$280 Find Cheap Flights from Munich to California

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Best California Flight Deals from Munich

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$408
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$408
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$552
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$535
Fresno
Fresno2 stops$810
Reno
Reno2 stops$695
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$746
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$408
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$408
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$552
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$535
Fresno
Fresno2 stops$810
Reno
Reno2 stops$695
Sacramento
Sacramento2 stops$746

Cheap Flights from Munich to California

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

Tue, Sep 9 - Tue, Sep 30
TAP AIR PORTUGAL Logo
1:35 pm - 2:35 pmMUC-SFO
34h 00m1 stop
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4:20 pm - 11:20 pmSFO-MUC
22h 00m1 stop
$408TAP AIR PORTUGAL
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Sat, Sep 6 - Sun, Sep 21
TAP AIR PORTUGAL Logo
6:05 am - 2:40 pmMUC-LAX
17h 35m1 stop
TAP AIR PORTUGAL Logo
4:40 pm - 7:10 pmLAX-MUC
17h 30m1 stop
$408TAP AIR PORTUGAL
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Wed, Sep 3 - Sat, Sep 13
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10:55 am - 5:35 pmMUC-LAX
15h 40m1 stop
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8:05 pm - 11:15 pmLAX-MUC
18h 10m1 stop
$503British Airways
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Sat, Oct 11 - Sat, Oct 25
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4:30 pm - 1:50 pmMUC-SFO
30h 20m1 stop
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4:24 pm - 8:55 pmSFO-MUC
19h 31m2 stops
$512British Airways
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Wed, Oct 15 - Sat, Oct 25
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9:25 am - 6:35 pmMUC-LAS
18h 10m1 stop
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11:30 am - 3:40 pmLAS-MUC
19h 10m2 stops
$532Delta
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Wed, Sep 3 - Wed, Sep 10
Delta Logo
10:25 am - 11:18 pmMUC-LAS
21h 53m2 stops
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10:54 am - 2:35 pmLAS-MUC
18h 41m2 stops
$537Delta
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Tue, Sep 9 - Tue, Sep 30
Lufthansa Logo
11:30 am - 4:00 pmMUC-SFO
13h 30m1 stop
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2:00 pm - 10:05 amSFO-MUC
11h 05mnonstop
$561Lufthansa
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Mon, Sep 1 - Sun, Sep 14
Lufthansa Logo
11:30 am - 4:55 pmMUC-LAX
14h 25m1 stop
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5:30 pm - 1:40 pmLAX-MUC
11h 10mnonstop
$575Lufthansa
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Mon, Sep 8 - Thu, Oct 2
United Airlines Logo
9:00 am - 7:55 pmMUC-SFO
19h 55m1 stop
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7:00 am - 1:10 pmSFO-MUC
21h 10m1 stop
$575United Airlines
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Thu, Oct 2 - Sun, Oct 5
United Airlines Logo
12:20 pm - 3:15 pmMUC-LAX
11h 55mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
5:30 pm - 1:40 pmLAX-MUC
11h 10mnonstop
$576United Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Munich to California flights

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

What is the cheapest Munich 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 Munich to California.

The cheapest ticket to California from Munich found in the last 72 hours was to San Diego, at $453 round-trip. The most popular route is from Munich (MUC) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $608.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Munich 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.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $876 on average.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Munich 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 Munich to California is February, when tickets cost $652 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,013 and $915 respectively.

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

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

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to California on a Tuesday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Munich, you should consider flying back on a Wednesday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Munich 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 Munich 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 Munich to California, you should book around 3 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
High seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$280
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 1% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 7% increase in price.
Flight from Munich to San Francisco

Flights from Munich to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Munich to California 
PatrickFlew with LufthansaMUC-LAXMay 2025
Arrive early. There are a lot of flights and a lot of steps before getting to your gate.
GzimFlew with LufthansaMUC-SANAug 2024
Buy your own food, choose seating where you have your own row or someone your flying with.
AmrFlew with United AirlinesMUC-LAXAug 2024
Boarding takes long time and traveling from T2 is far away from T1

FAQs - booking California flights

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Munich 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 Munich 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 Munich 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 Munich 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 Munich 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 at night, when round-trip flights cost $641 on average. Morning departures are around 10% 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 $756.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Munich to the following destinations at these prices or less: Los Angeles $708 one-way - $685 round-trip

Top 5 airlines serving from Munich to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Munich 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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DeltaOverall score based on 7963 reviews
8.5Crew
7.9Comfort
7.3Food
8.2Boarding
7.9Entertainment
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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.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jun 2025BOS - LAX
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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

The crew was very kind and always smiling. The seats were great and I was very comfortable during the flight. The only thing I didn't like was that the lavatories got really dirty at some point during the flight. Other than that my experience was great

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.

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

The crew was fantastic. They were there whenever we needed. The wifi didn’t work which was brutal on an 11 hour flight. The onboard entertainment was boring. Nothing of interest

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

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

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.

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.

I enjoyed my flight back with Lufthansa because the food was good, and the flight attendants were nice and helped you when you asked a question. The flight attendants always came around and asked if you needed anything which I liked a lot.

I wish seats were not reclinable. It's so claustrophobic when the person in front of you spends most of a nine hour flight leaned all the way back. The crew was really nice though and the dinner (red Thai curry) was pretty compelling.

The only thing that the airport can improve which will help Lufthansa from delay flights is to warn the passengers that are flying to the USA to be earlier to the gate due to the documents check that in our case delayed the flight

This was the best carrier, comfort, service, good food, on time experience on a long haul flight. New, clean, quiet, smooth aircraft!!!

Liked - efficiency of boarding with 2 jetways. Checkin was with kiosks with helpful and plentiful workers to help with the process. Munich airport security was very automated, efficient and effective. Free wine and beer! Cons - food was only okay in economy class. Plane bathrooms could have been cleaner.

Crew were professionals. However, the plane seats are too small -essentially there is no space to move around which for so many hours is almost inhuman but certainly unacceptable. Same with the bad quality of food and the fact that you need to purchase Wi-Fi

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.

Delayed due to a technical fault, one small bottle of water, no USB charging point Not much to like

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.

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