$98 Find Cheap Flights from Houston Hobby Airport to California

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Best California Flight Deals from Hobby

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$177
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$239
San Diego
San Diegononstop$217
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$305
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$249
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$285
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$530
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$254
Redding
Redding2 stops$705
Reno
Reno1 stop$269
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$344
Los Angeles
Los Angelesnonstop$177
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$239
San Diego
San Diegononstop$217
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$305
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$249
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$285
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo1 stop$530
Bakersfield
Bakersfield1 stop$254
Redding
Redding2 stops$705
Reno
Reno1 stop$269
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$344

Cheap Flights from Hobby to California

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Hobby to California that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Hobby to California

Wed, Aug 20 - Sat, Aug 23
Southwest Logo
8:50 pm - 10:00 pmHOU-LAS
3h 10mnonstop
Southwest Logo
5:00 am - 10:00 amLAS-HOU
3h 00mnonstop
$177Southwest
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Wed, Aug 13 - Wed, Aug 20
Southwest Logo
6:45 am - 8:10 amHOU-LAX
3h 25mnonstop
Southwest Logo
5:20 am - 10:40 amLAX-HOU
3h 20mnonstop
$177Southwest
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Sat, Oct 4 - Fri, Oct 10
American Airlines Logo
2:33 pm - 7:29 pmHOU-LAS
6h 56m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:36 am - 9:43 amLAS-HOU
6h 07m1 stop
$197American Airlines
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Sat, Jul 19 - Mon, Jul 21
American Airlines Logo
6:30 pm - 9:47 pmHOU-LAS
5h 17m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
12:59 am - 8:27 amLAS-HOU
5h 28m1 stop
$216American Airlines
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Wed, Oct 1 - Mon, Oct 6
Delta Logo
1:00 pm - 7:10 pmHOU-LAS
8h 10m1 stop
Delta Logo
10:10 pm - 9:23 amLAS-HOU
9h 13m1 stop
$227Delta
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Sun, Jul 13 - Wed, Jul 16
Allegiant Air Logo
9:42 am - 11:37 pmHOU-LAS
15h 55m1 stop
Allegiant Air Logo
9:26 am - 8:52 amLAS-HOU
21h 26m1 stop
$230Allegiant Air
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Wed, Aug 13 - Mon, Aug 18
Delta Logo
10:44 am - 5:53 pmHOU-SAN
9h 09m1 stop
Delta Logo
10:30 pm - 9:45 amSAN-HOU
9h 15m1 stop
$237Delta
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Sun, Jul 6 - Wed, Jul 9
Sun Country Air Logo
5:36 pm - 10:39 pmHOU-LAS
7h 03m1 stop
Sun Country Air Logo
6:18 pm - 5:00 pmLAS-HOU
20h 42m1 stop
$305Sun Country Air
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Sun, Jul 27 - Tue, Jul 29
Sun Country Air Logo
6:05 pm - 5:21 pmHOU-LAS
25h 16m1 stop
Sun Country Air Logo
10:43 am - 1:29 pmLAS-HOU
24h 46m1 stop
$315Sun Country Air
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Thu, Jul 24 - Sun, Jul 27
Allegiant Air Logo
9:42 am - 4:50 pmHOU-LAS
9h 08m1 stop
Allegiant Air Logo
6:15 am - 6:13 pmLAS-HOU
33h 58m2 stops
$388Allegiant Air
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Hobby to California flights

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

What is the cheapest Houston Hobby Airport to California flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Houston Hobby Airport to California.

The cheapest ticket to California from Houston Hobby Airport found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $197 round-trip. The most popular route is from Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) to San Diego (SAN), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $337.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Houston Hobby Airport to California?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $423, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Houston Hobby Airport to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston Hobby Airport 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 Houston Hobby Airport to California is February, when tickets cost $168 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are November and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $265 and $263 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Houston Hobby Airport to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Houston Hobby Airport to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from Houston Hobby Airport to California, you should consider leaving on a Friday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Houston Hobby Airport, you’ll find the best rates on Fridays and the most expensive ones on Sundays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Houston Hobby Airport to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Houston Hobby Airport 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 Houston Hobby Airport to California, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.


