$280 Find Cheap Flights from Lyon to California

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Best California Flight Deals from Lyon

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$487
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$490
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$609
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$487
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$490
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$609

Cheap Flights from Lyon to California

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Lyon 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 Lyon to California

Sat, Sep 13 - Sat, Sep 27
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6:45 pm - 2:25 pmLYS-LAX
28h 40m1 stop
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4:40 pm - 11:55 amLAX-LYS
34h 15m1 stop
$487TAP AIR PORTUGAL
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Sat, Oct 4 - Sat, Oct 25
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6:45 pm - 2:25 pmLYS-LAX
28h 40m1 stop
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4:40 pm - 12:55 amLAX-LYS
23h 15m1 stop
$489TAP AIR PORTUGAL
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Thu, Sep 25 - Wed, Oct 8
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10:10 am - 4:55 pmLYS-LAX
15h 45m1 stop
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5:30 pm - 4:40 pmLAX-LYS
14h 10m1 stop
$515Lufthansa
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Thu, Nov 13 - Thu, Dec 11
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9:35 am - 1:30 pmLYS-LAX
36h 55m1 stop
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8:55 pm - 8:00 pmLAX-LYS
14h 05m1 stop
$519British Airways
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Wed, Sep 3 - Wed, Sep 17
Lufthansa Logo
6:50 am - 1:00 pmLYS-LAX
15h 10m1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
2:55 pm - 6:10 pmLAX-LYS
18h 15m1 stop
$520Lufthansa
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Mon, Nov 3 - Mon, Nov 17
British Airways Logo
6:45 pm - 1:30 pmLYS-LAX
27h 45m1 stop
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5:35 pm - 5:45 pmLAX-LYS
15h 10m1 stop
$532British Airways
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Wed, Oct 15 - Sun, Oct 26
American Airlines Logo
6:10 am - 4:05 pmLYS-LAX
18h 55m1 stop
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7:05 pm - 6:40 pmLAX-LYS
15h 35m1 stop
$548American Airlines
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Wed, Sep 3 - Sat, Sep 20
American Airlines Logo
1:35 pm - 2:50 pmLYS-SAN
34h 15m1 stop
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6:15 am - 2:30 pmSAN-LYS
23h 15m2 stops
$634American Airlines
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Mon, Sep 1 - Sun, Sep 21
Air France Logo
6:15 pm - 12:00 pmLYS-SAN
26h 45m1 stop
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3:59 pm - 5:45 pmSAN-LYS
16h 46m2 stops
$717Air France
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Sun, Aug 31 - Tue, Sep 23
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7:00 am - 12:00 pmLYS-SAN
14h 00m1 stop
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3:59 pm - 5:45 pmSAN-LYS
16h 46m2 stops
$739Air France
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Lyon to California flights

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

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Lyon 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 Lyon to California is February, when tickets cost $715 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,116 and $1,079 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Lyon to California?

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

When flying from Lyon to California, you should consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Mondays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Lyon, you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Saturdays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Lyon 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 Lyon 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 Lyon to California, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.


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Low seasonJanuary
High seasonJuly
Cheapest flight$280
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 0% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 27% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Lyon 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 Lyon to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Lyon 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 Lyon 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 Lyon 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 Lyon 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 Lyon 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 $853 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $853.

Top 5 airlines serving from Lyon to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Lyon 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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7.5
Air FranceOverall score based on 1466 reviews
8.2Crew
7.0Food
7.4Boarding
7.4Comfort
7.0Entertainment
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Wasted a lot of time trying to find the CDG lounge - it was not next to the connecting flight gate like the Air France staff said.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2025JFK - CDG
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Wasted a lot of time trying to find the CDG lounge - it was not next to the connecting flight gate like the Air France staff said.

My experience was good overall, the quality of the food really decreased! There used to be a choice between meat and fish now it’s between chicken and pasta! In the choices of entertainment meditation has been added which is very good. Soft chair workout to improve blood circulation and avoid phlebitis should be added.

The only reason the overall rating wasn't "excellent" was due to problems in claiming luggage. The bags are delivered to the main area (Cinta 35) for domestic passengers, but to a DIFFERENT ROOM for international arrivees. After waiting 30 minutes, someone (who didn't appear to be from Air France or the airport) told us to go to another area. There we found our bags, which appeared to have been awaiting us for a while. We had to go through a bag check before leaving the airport. If we had been alerted to this possibility, or better yet, been to go directly to Cinta 34, we could have eliminated quite a bit of waiting.

Much better than the major US Carriers especially in Biz Class.

I wish that the meal included a vegetable or even a salad instead of couscous! Why serve chicken with rice AND couscous? Service was good overall though a bit lacking in friendliness. Usually on air france I've been offered a glass of champagne before dinner, wine with dinner, and a digestif after dinner. We were only offered wine this time!

