$236 Find Cheap Flights from California to Southeast Europe

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 Southeast Europe.

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

There are 21 airports in Southeast Europe. The busiest airport is Athens Airport (Eleftherios Venizelos) (ATH), with 32% of all flights arriving there.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Southeast Europe is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $510. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where round-trip prices are $780 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Southeast Europe is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $553 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Southeast Europe is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $838.

The cheapest ticket to Southeast Europe from California found in the last 5 days was to Athens, at $190 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Athens (ATH) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $190.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Southeast Europe is January, when tickets cost $210 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,371 and $678 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Southeast Europe, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 27% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

An average nonstop flight from California to Southeast Europe takes 16h 43m, covering a distance of 6525 miles. The shortest route is San Francisco (SFO) to Ljubljana (LJU) with an average flight time of 13h 20m.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Athens (51% of total searches to Southeast Europe). The next most popular destinations are Split (9%) and Dubrovnik (8%). Searches for flights to Zagreb (6%), to Sofia (4%) and to Tirana (4%) are also popular.