$139 Find Cheap Flights from New Jersey to California - Compare and Save

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 New Jersey to California.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from New Jersey to California is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

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 New Jersey to California with an airline and back with another airline.

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 New Jersey to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

There are 29 airports in California. The busiest airport is Los Angeles Airport (LAX), with 41% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is San Diego Airport (SAN), with an average flight price of $297.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $440. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are $592 on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $435 on average. Morning departures are around 29% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $647.

The cheapest ticket to California from New Jersey found in the last 5 days was to San Diego, at $287 round-trip. The most popular route is Newark Airport (EWR) to Los Angeles (LAX) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $314.

To get a below average price on the flight from New Jersey to California, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 34% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.

An average nonstop flight from New Jersey to California takes 7h 01m, covering a distance of 2432 miles. The shortest route is Philadelphia (PHL) to Las Vegas (LAS) with an average flight time of 5h 19m.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is San Francisco (55% of total searches to California). The next most popular destinations are Los Angeles (16%) and Las Vegas (14%). Searches for flights to San Diego (4%), to Ontario (4%) and to San Jose (4%) are also popular.