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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 Portugal.

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

California and Portugal are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are TAP AIR PORTUGAL (9 flights per week), JetBlue (4 flights per week), and Etihad Airways (3 flights per week).

There are 14 airports in Portugal. The busiest airport is Lisbon Portela Airport (LIS), with 59% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Portugal is Lajes Airport (TER), with an average flight price of $543.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Portugal is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $609. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Sunday, where round-trip prices are $881 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Portugal is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost $767 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Portugal is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $943.

The cheapest ticket to Portugal from California found in the last 5 days was to Lisbon, at $632 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Lisbon (LIS) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $632.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Portugal is November, when tickets cost $436 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and May, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $690 and $596 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Portugal, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 8% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 7 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Portugal from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is San Francisco, with 13 direct flights each week.

There are around 3 direct flights from within California to Portugal every day. Most flights (71%) depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 17 direct flights from within California to Portugal. The most common day for departures is Saturday, with 24% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Portugal takes 19h 01m, covering a distance of 5463 miles. The shortest route is San Francisco (SFO) to Lajes (TER) with an average flight time of 9h 50m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Portugal. Instead, there are 17 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 Lisbon (81% of total searches to Portugal). The next most popular destinations are Porto (10%) and Faro (3%). Searches for flights to Funchal (3%), to Ponta Delgada (2%) and to Lajes (1%) are also popular.