$572 Find Cheap Flights from Nairobi to California

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Cheap Flights from Nairobi to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles2 stops$996
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$889
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,333
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,160
Los Angeles
Los Angeles2 stops$996
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$889
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$1,333
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$1,160

Book Cheap Nairobi to California Plane Tickets

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

Tue, Dec 9 - Wed, Jan 7
Turkish Airlines Logo
4:50 am - 4:45 pmNBO-SFO
22h 55m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
6:50 pm - 3:05 amSFO-NBO
21h 15m1 stop
$889Turkish Airlines
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Wed, Nov 19 - Thu, Nov 27
Air Canada Logo
11:55 pm - 9:22 pmNBO-SFO
32h 27m2 stops
Air Canada Logo
8:25 am - 9:15 pmSFO-NBO
25h 50m2 stops
$907Air Canada
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Wed, Dec 10 - Wed, Jan 7
Qatar Airways Logo
5:00 pm - 12:40 pmNBO-SFO
30h 40m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
3:00 pm - 12:05 amSFO-NBO
22h 05m1 stop
$918Qatar Airways
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Wed, Dec 10 - Wed, Jan 7
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:55 pm - 9:22 pmNBO-SFO
32h 27m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
5:25 pm - 9:15 pmSFO-NBO
40h 50m2 stops
$928Multiple Airlines
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Sun, Nov 16 - Sat, Apr 11
Multiple Airlines Logo
11:55 pm - 12:40 pmNBO-SFO
23h 45m1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
12:10 am - 8:20 pmSFO-NBO
34h 10m2 stops
$929Multiple Airlines
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Sun, Nov 16 - Sun, Apr 12
Qatar Airways Logo
5:00 pm - 12:40 pmNBO-SFO
30h 40m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
3:55 pm - 6:40 amSFO-NBO
28h 45m1 stop
$965Qatar Airways
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Mon, Nov 17 - Mon, Nov 24
Delta Logo
11:20 pm - 1:25 pmNBO-SFO
25h 05m1 stop
Delta Logo
7:05 am - 9:10 pmSFO-NBO
27h 05m2 stops
$972Delta
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Tue, Nov 18 - Thu, Nov 27
Delta Logo
11:20 pm - 6:57 pmNBO-SFO
30h 37m2 stops
Delta Logo
7:05 am - 9:10 pmSFO-NBO
27h 05m2 stops
$977Delta
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Wed, Dec 24 - Wed, Jan 21
Lufthansa Logo
11:55 pm - 10:43 pmNBO-LAX
33h 48m2 stops
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8:40 am - 10:00 pmLAX-NBO
26h 20m2 stops
$1,042Lufthansa
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Tue, Apr 21 - Wed, May 13
Lufthansa Logo
10:55 pm - 1:05 pmNBO-LAX
24h 10m1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
8:30 am - 8:35 pmLAX-NBO
26h 05m2 stops
$1,052Lufthansa
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Nairobi to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Nairobi 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 Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl 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 Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport to California is March, when tickets cost $1,070 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,397 and $1,339 respectively.

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport 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 Sunday and more expensive on a Tuesday. On your return trip to Nairobi, you should consider flying back on a Sunday, and avoid Saturdays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl 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 Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl 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 Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport to California, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 11% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonApril
Cheapest flight$549
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 12% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 1% increase in price.
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FAQs - booking California flights

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Nairobi 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 Nairobi 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 Nairobi 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 Nairobi 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 Nairobi 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 $1,065 on average. Morning departures are around 1% 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 $1,184.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Nairobi to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Nairobi 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.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Nairobi 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.
7.9
DeltaOverall score based on 7992 reviews
7.9Comfort
7.9Entertainment
7.3Food
8.2Boarding
8.5Crew
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Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

8.0 ExcellentJulie, Oct 2025LAX - SFO
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Staff were friendly and happy. Delta could make sure passengers that don't have the app know of changes. Without Kayak I would not have known about the change of gate or the delay. Kayak was faster to notify me.

They changed planes and the new plane couldn’t carry enough fuel to fly across the country so we had to stop in Kansas City to refuel. Flight was delayed .

Flight was too crowded and seats are too small, especially since passengrs are getting larger. Having a middle seat is ALWAYS tough! Woman on my left was large & kept creeping in to my space. Flight personnel were great! Have more savory rather than sweet snacks please.

The crew took good care of us. The flight from ATL to SFO is a longer one, and there were multiple beverage offerings. I like the 757's that Delta uses. Good airplane that is comfortable. I do wish Delta would separate Priority boarding from the better seats. I would gladly take a smaller seat in an open row than be jammed into Comfort just to get priority boarding, just to make sure I don't have to check a bag.

The crew was not very visible. This might be a good thing for people who wanted to sleep but seemed odd when compared to the Atlantic crossing where they are more present in the cabin. The Food (beef) was not good. Tough and tasteless. Would love to see more choices on a long flight like that.

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.