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Low seasonJanuary
High seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$98
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 9% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 6% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Houston Hobby Airport 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 Houston Hobby Airport to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Houston Hobby Airport 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 Houston Hobby Airport 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 Houston Hobby Airport 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 Houston Hobby Airport 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 Houston Hobby Airport 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 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 $277 on average. Morning departures are around 49% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $908.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Houston Hobby Airport to the following destinations at these prices or less: Las Vegas $164 one-way - $258 round-trip; Los Angeles $156 one-way - $267 round-trip; San Diego $182 one-way - $377 round-trip

Top 5 airlines serving from Hobby to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Houston to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4287 reviews
7.1Food
8.2Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.6Entertainment
8.6Crew
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Flight crew and cabin crew were great. I had to rearrange flights because my original flight was 3hrs delayed for weather, the rub is the flight I moved to boarded on time then we sat at the gate for 2 hours because scheduling stole our first officer for another flight, TWICE. Then our actual FO was an hour delayed. To make it worse my original flight went from a 3 hour delay to departing 15min EARLY. Just poor scheduling operations all around.

6.0 GoodAnonymous, May 2025HOU - MCI
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Flight crew and cabin crew were great. I had to rearrange flights because my original flight was 3hrs delayed for weather, the rub is the flight I moved to boarded on time then we sat at the gate for 2 hours because scheduling stole our first officer for another flight, TWICE. Then our actual FO was an hour delayed. To make it worse my original flight went from a 3 hour delay to departing 15min EARLY. Just poor scheduling operations all around.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Boarding process, crew were good. But the seats were so uncomfortable that was all I could focus on. I literally had to sit forward so that all 3 of us could fit in row. I will try to avoid Southwest in the future for any flights over 60 minutes.

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

Great experience flying Southwest. The crew was really kind and helpful, and very friendly with our toddler.

Plane late from DC to Austin 30 minutes. Crew made up much of the time enroute to San Diego.

Fine, but how to board on SW versus othrr airlines, is just lame. Goood staff though and all was solid otherwise.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a not a great airport.

Was as expected. Crowed planes. Too many carryons delaying takeoff. But the ride only took an hour and saved me a lot of time SFO is a hell hole of an airport. It is the new LaGuardia. Everything Cobbled together. Security gates closed. Terri directional signage

I will be flying again Southwest Airlines. Friendly crew, comfortable and affordable.

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

I loved having a most black flight crew during Black History Month; rather by design or accident I appreciated the representation. ❤️

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

Smooth flight. Boarding was chaotic. Could not hear the gate agent over the intercom. People were lined up in the wrong lines. Groups one and two were told to board through line one and group 3 through line 2. All very confusing. Once in the air, the flight was smooth. There was no entertainment option on this aircraft, even though it was a larger aircraft.

My suitcase was completed destroyed. The top part is broken and unusable now.

We boarded but then sat there waiting on some missed connection people to get on so we sat for about 15 minutes for that. Then we sat again because the passenger manifest was wrong and they had to figure it out before we could leave. That took about another 20 minutes or so. The crew was working hard to figure it out so it’s not their fault. It ended up being a system glitch where someone was upgraded to first class while another person was also in the same seat and it just created a mess that took a little while to figure out. They literally went to every person on the plane asking their names to see who was sitting in the wrong seat. I also hate the entertainment that must be watched on your phone or tablet. Just give us setback screens. It’s so much better. Almost every Delta flight has this now and it is so nice to have them. The crew did a great job. I have no complaints from them. They were very hard working, even with the mishap and a disgruntled passenger.

My priority checked bag was not loaded on the flight. I had to sit in baggage claim in Las Vegas for 2 1/2 hours waiting for the next flight. All baggage staff were very helpful, tracking showed it as scanned for loading. Nobody told me why it wasn't on my flight.

All male crew was just too woke for me. I felt like a sardine. I will never take a window seat or the rearmost seat again. I booked early and did not pay for seat selection and that was a mistake. The security at IAH was atrocious. I was violated and radiated as I was in a hurry to connect to my other flight. I may have lost items under the seat in front of me that I couldn't see nor bend over to look.

It’s been awhile since I have traveled on United. I, along with my family who were on the flight noted how smoothly everything went . Boarding, flight crew and service was excellent.

