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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 the Philippines.

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

There are 38 airports in the Philippines. The busiest airport is Manila Ninoy Aquino Airport (MNL), with 48% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in the Philippines is Cebu City Mactan Intl Airport (CEB), with an average flight price of $464.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to the Philippines is Sunday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $1,069. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $1,143 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to the Philippines is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $1,005 on average. Morning departures are around 9% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to the Philippines is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,121.

The cheapest ticket to the Philippines from California found in the last 5 days was to Manila, at $611 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Manila (MNL) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $611.

The cheapest month for flights from California to the Philippines is February, when tickets cost $421 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $783 and $724 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to the Philippines, you should book around 8 weeks before departure, which saves you about 20% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to the Philippines from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is San Francisco, with 27 direct flights each week.

There are around 8 direct flights from within California to the Philippines every day. Most flights (67%) depart at night.

Each week there are around 52 direct flights from within California to the Philippines. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 17% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to the Philippines takes 21h 13m, covering a distance of 7221 miles. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Manila (MNL) with an average flight time of 14h 30m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to the Philippines. Instead, there are 52 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 Manila (91% of total searches to the Philippines). The next most popular destinations are Cebu City (7%) and Iloilo City (1%). Searches for flights to Davao City (0%), to Dumaguete City (0%) and to Boracay (0%) are also popular.