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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 Switzerland.

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

California and Switzerland are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are SWISS (36 flights per week), United Airlines (26 flights per week), and Air Canada (12 flights per week).

There are 5 airports in Switzerland. The busiest airport is Zurich Airport (ZRH), with 59% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Switzerland is Zurich Airport (ZRH), with an average flight price of $656.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Switzerland is Wednesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $867. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $1,086 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Switzerland is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $935 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Switzerland is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $935.

The cheapest ticket to Switzerland from California found in the last 5 days was to Zurich, at $708 round-trip. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Zurich (ZRH) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $708.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Switzerland is February, when tickets cost $496 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and May, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $790 and $706 respectively.

To get a below average price on the flight from California to Switzerland, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 32% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Switzerland from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is San Francisco, with 35 direct flights each week.

There are around 7 direct flights from within California to Switzerland every day. Most flights (57%) depart in the evening.

Each week there are around 49 direct flights from within California to Switzerland. The most common day for departures is Monday, with 14% of flights taking off on this day.

An average nonstop flight from California to Switzerland takes 17h 30m, covering a distance of 5833 miles. The shortest route is San Francisco (SFO) to Lugano (LUG) with an average flight time of 2h 49m.

There are not any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Switzerland. Instead, there are 49 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 Zurich (100% of total searches to Switzerland). The next most popular destination is Bern (0%).