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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to California

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest flight to California?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to California from China found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $477 round-trip. The most popular route is Guangzhou (CAN) to San Francisco (SFO) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $882.

What is the cheapest month to fly from China to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from China to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from China to California is March, when tickets cost $827 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,513 and $1,483 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from China to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from China to California, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 22 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in California?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is San Francisco Airport (SFO), with an average flight price of $693.


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Low seasonFebruary
High seasonJune
Cheapest flight$201
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 19% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 9% increase in price.
Flight from Beijing Capital Airport to Los Angeles

Flights from China to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from China to California 
Verified travelerFlew with Sichuan AirlinesTFU-LAXAug 2024
1. Make sure the passport information has been correctly recorded with the ticket, otherwise you will not be able to pass custom/security at China. Ticket purchased overseas often misses such info. 2. Arrive at the airport early. 3+ hours would be my recommendation.
Verified travelerFlew with China SouthernWUH-SFOJun 2024
Monitor flight information closely in case unexpected cancelation. Other than that, everything was good.

FAQs for booking flights from China to California

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from China to California?

    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 China to California.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from China to California?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from China to California is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from China to California?

    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 China to California with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from China to California?

    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 China to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to California?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $1,221. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are $1,334 on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $1,103 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,664.

Top 5 airlines serving from China to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from China to California. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from China to California? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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Asiana AirlinesOverall score based on 442 reviews
8.3Boarding
8.0Food
8.0Comfort
7.7Entertainment
8.5Crew
Airline reviews

It was amazing. I was not expecting the phenomenal customer service Asiana provides.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2025SEA - ICN
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It was amazing. I was not expecting the phenomenal customer service Asiana provides.

It was all perfect and very pleasant for such long flights

The seats felt very small. We were supplied with pillows and blankets, which was nice. Lots of noise from the bathroom, plus exterior noise. Made it hard to hear the entertainment system, even using my own noise-cancelling headphones. The food was really bad. I generally request a vegetarian meal and one was supplied, but the pasta was cold and hard and there was nothing pleasant about it. Two meals were served on this flight; one was a repeat of the meal I had had on the flight immediately preceding this one, which was bad enough I didn't even try it. Drinks were very limited. All I wanted was water, and on a 10.5 hour flight, I was given 3 cups of about 3 ounces each.

We took business class, It was comfortable and I was able to sleep.

Everything was perfect. A flight attendant even brought me snacks after I declined food due to my desire to force myself to follow the destination time zone.

Only process that my luggage didn’t make it to my destination because of short connection but I understand

This has been the worst experience I've ever had. We arrived to Ho Chi Minh Airport and were supposed to get our Asiana ticket from the transfer counter as we came with a different airline. However, the staff at the transfer counter were not helpful and kept giving us different information. We were first told by Asiana airlines staff we had to wait 2 hours so they could print out and give us our tickets, then someone else told us we had to wait 3hrs, someone told us "I don't know, just go sit and wait and we will tell you later." This was at a place in the Ho Chi Minh airport that had no coffee or food shops, nothing, just immigration (to enter Vietnam with a Vietnam Visa) and security (to transfer into the gates) but we needed our printed boarding pass to go through. It wasn't until we demanded to speak to a supervisor as our flight time was 1hr away because they kept telling us "there's alot of time left for your international flight, we will get your tickets later" we still had to wait around 20minutes for the "Supervisor" to give us our tickets. I would NOT recommend Asiana Airlines, especially if going thru Ho Chi Minh Airport as they are not helpful. (We almost missed our flight, due to their lazyness and incompetence of printing our tickets) I would suggest Asiana Airlines to have a Machine in the transfer area so passengers can easily print out their boarding passes themselves and save some money by not hiring incompetent staff that can't do a simple task such as printing a boarding pass.

Great service. They could offer vegetarian food and do more to reduce waste.

I like the food, the crew and everything.!!! Except for the delay in our flight.

Great service and comfortable seats. The first meal was excellent but the second meal was only satisfactory

Special request meals are really below average. Vegetarian options are very limited if you didn't prebook.

I've stomach problems after 2 hours of flight, Iris, the flight purser not only did her best to make me feel comfortable, she went above and beyond providing pain relievers medicines and ointment. She look and found a doctor passenger on the flight to provide advise. She even report on ground staffs about my condition and provide wheelchair upon arrival. Kudos to her and Cathay Pacific!

