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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 Mexico found in the last 72 hours was to Oakland, at $117 round-trip. The most popular route is León (BJX) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $146.

How much is a flight to California?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to California from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.

A flight to California costs $289 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks was $92 for the route Santiago de Querétaro (QRO) to Los Angeles (LAX). The most popular routes on KAYAK are Guadalajara to Los Angeles which costs $286 on average, and Mexico City to Los Angeles, which costs $378 on average.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Mexico 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 Mexico to California is January, when tickets cost $287 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $634 and $404 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Mexico 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 Mexico to California, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 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 Fresno Airterminal Airport (FAT), with an average flight price of $195.


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Best time to beat the crowds with an average 5% drop in price.
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Flights from Mexico to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Mexico to California 
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesSJD-SMFFeb 2025
Sacramento has a “two step” process with retrieving luggage on inbound flights. Be aware adds about 45 min to your wait.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesCUN-LAXNov 2024
Take an early flight you will beat TSA lines
CaitlynFlew with Alaska AirlinesSJD-LAXJul 2024
Airport in Cabo does not have drinking fountains or water bottle filling stations so be ready to buy water. Be ready for a long line at US customs and boarder patrol for US citizens just because of the sheer volume of people coming back from vacation.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska AirlinesCUN-LAXFeb 2024
Pack light and have all your passports and tickets in your hand at all times and be respectful to other fellow, travelers and staff

FAQs for booking flights from Mexico to California

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Mexico 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 Mexico 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 Mexico 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 Mexico 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 Mexico 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 Friday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $307. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $370 on average.

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

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $299 on average. Morning departures are around 1% more expensive than evening flights, 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 $440.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Mexico 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 Mexico 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 Mexico 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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DeltaOverall score based on 7952 reviews
8.2Boarding
8.5Crew
7.9Entertainment
7.9Comfort
7.3Food
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My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

2.0 MediocreMrs., Jul 2025OGG - LAX
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My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

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.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

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.

I love the free WiFi!! Crew was nice. Bathroom was decent. First time flying delta in a long time and I enjoyed it. Will definitely look into booking with Delta more but I think Delta is a little more expensive than the other airlines.

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

It was good in general. The Crew during the flight were very nice at all times.

The ground staff were not as friendly and nice to the passengers as the air crew. Flight attendants, cockpit crew were great and very nice to everyone on board.

My flight was delayed, then I got transferred to a new flight that was also delayed- which wasn’t Aeromexico’s fault, it was because of weather conditions. Most of the crew was very nice and patient, except for one or two flight attendants who were rude. The entertainment wasn’t on, so all the screens were off.

My wife's entertainment system did not work. Payed for flight upgrade but did not receive advertised "free WiFi".

Annoying that we had to go to departures and get boarding passes. Should allow us to be booked all the way through, this is the only airline i have this problem with in MEX. Late boarding and take off

the guy in front of me put his seat back immediately...and then left it back including thru landing and taxiing to the runway. attendants did not check/ask him to put it up for landing.

The airplane was an old airplane, seats were very uncomfortable and very little space, they changed my seat and that was no option to get back into my seat even when I was traveling a senior who required assistance.

This is not a low cost airline. Stop acting like o e.

Aeromexico crew made me check my hand luggage in the door of the plane. As soon as I reach Mexico City, I notice that my luggage was opened and 8 games of Nintendo Switch were stolen (700 dllrs value aprox) (the console was there) but the games were stolen. I am very dissapointed of Aeromexico and all the crew. Instead of being a good trip, It was a sad trip

Ok. But we arrived to a remote terminal which meant that a bus had to take us to the terminal building

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

It was all good flight was on time, service was good I enjoyed a few movies and everything was smooth

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.

My flight was delayed a very short period of time but they did not hold my connecting flight to San Diego, also through United. So they closed the doors before we got off our plane. They would only have to help the door open for another five to ten minutes. So I missed a court deadline for a manditory mediation settlement conference for my client. I had to get an associate to be there in person and be on the phone with him relaying what he needs to do the entire time. The court was very upset with me and so was my client. United cannot be trusted.

We were given vouchers we couldn’t use with a 5.5 hour delay

Really good 😊 the woman at the gate entrance was a little rude checking in our carry-on but i dont think she worked for the airline, she worked for the airport at sacramento, other than that amazing.

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.

The bad thing is they didnt send me the deatils about how much alowed bagage ehight 1 carryon or cheacking bag Also they just send in spanishlanfuage i couldnt understand emails

The boarding process was ridiculous. The boarded groups into a walkway just before the aerobridge (about 20 mins late), whilst we watch the crew stroll casually onto the plane, running late. And then they made us line up on then aerobridge with no aircon for 10 minutes before we boarded. Staff are just as ghetto as the customers. Wouldn’t fly again

They closed the gate over 25 minutes before departure and I didn’t get to board.

No empathy for my situation, arriving at the check-in counter 5 minutes after the deadline to deposit baggage due to a very delayed incoming intercontinental flight. The attendant simply stared past my shoulder and picked up the microphone to announce a "reminder that all passengers must arrive at least one hour before the flight" before speaking to the passenger behind me. I understand that there are rules above deadlines but at least show some damn empathy. It was Christmas morning and I'd been travelling for 20 hours for goodness sake!

They no longer offer anything free to eat or drink, everything is sold, not even a bottle of water is offered for free.

I paid for Viva play and most of the time didn’t work and also I order some drinks and the price was to expensive.

