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Cheapest round-trip
$992
Typical prices: $967-$1,721
British Airways
Mon 11/16Mon 1/4
JNB - SAN • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$932
Typical prices: $909-$978
Etihad Airways
Wed 7/8
JNB - SAN • 2 stops
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Cheapest • from $992 (round-trip)
Best reviews • 7.8 score
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There are currently no direct flights between Johannesburg and San Diego. You'll need at least 1 connection.
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Cheapest • Avg $1,024 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 23h 53m (one-way)
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Cheapest • 18% price drop
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Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to San Diego (JNB-SAN)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Johannesburg to San Diego 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from Johannesburg to San Diego

Mon, Nov 16 - Mon, Jan 4
British Airways Logo
7:35 pm - 4:10 pm
JNB
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SAN
30h 35m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
6:00 pm - 10:25 am
SAN
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JNB
30h 25m
1 stop
$992British Airways
Mon, Nov 16 - Mon, Jan 4
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7:35 pm - 3:54 pm
JNB
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SAN
30h 19m
2 stops
British Airways Logo
6:00 pm - 10:25 am
SAN
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JNB
30h 25m
1 stop
$1,007British Airways
Mon, Nov 16 - Mon, Jan 4
Virgin Atlantic Logo
8:10 pm - 8:18 pm
JNB
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SAN
34h 08m
2 stops
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10:10 pm - 10:05 am
SAN
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JNB
25h 55m
2 stops
$1,014Virgin Atlantic
Mon, Nov 16 - Mon, Jan 4
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2:30 pm - 3:22 pm
JNB
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SAN
34h 52m
3 stops
Ethiopian Air Logo
9:55 pm - 1:05 pm
SAN
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JNB
29h 10m
2 stops
$1,335Ethiopian Air
Mon, Nov 16 - Mon, Jan 4
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5:45 pm - 3:45 pm
JNB
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SAN
32h 00m
3 stops
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2:00 pm - 11:00 am
SAN
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JNB
35h 00m
3 stops
$2,135Multiple Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Johannesburg to San Diego flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to San Diego?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to San Diego departing in November.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to San Diego?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to San Diego, 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 Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to San Diego is September, where tickets cost $970 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,792 and $1,482 respectively.

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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$932
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 13% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 10% lower on average.
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Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Johannesburg to San Diego based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Johannesburg to San Diego flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to San Diego?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to San Diego was $932 for a one-way ticket and $992 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Johannesburg and San Diego?

    A passport is required to fly from Johannesburg to San Diego.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Johannesburg to San Diego?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Johannesburg to San Diego?

    oneworld, SkyTeam, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between Johannesburg and San Diego, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Johannesburg to San Diego, Delta or United Airlines?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Johannesburg to San Diego are Delta and United Airlines. With an average price for the route of $1,537 and an overall rating of 7.8, Delta is the most popular choice. United Airlines is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,080 and an overall rating of 7.4.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Johannesburg 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 from Johannesburg to San Diego.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to San Diego from Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg 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 to Johannesburg with another airline. Booking your flights between Johannesburg and SAN can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Johannesburg 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 from Johannesburg up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Johannesburg to San Diego

 
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DeltaOverall score based on 8451 reviews
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7.8Entertainment
7.8Comfort
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Crew was real good, flight was smooth and came in early.

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2026
DTW - SAN
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Crew was real good, flight was smooth and came in early.

Gate agent rushed to fill hot jetway with crowd so it took over 12 minutes to go from gate to plane. Just like a discount airline Pooly prepared cabin and third time that claim of rough air prevented any cabin service. Friends on a Southwest flight at similar time had service.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

Rough day of travel all the way around. Wrong info given to us multiple times and mistakes in their booking making our trip 10 hours longer than planned. I’m bummed because I fly Delta all the time and love them. Mistakes happen. Just bummed that this was a rare trip our whole family was traveling together.

It was good until there was a 3 hour delay because there was not any pilots to fly the plane.

