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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 Spain.

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

American Airlines connects California to Spain with 14 flights per week. Finnair also offers 14 flights per week, while Iberia follows with 14 flights per week.

There are 43 airports in Spain. The busiest airport is Madrid Barajas Airport (MAD), with 33% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Spain is Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN), with an average flight price of $519.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Spain is Sunday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $865. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $1,140 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Spain is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $827 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Spain is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $961.

The cheapest ticket to Spain from California found in the last 5 days was to Barcelona-El Prat Airport, at $748 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Madrid (MAD) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $748.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Spain is October, when tickets cost $415 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and May, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $734 and $594 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Spain, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 29% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Spain from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Los Angeles, with 65 direct flights each week.

There are around 16 direct flights from within California to Spain every day. Most flights (65%) depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 107 direct flights from within California to Spain. The most common day for departures is Thursday, with 20% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Spain takes 15h 42m, covering a distance of 5864 miles. The shortest route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Madrid (MAD) with an average flight time of 11h 00m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Spain. Instead, there are 107 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 Madrid (68% of total searches to Spain). The next most popular destinations are Málaga (8%) and Bilbao (5%). Searches for flights to Seville (4%), to A Coruña (3%) and to Ibiza (3%) are also popular.