The terminal and gate was never the right one announced in the Viva App, neither in screens, moved from one terminal to another

The smart/express line to check in was a mess, employees not doing the process smooth and quick, using their mobile phones, talking to their coworkers

My flight was changed 4 tienes , delaying my arrival lore than 5 hours

Everything was okay, but boarding begins late and when I was returning there was a gate change. The app never showed the change.

In Mexico charges too much for my luggage and I ask for help and nothing one lady she just disappeared 😡😡😡😡😡never going to fly there

Better communication about delayed flight. I am thankful for a small credit for late flight.

Liked on time, rear entry and exit from plane Dislike the use of duct tape to repair seat rests

Terrible. And they charged over $400 just for luggage. And threatened that I would loose my flight if I didn’t pay. So I didn’t have another choice but to pay.

They check you everything before entering to waiting room, if you have any liquid they take it away even if you buy it inside the airport, no recommend volaris, for mi know Alaska airline is better

They don’t give anything for free you have to pay for everything which it’s expected but at least give out water and a snack as a courtesy for flying with them.

I got to where I needed to go quickly. There were no amenities. And the seats were painful.

The worst. Kayak sent notification at 2am and 10am regarding the delay. Then sends a notification an hour before original depart time that it will depart on time. I had to wait 8 hours at the airport. My family had to pay for lodging in Guadalajara where I was landing for pick up.

The flight was delayed an hour and a half, and they would not update the board on when the flight was supposed to take off. Once the plane arrived, they started the boarding process before the plane was even ready for the passengers so we had to wait another 45 minutes on the tarmac while we waited for the plane to be ready for us. In my opinion, there is no point in starting the boarding process when you are not ready to board the plane. This just causes a crowded gate with everyone from zone one and zone two standing up going nowhere.

They were only able to give me a seat and not my travel companion, she had to fly on a different airline. unacceptable

Book cheap flights from Mexico to California

Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
8/13Wed
nonstopViva
3h 25mMEX-TIJ
8/26Tue
nonstopViva
3h 25mTIJ-MEX
$135
10/23Thu
nonstopVolaris
3h 33mMEX-TIJ
10/25Sat
nonstopVolaris
3h 15mTIJ-MEX
$139
9/4Thu
nonstopDelta
3h 28mGDL-LAX
9/28Sun
nonstopDelta
3h 23mLAX-GDL
$227
9/25Thu
nonstopDelta
3h 28mGDL-LAX
11/4Tue
nonstopDelta
3h 21mLAX-GDL
$229
9/26Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
16h 55mGDL-LAX
9/27Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
9h 29mLAX-GDL
$235
9/26Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
11h 05mGDL-LAX
11/8Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
25h 05mLAX-GDL
$245
8/12Tue
nonstopFrontier
3h 15mGDL-LAX
8/16Sat
nonstopFrontier
3h 15mLAX-GDL
$247
8/12Tue
nonstopFrontier
3h 15mGDL-LAX
8/16Sat
nonstopFrontier
3h 15mLAX-GDL
$248
8/12Tue
1 stopAeromexico
6h 49mMTY-LAS
8/12Tue
2 stopsAeromexico
14h 18mLAS-MTY
$259
10/19Sun
2 stopsAeromexico
21h 37mMTY-LAS
10/23Thu
2 stopsAeromexico
17h 48mLAS-MTY
$276

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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.
9/28Sun
nonstopVolaris
3h 33mMEX-TIJ
$67
9/2Tue
nonstopVolaris
3h 33mMEX-TIJ
$73
7/31Thu
nonstopVolaris
3h 33mMEX-TIJ
$74
8/14Thu
nonstopViva
3h 25mMEX-TIJ
$77
9/28Sun
1 stopViva
7h 35mMEX-TIJ
$83
10/16Thu
nonstopAeromexico
4h 49mMEX-SFO
$169
8/9Sat
nonstopDelta
5h 04mMEX-SFO
$170
7/24Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
4h 47mMEX-SFO
$172
7/31Thu
nonstopUnited Airlines
4h 47mMEX-SFO
$173
8/20Wed
2 stopsDelta
13h 17mMTY-LAS
$178

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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.
7/13Sun
nonstopViva
3h 25mMEX-TIJ
7/19Sat
nonstopViva
3h 25mTIJ-MEX
$215
7/11Fri
nonstopViva
3h 25mMEX-TIJ
7/14Mon
nonstopViva
3h 30mTIJ-MEX
$219
7/14Mon
nonstopVolaris
3h 33mMEX-TIJ
7/15Tue
nonstopVolaris
3h 23mTIJ-MEX
$242
7/11Fri
nonstopVolaris
3h 33mMEX-TIJ
7/14Mon
nonstopVolaris
3h 23mTIJ-MEX
$253
7/11Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
16h 37mMEX-LAX
7/14Mon
multi-stopUnited Airlines
9h 19mLAX-MEX
$283
7/13Sun
multi-stopUnited Airlines
16h 37mMEX-LAX
7/18Fri
multi-stopUnited Airlines
11h 45mLAX-MEX
$304
7/12Sat
nonstopAeromexico
3h 40mMEX-TIJ
7/14Mon
nonstopAeromexico
3h 38mTIJ-MEX
$326
7/11Fri
multi-stopDelta
9h 08mGDL-LAX
8/8Fri
nonstopDelta
3h 20mLAX-GDL
$337
7/15Tue
multi-stopDelta
10h 53mGDL-LAX
8/11Mon
nonstopDelta
3h 20mLAX-GDL
$338
7/12Sat
nonstopAeromexico
3h 55mMEX-TIJ
7/13Sun
nonstopAeromexico
3h 29mTIJ-MEX
$340

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