It was not Air France but Air Europa. But confusion over our checked luggage. Whether it was checked all the way to Tenerife or not. It was not. Had to line up again in Departures. At least our Sky Priority was honoured. Flight was fine.

My wife and I had a row to ourselves after moving seats. There were no TVs and you had to buy food. So we did nothing but had a quick nap. Flight was fine.

The plane was old Only 3 bathrooms available for economy The entertainment was old and the selection was poor

Georgian Airways check in staff initially denied us, because they thought passengers required transit visas to transfer on connecting flights. This required 70 minutes for them to call multiple people to confirm how transfers worked. They did not apologize once accepting our check in. Onboard, the four hour flight gave stale bread with spam slices as lunch. The only included drinks were still or sparkling water.

I did not get my baggage at my final destination..poor coordination with connecting flights with partner airlines (Saudi airways). Also the food was very mediocre.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

Airbus plane, nice and polite staff, entertainment even as it was a short flight.

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

Its good expeince but in enternteiment please be like you tube the music i like or movie

I needed to make changes to my flights. When I called customer service, they assisted me with care professionalism.

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 ;)

Loved the staff, boarding and drink options! Wish the comfort of the seat could have been better nevertheless

Honestly, I haven’t flown American in years, probably due to the pandemic and my being unable to travel for certain periods in the last two years, but it was a good experience to dig out or obtain a new American Airlines account after many years of traveling for business with American in the past.

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

I was very grateful for Lufthansa's role in organizing mobility support. The touchscreen on my seat was faulty: slow, stained (I couldn't get it clean), and glitchy. This made selecting movies extremely time consuming, and twice I had to start all over from the beginning.

Beautifully maintained airplane, good food, professional crew, top-notch communication. I highly recommend Lufthansa for intercontinental flights between the United States and Europe.

Lufthansa is my favorite airline and have flown oversea with them for the past 25 years: i always found them so professional and incredibly efficient from checking in to arrival. I also love their Munich or Frankfurt airports.

The United flight was excellent! The flight attendants were attentive and nice, and the food was very good! And the glasses are larger than on Lufthansa flights! I don’t want to have to ask for 15 glasses of water because their glasses are ridiculously small!

The food not that great. Did not like the fact that we could not purchase upgrade at the airport

We paid for business class, and my seat did not work at all. Each time I wanted to adjust the position, an attendant had to come to physically force the seat into its new position. They tried to fix it by fiddling with the electronics (military reset, for example), to no avail. Also, the food was just mediocre. We were at the end of a serving section, so they ran out of several choices. (This was on the flight from Los Angeles to Munich.)

The crew was the best I’ve ever encountered. Business class was spacious, immaculate, and very modern.

The plane was very clean. The bathroom was clean as well. The land crew were very polite and informative and helpful. They informed me that there is a long way and challenging to go from international terminal to national terminal and in addition to getting my suitcases and going through customs and dropping them again for my second leg of trip which was San Francisco to Los Angeles . I have left knee issue and had a recent fall with aching muscles all over, the land crew suggested wheelchair help for me, God bless her. If I did not have help, I could not make it to my last terminal. Thank you UNITED AIRLINE!

I like the service and the efficiency. I am lactose intolerant and the lactose intolerant meal in business class was not astounding. Also, the business class fully reclining seats are not that comfortable.

Food was great but they didn't clear my meal tray for 3 hours. You'd think they could check though the cabin now and then.

Better synchronizing the boarding processes. The audio announcements, the personnel and the digital signage were not saying the same thing. All confusion.

The first class seats were unusable, mine at the end of the flight, my husband's in the middle of the flight, and the one next to me was unusable either, they had to move the person to another seat.

Last minute gate change. Didn’t put our TSA global on our trip even though we asked multiple times to confirm. Did not help with food when could not eat what was served.

Our luggage didn’t arrive with us, that puts a damper on the whole trip.

The cabin was bit colder than I like but the crew members looked after us very well. They did even offer hot water bottle and hot chocolate. I cannot rate the crew enough excellent is not good enough. They really were wonderful.

Boarding is always a challenge as folks in al groups crowd around for no reason, but crew handled it well. I once again applaud the LHR ground baggage staff as they got our bags from a flight at Terminal 5A to a flight in Terminal 5C within 40 minutes...amazing!

This flight from London to Chicago was actually on an AA airline. I did book through BA but the flight was AA. Great flight, hectic in Chicago, I wouldn't choose to fly through Chicago again, but that's not the airlines fault. The flight itself was great.

Push back is not working when I complaint a male staff he told me that most of the seats are like that so we can’t do anything

Seats were way too small. I got claustrophobic waiting for trash from meal to be taken away. I couldn't move to even close my tray until trash was taken.

Was 3 hrs delayed and my poor friend I met in Barcelona was waiting at airport for 3 hrs. Dallas airport was awful

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