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$472 Find cheap flights from China to San Diego

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Flights to San Diego - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to San Diego?

The average price of all flights to San Diego clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to San Diego is Tuesday where tickets can be as cheap as $1,331. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, where prices are $2,438 on average.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to San Diego?

The average price for all flights to San Diego depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to San Diego is generally in the morning, when flights cost $1,532 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to San Diego is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $2,441.

How long is the flight to San Diego?

The duration of your flight to San Diego depends on your departure and arrival airports. Obviously any flights that include a layover will also be longer. The most popular routes to San Diego on KAYAK are from Beijing, which takes 24h 06m, Guangzhou, which takes 26h 34m, and Shanghai, which takes 30h 06m.

How many direct flights to San Diego are there each day?

There are around 314 direct flights from within China to San Diego every day. Most flights depart in the morning, with 6:00 am the most common departure time and 49% of flights departing in the morning.

How many direct flights to San Diego are there each week?

Each week there are around 2,195 direct flights from within China to San Diego. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 17% of flights taking off on this day.

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Cheapest flight

$472
Flight from Shanghai Pudong Airport to San Diego

FAQs - booking San Diego flights

  • How far is San Diego from central San Diego?

    The distance between San Diego and downtown San Diego is 3 miles.

  • What is the name of San Diego’s airport?

    All flights to San Diego land at San Diego. The airport code is SAN,and it can also be referred to as Lindbergh Field, San Diego, or San Diego Intl.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to San Diego?

    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 to San Diego.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to San Diego?

    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 to San Diego 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 to San Diego?

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

  • Which airline offers the most flights to San Diego?

    Of the 12 airlines that fly to San Diego, Southwest offers the most flights, with around 681 per week, followed by Alaska Airlines with 505 flights per week.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to San Diego

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest San Diego flight deals.

Prefer to fly non-stop to San Diego?

Find which airlines fly direct to San Diego, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Nonstop departures

China to San Diego

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +56 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +57 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +56 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +57 more

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Nonstop returns

San Diego to China

Monday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Thursday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Friday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +57 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +58 more

Saturday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +56 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +57 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, +56 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +57 more

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Top airline flying from China to San Diego

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to San Diego. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from China to San Diego. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to San Diego? 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.
8.3
Japan AirlinesOverall score based on 1486 reviews
7.8Entertainment
8.7Crew
8.2Comfort
7.9Food
8.4Boarding
Airline reviews

Great service but food taste and options have gone down a few notches.

8.0 Excellentsupaky, Apr 2024KIX - LAX
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Great service but food taste and options have gone down a few notches.

This airlines is always my favorite. Very consistent customer service and food is good. My last flight with them, I had no idea we landed because it was just that smooth of a land.

At least it was not very cold inside the plane. I noticed there was now a bidet in the bathroom and that’s good! I didn’t like the window seat. Flight was smooth except for 1 turbulence. Plane was on time. Thanks. Food was not that great. Miso and green tea were good! As usual movies were old and there were no changes.

I didn’t like the check in process I had to check in at the counter took too much time . Didn’t give the upgrade my seat .

Japan airlines is excellent. I had a great flight with them, and they are the consummate professionals. I booked my flight through Kayak and they sent it on to Underpricer. That felt really scammy. My Oneworld number would not attach to the reservation and I could not choose a seat. I called Japan Airlines and got one but it was in the back. Later I drove to the airport and worked with the excellent agents there to find a better one. Later that day, I got a phone call from Underpricer trying to upsell me the option of choosing a seat. It felt like a Spirit Airlines level crappy move. The flight itself was exactly as nice as you would expect from JAL. The meal was good and the flight crew was awesome.

It was one of the best experiences. The staff were amazing. JAL is my second favorite Asian Carrier I have flown on. Korean Air was my first. Thank you JAL for bringing me home safely and for such an amazing staff and service.

JAL is quite nice in business class. Comfortable, spacious seats. Their entertainment, especially their film selection, isn’t that great though as their are not many new releases like some airlines offer their first and business class customers. . Food is excellent and the option to order on demand is always quite nice, which JAL offers. Flight attendants were very friendly and kind. Overall very good experience with JAL.

Very comfortable unlike my first trip where they switched my flight from JAL to AA which was a disaster!