Everything was very good other than I had selected a specific seat when I booked the flight and they changed it once I checked-in the day before my flight. I was still in first class but lost my aisle seat for a window seat. Being tall, the aisle offers more comfort so I always select an aisle seat.

Flight diverted in SD. Later take off in Seattle by 1.3hrs

Was a great smooth flight from Detroit to San Diego.

The boarding process was terrible especially with an indirect flight Chicago to Seattle to San Diego was terrible talking about we overbooked a flight idk if I’d take this airline ever again we got off our flight from Chicago to Seattle and we traveled for business and they told us our connecting flight was over booked and their was no seats asking people to take a delayed next flight and they don’t tell anyone coughing to wear masks seats 30A-B were terrible during the flight no one wants to sit next to people coughing all around I don’t want to be sick traveling for work or get sick anytime it’s very upsetting the staff doesn’t take this stuff serious to tell them to wear masks when they see people coughing and sneezing

They made us check our bag…. Even though there was plenty of space up top… and then proceeded to shatter by brand new luggage 😞

The airline was fine, but I did want to share about Kayak's error through Underpricer. The original booking was purchased with ANA, and Kayak booked it with United. This is a mistake that should not be happening, since the price I paid was with ANA and that was my preference. I appreciate the efforts done to make this right by paying for the seat preference, but sitting in the back of the airplane under economy is not enough to make this error right. ANA Airlines was the experience I wanted considering this was a life time experience that my family and I wanted to have as part of our Japanese experience. Please work on your affiliation with Underpricer to make the right bookings that the customer pays for. In my situation, I could of paid less for a United ticket versus my original payment with ANA Airlines.

The Manila airport was under renovation so there was no business class lounge. The double security check was disorganized and the flight attendants were grouchy.

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

We were Polaris passengers and found the service poor. The food was ok but the flight attendants were not attentive and rushed the service.

Was a pain having to leave the plane and reboard but glad the plane was fixed

Connecting flights were poor,especially in Naples.our Lufthansa air bus was a joke.way too small for that long of a flight.no room at all.couldn’t even get out of the seats to move around or go to the bathrooms.we thought we were getting an actual air bus,double decker.i will never fly that long in a plane like that again.kind of misleading to call it an air bus.we actually had more room on our buses that we used.

For a 22 minute flight all you expect is for it to be safe and comfortable

Lost connnection had to stayON in Chicago Was a mess

Flight was canceled and United offered zero assistance. Left many of us in an unsafe situation

Booked economy through United - air canada treated it as standby and was almost refused boarding.

They lost my luggage on my way to Namibia (I was unable to review that flight as I was in the bush/off line) It took 3 days to get my bag and I had to pay $375.00 to have it transported to my location as it was over 100 Kilometers from that Airport and the local Airlink carrier would not got that far.

Great flight, last one out the air-conditioning was far to hot and the return it was to cold and then issued blankets. On the outward bowned the headset connector didn't work properly. You had intermittent sound from the audio socket.

Terrible service especially for premium economy. Much more comfortable seats on other providers

All service prior to the flight was terrible: online check-in not working, no customer service tel,, multiple airport scanners not working, A huge mess.

Our original booking with Kayak -our first experience -was exactly what we wanted and worked well. Updates were friendly and reassuring as were the contacts with UnderPricer so a big win-win. We learned a lot on your reliability and will definitely put you on our organisational list for the future.

If they wouldn't have canceled the flight WITHOUT informing me until I looked at my ticket and saw I had 2 extra layovers in 2 different cities than the ones I paid for? That would have been nice.

Poor BA get a lot of stick and have some problems getting your bags to the same destination BUT the whole experience is very much 5 star and probably due to excellent, helpful and sooo British staff. We travelled in economy plus.

Service of the crews were great. Food on flight was very greasy, and salty.

Terrible, broken window and the blinded didn’t shut during the entire flight. Nobody could sleep

Horrible. Crew is not helpful. Lounge is sub standard and overcrowded. Getting to your plane is underwhelming “via a bus”. Worst experience I have had.

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