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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 New Zealand.

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

Lufthansa connects California to New Zealand with 15 flights per week. Air New Zealand also offers 15 flights per week, while United Airlines follows with 15 flights per week.

There are 25 airports in New Zealand. The busiest airport is Auckland Airport (AKL), with 46% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in New Zealand is Auckland Intl Airport (AKL), with an average flight price of $682.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to New Zealand is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $923. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Friday, where round-trip prices are $1,119 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to New Zealand is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $977 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New Zealand is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $977.

The cheapest ticket to New Zealand from California found in the last 5 days was to Auckland, at $696 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Auckland (AKL) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $696.

The cheapest month for flights from California to New Zealand is February, when tickets cost $496 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $845 and $837 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to New Zealand, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 15% 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 New Zealand from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is San Francisco, with 37 direct flights each week.

There are around 11 direct flights from within California to New Zealand every day. Most flights (83%) depart in the evening.

Each week there are around 72 direct flights from within California to New Zealand. The most common day for departures is Tuesday, with 19% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to New Zealand takes 25h 01m, covering a distance of 6736 miles. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Auckland (AKL) with an average flight time of 12h 50m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to New Zealand. Instead, there are 72 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 Auckland (84% of total searches to New Zealand). The next most popular destinations are Christchurch (8%) and Queenstown (4%). Searches for flights to Wellington (3%), to Nelson (1%) and to Rotorua (0%) are also popular.