Although delayed leaving the crew were lovely, comfort of the seats was excellent. Cabin was a little too warm but overall the best economy flight we have taken

They layover in Japan was too long , it took 11 hours.

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to San Diego found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
10/2Wed
2 stopsANA
33h 15mPVG-SAN
10/19Sat
2 stopsANA
36h 45mSAN-PVG
$1,127
5/13Mon
2 stopsANA
30h 21mPEK-SAN
5/24Fri
2 stopsANA
37h 38mSAN-PEK
$1,253
10/3Thu
2 stops
21h 15mSHA-SAN
10/19Sat
2 stops
24h 05mSAN-SHA
$1,310
5/13Mon
1 stopLufthansa
41h 05mPEK-SAN
5/25Sat
1 stopLufthansa
27h 25mSAN-PEK
$1,329
5/13Mon
1 stopLufthansa
41h 05mPEK-SAN
5/24Fri
2 stopsLufthansa
30h 24mSAN-PEK
$1,341
6/29Sat
1 stopJapan Airlines
33h 50mPEK-SAN
12/2Mon
2 stopsJapan Airlines
37h 00mSAN-PEK
$1,370
5/14Tue
2 stopsJapan Airlines
21h 34mPEK-SAN
5/21Tue
2 stopsJapan Airlines
20h 32mSAN-PEK
$1,403
10/3Thu
1 stop
30h 50mPVG-SAN
10/19Sat
2 stops
31h 35mSAN-PVG
$1,403
6/8Sat
2 stopsChina Eastern
25h 01mPKX-SAN
7/25Thu
2 stopsChina Eastern
38h 05mSAN-PKX
$1,468
6/8Sat
2 stopsChina Eastern
25h 46mPEK-SAN
7/25Thu
2 stopsChina Eastern
26h 35mSAN-PEK
$1,468

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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 San Diego found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
5/27Mon
3 stops
54h 23mPVG-SAN
$472
5/14Tue
3 stops
34h 43mPEK-SAN
$478
5/14Tue
2 stopsChina Eastern
24h 44mPKX-SAN
$696
5/27Mon
1 stopChina Eastern
19h 24mPVG-SAN
$749
10/22Tue
2 stopsANA
33h 15mPVG-SAN
$763
10/23Wed
2 stopsANA
21h 15mSHA-SAN
$763
6/26Wed
1 stopJapan Airlines
17h 45mPEK-SAN
$857
6/26Wed
1 stopJapan Airlines
17h 45mPEK-SAN
$868
5/8Wed
2 stopsAir China
40h 56mCTU-SAN
$871
6/14Fri
3 stopsAir China
64h 57mCSX-SAN
$1,092

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Last minute flights to San Diego

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 San Diego that are departing in the next 10 days.
5/8Wed
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
30h 06mPVG-SAN
5/12Sun
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
37h 35mSAN-PVG
$1,314
5/8Wed
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
22h 12mPEK-SAN
5/12Sun
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
36h 35mSAN-PEK
$1,323
5/8Wed
multi-stopBritish Airways
49h 43mPKX-SAN
5/12Sun
multi-stopBritish Airways
43h 38mSAN-PKX
$1,346
5/8Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
15h 51mPEK-SAN
5/12Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
36h 51mSAN-PEK
$1,466
5/8Wed
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
30h 06mPVG-SAN
5/11Sat
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
37h 35mSAN-PVG
$1,548
5/7Tue
multi-stopANA
37h 06mPVG-SAN
5/12Sun
multi-stopANA
20h 05mSAN-PVG
$1,892
5/7Tue
multi-stopANA
37h 06mPVG-SAN
5/11Sat
multi-stopANA
27h 20mSAN-PVG
$2,131
5/8Wed
multi-stopBritish Airways
43h 25mPVG-SAN
5/12Sun
multi-stopBritish Airways
44h 55mSAN-PVG
$2,180
5/8Wed
multi-stopLufthansa
30h 32mPEK-SAN
8/31Sat
multi-stopLufthansa
30h 35mSAN-PEK
$2,278
5/8Wed
multi-stopLufthansa
28h 05mPEK-SAN
8/31Sat
multi-stopLufthansa
30h 35mSAN-PEK
$2,867

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Flights to San Diego

Destination:

San Diego (SAN)United States

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San Diego - China

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