The flight was delayed for 30 mins. The overall experience was good.

Highly impressive. On time. Smooth and fast boarding and disembarkment. Really great service

Fast boarding flight on time boarded plane back to front instead of stupid zone groups like US airlines do...

Baggage delayed for 2 days and still chasing for reimbursement of basis items. Very horrible customer care service.

Horrible airline. Missed my baggage and don’t want to reimburse for the basis items. Pathetic customer service

Horrible. No good food. Baggage missed to onboard and came after a day. No support to compensate the delay. Customer care cannot see the status of the complaint. No reply of the email.

Food was hood for airline food with good poftion and variety in meals. Frequency of beverage service was very low and amount of soda with meals was inadequate.

bad… no veg food was provided eventhough i pre ordered special meal

China Southern was not the problem. I booked my flight through Kayak and also received a booking reference and alert details regarding departure time and gate numbers… however Kayak NEVER actually booked my flight! We were stranded at the airport without a flight for a long awaited holiday!

The connection between LA and Atlanta was too much stress

Terrible boarding experience,,food is very poor that I I . Never going book this airline again.

The crew were kind, patient and responsive. The service was excellent, even though we travelled the cheapest economy class. We arrived at our destination 40 min early, which for a 15+ hour flight is a great bonus. The boarding seemed a bit "loose", but got us boarded on time, and the plane was off exactly @ 0:30 hrs.

The airport didn‘t give me the ticket. I called customer service to ask for a refund but they kept giving me a perfunctory response and refused to refund me.

The flight was delayed hours and most flights from CS are always delayed. Plane was efficient and got us home but not the best food and no entertainment system at all.

Not good - chair back could not move back for premium economy. Not worth the price

The back of the chair - premium economy could not move back - not worth the price

It was okay. Boarding the staff made you feel rushed like we were late or something

It was great. The staff were so nice and helpful the food was great and they always made sure I was okay. As a foreigner I was worried about the language barrier but it was absolutely no issues. I highly recommend

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

Wonderful and fast TSA checkpoint. The line was fast and our gate was close by

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

We tried to upgrade to economy premium but were told this was not possible as we had booked through United Airlines (and Air Canada was operating the flight). This seemed silly given there was ample space in economy premium. Additionally, we had to wait almost 1.5 hours upon arrival to taxi to the gate. Otherwise, the crew were very pleasant and passengers were friendly.

headphone jack didnt work for the first flight and not much variety

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

For the most part united was a good experience, how ever when they came by with the snacks and water, they completely passed by my wife and I. As we were in separate rows. On a 5 hr flight we were not offered water

Fantastic crew. Flight was delayed at last minute but we were given updates every 20 minutes and the crew was so friendly and considerate. I miss the touch screens on the back of the seats, wish they would bring that back though.

Beijing PEK to SFO. I had an economy seat on this flight. The seat comfort was acceptable. My main complaint is with the FA’s lack of personality and absence from servicing the plane, specifically restroom care (I wish I could share a pic of the restroom that I captured) and care of travelers—drink cart/availability of drinks. I'm amazed at the level of service on other International travel where a passenger is most often appreciated.

Communication between the captain/crew and the passengers needs to be improved.

Food and service are good. Bathroom was lack of lotions and cleaning. That should be improved.

Food & service very good next I will pick up again

Chinese flight attendants didn't speak english well. They didn't care enough to remember that I (east asian who isn't Chinese) wasn't Chinese and spoke English. Announcement in english on board was poor and I find it very difficult to understand what was announced. Also, a cabin bag allows only 5kg!

Chinese flight attendants didn't speak english well. They didn't care enough to remember that I (east asian who isn't Chinese) wasn't Chinese and spoke English. Announcement in english on board was poor and I find it very difficult to understand what was announced.

Everything was not satisfactory - the flight was delayed, staffs were ok but they didn't speak English well. I am from east Asia (not Chinese) and they didn't care enough to remember that I wasn't Chinese but persistently spoke chinese to me. The flight announcement in english wasn't clear to understand.

I wish I had been able to choose a vegetarian meal. Crew friendly and helpful. Seat was ok. All quite efficient and pleasant. Would recommend for inner China travel for sure.

