO) to New Delhi (DEL) with an average flight time of 20h 30m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to India. Instead, there are 14 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 New Delhi (40% of total searches to India). The next most popular destinations are Mumbai (20%) and Bengaluru (10%). Searches for flights to Hyderabad (10%), to Chennai (7%) and to Ahmedabad (5%) are also popular.