The flight crew was friendly. I tried to adjust my seat online ahead of time but no option existed without additional fees. My friend asked at the gate about a seat change and was able to make it happen. That was great! The flight crew moved a very tall gentleman and his companion which allowed us to have more space which was nice. Overall, good experience. Appreciated the blanket and pillow.

I was uncomfortably cold on the plane. Other than that it was uneventful and therefore as enjoyable as a plane ride can be.

Food was surprisingly good but the WiFi was not great

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.

Paid $10 for wifi for full flight duration and the wifi wasn’t available after initial 2 hours

My baggage is lost. Flight cancelled, Rebooked ticket through long routes. Mental stress, emotional hurt

The flight overall was good. The attendants did a good job except that 1 female had too much fragrance on. The other things that made the flight unpleasant were out of the airlines control.

Nothing to complain. The staff and flight was good especially the seats which was better compared than the cloth ones on Qatar airways

I would love the entertainment center to be updated with more content. The flight to Doha had more options than the one to Miami

Overall the experience was neat with crew being nice and caring especially to parent with kids. The free snacks option was okay. The kiosk at Philly airport didn’t work.

First keep the airline as you promise. Reason for travelling from Orlando to Tampa is to go with Qatar Airline. We end up with American Airline. As expected the service was horrible.

Not sure how we end up with American Airlines instead of Qatar Airways. From Philadelphia to Qatar they boarded us then they asked us to unload. After 30 minutes later they board us again. The inside the plane it was burning hot and we were sweating like crazy. Crew members are absolute rude. The way they served the passengers were horrible. One of the crew members hit my knee with food cart and kept going. I was holding an ice pack for almost 2 hours. I am still with the pain.

I felt that when I was rerouted it should have been to business class.

The flight was smooth Thank God but the delays and changing gates for 3-4 times made me so tired of walking back and forth with heavy bags I thought I was going to pass out with heavy headaches but Thank God finally found the final gate and home safe. These delays happen anytime for important reasons so just be patient when you come across these situations.

Food is very turkish. No regard for other natinalities taste and preference. The entertainment can be improved- it was the same menu on 10/8/25 and 10/25/25. The boarding is the worst in the airline industry- I suggest you ask your staff to and watch how other airlines do it.

The best airline for international travel in terms of value you get in business class (service/cost)

I liked the overall flight experience. However, Turkish officials could do a better job at guiding non-Turkish speakers to their connecting flight gates in such a huge & vast airport.

Very small and cramped aisles and seats. Food was poor but the fresh hot roll and hummus was good. No cans of soda given but they had small bottles of water. Crew was nice and pleasant and kept bathroom clean.

We couldn’t fly to Chicago on our booked flight. The flight was overbooked.

Small seat space for 13 hours flight, they charged for baggage , very bad quality of food,

I was sitting almost in the back, the seats are very tight and there’s no legroom, it’s uncomfortable for a long distance

Absolute worst airline. Charged us $720 to check 4 bags (2 of which were carry-on). Entertainment systems didnt work. And on a 12 hour flight they served 2 meals and never once came around outside of those 2 meals with a beverage or cup of water. Will never fly them again.

Took forever to board. They made announcements without the loudspeaker and since the waiting room was full of screaming kids, no one could hear what they were saying. The business class sleeper seats were designed for tall skinny people. When partially reclined there was nowhere to rest my feet because they did not reach the footrest. and when fully reclined there wasn't room at my sides for my arms. Definitely one of the worst sleeper seats I have ever had.

About an hour delay but we made it to Chicago. I feel that the smaller connecting flights are the ones that cause the delays on the bigger planes that fly international.

The seat space seemed small especially when the person ahead reclined but other than that, very good.

Luggage transfer in Chicago was not performed in time. I received my luggage at my destination two days later.

Give yourself over 2+ hours layover because if flight is slighlty delayed and you miss your connection, Lufthansa will do nothing for you

We would have missed our connection from Munich to Boston but we had a van outside the plan that wisked us to our terminal. Much appreciated and we didn’t even realize that Lufthansa had done this until the announcement on disembarkation. Well organized airline! Will definitely fly Lufthansa again!!!

Everything went well. I will fly with Lufthansa again. And use Kayak whenever I book flights

Bought a seat in a flight that got changed out so ended up paying for a seat I would have had if I hadn't paid.

Food was poor quality and the screens for entertainment didn’t work properly

Food was much better than my outbound flight. On-time. Good service. I had a problem with my entertainment screen, but the attendant fixed it promptly.

I think they overbooked Frankfurt to New York and bumped me off. This changed my return travel I arrived home about 4 hours late. Almost 24 total travel time Totally unacceptable Would not travel with United

United lost my travel information and canceled my original flight. I had a seat assignment but was refused the booking. I had to prove that I went to Germany on United Very concerned about security that no one recorded my passport from Cleveland to NY and NY to Frankfurt I arrived at home at 12:30am on Saturday instead of 8pm I expect a full refund from United Please provide information to assure compensation

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