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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 South America.

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

Delta connects California to South America with 22 flights per week. LATAM Airlines also offers 22 flights per week, while Cathay Pacific follows with 18 flights per week.

There are 294 airports in South America. The busiest airport is Sao Paulo Guarulhos Airport (GRU), with 17% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in South America is Santiago Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL), with an average flight price of $496.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to South America is Monday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $891. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $1,029 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to South America is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $941 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South America is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $987.

The cheapest ticket to South America from California found in the last 5 days was to Santiago, at $604 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Lima (LIM) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $667.

The cheapest month for flights from California to South America is October, when tickets cost $326 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $453 and $444 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to South America, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 12% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to South America from 1 city. This city is Los Angeles and there are 101 direct flights each week.

There are around 15 direct flights from within California to South America every day. Most flights (36%) depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 101 direct flights from within California to South America. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 18% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to South America takes 14h 24m, covering a distance of 5177 miles. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Lima (LIM) with an average flight time of 8h 05m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to South America. Instead, there are 101 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 Lima (19% of total searches to South America). The next most popular destinations are Buenos Aires (18%) and Sao Paulo (12%). Searches for flights to Rio de Janeiro (12%), to Medellín (10%) and to Santiago (8%) are also popular.