In general ok, my only issue is that they had no hot items for purchase. I had very little time in my connection due to baggage/customs/TSA, thag I barely even had a chance for a stop at the washroom and buy water, to make it to my gate when they started boarding. I had nothing to eat because the trip started early, so I was ready to purchase, and they had nothing except for dry items like snacks. I had to purchase a mediocre, overpriced cheese and fruit board, instead of at least a pizza or sliders that I was planning on getting. Other than that, it was fine. But that’s typical Air Canada, to not have enough.

How badly can you screw up baggage claim? We were told to go to baggage claim too for our bags from this flight. Another flights bags were there. They finished up. More bags from a different flight arrived. Our bags did not Finally the baggage claim belt stopped working and and are flight was still listed on the arrivals for that baggage claim 2. And then nothing It turns out that they had been delivered not only the United baggage claim but far away on a Delta baggage claim No I never told us. It was only the people looking around who had been on the flight But I’m sure there was plenty of time for the employees to raffle through the bags and steal whatever they wanted

Long wait before take off without an update for 20 minutes. Flight was good otherwise.

Flight delayed over 2 hours . I was flying bussiness never got food cause they ran out of what i wanted

Boarding was a breeze, however, two of the flights that I boarded with Spirit did not have Wi-Fi available.

Very good. Nothing more or less than expected. No complaints.

My experience with the spirit as a first time it was OK, but the seats need a little cushion, the problem I had the most impacted me was when checking in the scales were so off and wrong. It will tell that you would have more weight, which was not true. The scale was say that it had Thirty Eight Pounds, when get in the labels when we send the luggage into the band. It says that it was overweight. I really really dislike that because the scales are not accurate. If I use Spirit and I have that issue again. That will be my last time flying with the spirit, even though I like so much to service the planes, and everything else

hahaha we are delayed for one hour plus.. but thx we arrived San Diego safe

Worst airline ever! The guy weighing my bag had his foot on the metal plate and when I called him out on it, I got this stupid little smirk. La is a scam and so is Spirit Airlines. All the flight attendants looked like they hated our flight just as much as we did.

The flight was on time. The seats are very narrow.

Unclear pricing; ended up being charged an extra $52 just to get onboard

Spirit is awful. Too expensive for what you get. Stop nickel and diming.

Seats are poor. They do not lean back. They do not even have pockets on the back, making it impossible to store a phone or a coke bottle. If you opt for basic economy cheap seats, they stick you always in the middle or window seat, even though there are unoccupied seats on the aisle. And then there is the nickel and diming. No carry-ons. And checking your carry-on is $70. At the end there is no price advantage but there is plenty of aggravation.

Worst Airplane ride I ever have taken... My purchased seat was changed without my consent

Plane was down graded and I lost my uncharged exit row with more leg room. No mention or offer of refund from podium. Flight attendant was nice to explain this happens often and that I could request a refund via online form submission. I did this and have heard nothing back.

Horrendous. I do not recommend Frontier. The passengers lack manners and decency, and the flight attendants lack professionalism. If I wasn’t in a bind to fly with 48 hours notice for a job interview, I would not have selected a flight with Frontier and I never plan to fly with them in the future.

The reps working at the airport counter were dumber than a second coat of paint.

The seats were hard molded plastic covered in plastic vinyl. And the scam to charge people extra to sit together. Don’t they know we can just ask someone to trade seats. And watching the staff separate young children from parents… super classy. We had to guilt them into offering up our seats. This companies policies suck. Don’t give them your money.

Everything went as planned. Crew was great. Seats were still not that comfortable.

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

The plane was clean, the crew was friendly and helpful. It’s a low cost airline so there was no food, drinks or in flight entertainment but we didn’t expect any of these things. In the room for improvement department, they should install USB ports in seats to charge mobile devices.

I was surprised that all baggage, including carry on, were charged. Each additional bag went up in cost. Really disappointed in the additional costs.

Delayed each time on a round trip with no significant weather interference. Updates to flight times came after the fact. 30 min behind in boarding and board and phone still show an on time departure. Some mysterious extra 300 miles that came so surprising they had to fuel while we were already on board?

Charges unexpected. For seat that didnt recline. Please reverse extra seat and carryon charge. Bad business that is a bait and switch.

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