The flight is not bad, but the Business Lounge is not big enough for the quantity of people they accept and there is a limited options for food and beverages.

It was simply bad and on top of that my luggage hasn't been delivered until now. They can't even localize it which is just unacceptable when they are supposed to scan the bar code they put when we check in

We bought premium Economy, thinking it would be more comfortable, but the seat is so narrow ,that my legs and feet are swollen , I can't wear shoes !

Book cheap flights from China to California

Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
10/1Wed
1 stop
17h 35mPEK-LAX
10/5Sun
1 stop
28h 45mLAX-PEK
$201
10/1Wed
1 stop
27h 35mPEK-LAX
10/4Sat
1 stop
20h 55mLAX-PEK
$327
10/1Wed
1 stopAsiana Airlines
20h 20mPEK-LAX
10/5Sun
2 stopsAsiana Airlines
22h 10mLAX-PEK
$421
5/30Fri
1 stopAir China
19h 25mPVG-LAX
8/10Sun
1 stopAir China
17h 30mLAX-PVG
$590
5/30Fri
1 stopAir China
19h 45mSHA-LAX
8/10Sun
1 stopAir China
16h 30mLAX-SHA
$590
5/30Fri
1 stopChina Southern
23h 50mSHA-LAX
8/10Sun
1 stopChina Southern
20h 30mLAX-SHA
$595
5/29Thu
1 stopChina Southern
24h 25mPVG-SFO
8/4Mon
1 stopChina Southern
17h 55mSFO-PVG
$659
5/13Tue
1 stopAsiana Airlines
16h 15mPVG-LAX
5/18Sun
1 stopAsiana Airlines
25h 00mLAX-PVG
$735
6/14Sat
2 stopsUnited Airlines
44h 08mPEK-LAX
6/21Sat
2 stopsUnited Airlines
39h 25mLAX-PEK
$844
6/12Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
12h 55mPEK-LAX
7/23Wed
1 stopUnited Airlines
16h 25mLAX-PEK
$886

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/22Thu
1 stopVietnam Airlines
25h 10mPKX-SFO
$303
6/3Tue
2 stops
27h 35mPVG-SFO
$346
5/26Mon
1 stopAir China
19h 25mPVG-LAX
$405
5/28Wed
1 stopAir China
37h 40mSHA-LAX
$405
5/19Mon
1 stopChina Southern
25h 50mPKX-SFO
$406
5/29Thu
1 stopChina Southern
18h 10mPVG-SFO
$417
10/15Wed
1 stopAsiana Airlines
14h 35mPVG-LAX
$447
5/26Mon
nonstopUnited Airlines
12h 55mPEK-LAX
$507
5/5Mon
2 stopsUnited Airlines
36h 40mPEK-LAX
$513
5/17Sat
1 stopAsiana Airlines
13h 40mPEK-SFO
$639

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Last minute flights to California

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/5Mon
multi-stop
23h 15mPKX-LAX
5/15Thu
multi-stop
33h 30mLAX-PKX
$706
5/2Fri
multi-stop
26h 45mPVG-LAX
5/16Fri
multi-stop
32h 10mLAX-PVG
$743
5/3Sat
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
35h 40mPVG-LAX
5/8Thu
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
30h 55mLAX-PVG
$851
5/5Mon
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
14h 10mPEK-LAX
5/15Thu
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
19h 50mLAX-PEK
$882
5/5Mon
multi-stopChina Southern
24h 08mSHA-SFO
5/27Tue
multi-stopChina Southern
23h 50mSFO-SHA
$913
5/5Mon
multi-stopChina Southern
32h 23mPVG-SFO
5/27Tue
multi-stopChina Southern
24h 55mSFO-PVG
$913
5/3Sat
nonstopUnited Airlines
11h 45mPVG-LAX
5/8Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
13h 45mLAX-PVG
$999
5/2Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
11h 45mPVG-LAX
5/16Fri
nonstopUnited Airlines
13h 45mLAX-PVG
$1,002
5/1Thu
nonstopAir China
13h 15mPEK-LAX
5/11Sun
nonstopAir China
12h 40mLAX-PEK
$1,290
5/1Thu
nonstopAir China
13h 15mPEK-LAX
5/9Fri
nonstopAir China
15h 05mLAX-PEK
$1,377

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