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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 Italy.

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

California and Italy are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are ITA Airways (13 flights per week), Etihad Airways (8 flights per week), and Kuwait Airways (7 flights per week).

There are 40 airports in Italy. The busiest airport is Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO), with 39% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Italy is Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO), with an average flight price of $681.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Italy is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $922. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where round-trip prices are $1,035 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Italy is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $692 on average. Morning departures are around 29% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Italy is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $969.

The cheapest ticket to Italy from California found in the last 5 days was to Rome Fiumicino Airport, at $708 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $708.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Italy is February, when tickets cost $397 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $751 and $714 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Italy, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 15 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Italy from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Los Angeles, with 24 direct flights each week.

There are around 5 direct flights from within California to Italy every day. All flights depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 33 direct flights from within California to Italy. The most common day for departures is Tuesday, with 24% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Italy takes 15h 56m, covering a distance of 6171 miles. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) with an average flight time of 11h 40m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Italy. Instead, there are 33 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 Rome (47% of total searches to Italy). The next most popular destinations are Milan (30%) and Venice (6%). Searches for flights to Florence (5%), to Naples (2%) and to Bologna (2%) are also popular.