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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 Mexico.

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

California and Mexico are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Volaris (250 flights per week), Frontier (204 flights per week), and Aeromexico (140 flights per week).

There are 56 airports in Mexico. The busiest airport is Mexico City Airport (MEX), with 33% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Mexico is Santiago de Querétaro Airport (QRO), with an average flight price of $138.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Mexico is Sunday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $526. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where round-trip prices are $591 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Mexico is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $543 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Mexico is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $590.

The cheapest ticket to Mexico from California found in the last 5 days was to San José del Cabo, at $143 round-trip. The most popular route is Fresno (FAT) to Guadalajara (GDL) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $149.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Mexico is January, when tickets cost $166 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $260 and $217 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Mexico, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 10% 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 Mexico from 9 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Los Angeles, with 853 direct flights each week.

There are around 211 direct flights from within California to Mexico every day. Most flights (49%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 1,476 direct flights from within California to Mexico. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 18% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Mexico takes 4h 55m, covering a distance of 1663 miles. The shortest route is San Diego (SAN) to San José del Cabo (SJD) with an average flight time of 2h 15m.

Each week, there are 326 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration) and 1,150 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration) to Mexico. There aren't any long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration).

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Mexico City (32% of total searches to Mexico). The next most popular destinations are Cancún (23%) and San José del Cabo (13%). Searches for flights to Puerto Vallarta (9%), to Guadalajara (7%) and to Cozumel (6%) are also popular.