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Cheap Flights from Puerto Vallarta to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$341
San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$368
San Diego
San Diegononstop$378
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$421
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$544
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$484
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$341
San Francisco
San Franciscononstop$368
San Diego
San Diegononstop$378
San Jose
San Jose1 stop$421
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$544
Fresno
Fresno1 stop$484
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Puerto Vallarta to California flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from Puerto Vallarta to California?

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to California from Puerto Vallarta usually cost between $368 and $465 in December.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $341 on Viva (Dec 1-Jan 20).

What is the cheapest Puerto Vallarta to California flight route?

The cheapest ticket to California from Puerto Vallarta found in the last 5 days was to San Francisco, at $191 round-trip. The most popular route is from Puerto Vallarta (PVR) to Los Angeles (LAX), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $253.

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, when round-trip flights cost $324 on average. Morning departures are around 3% more expensive 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 $447.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Puerto Vallarta to California?

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $509 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Puerto Vallarta to California?

The cheapest month for flights from Puerto Vallarta to California is January, when tickets cost $284 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are October and November, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $447 and $441 respectively.

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

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to California on a Sunday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Tuesday is the most expensive day to fly from Puerto Vallarta to California. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Tuesday and avoiding Thursdays for the best deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Puerto Vallarta to California?

To get a below average price on the flight from Puerto Vallarta to California, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

January

Cheapest flight

$201
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 8% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 8% lower on average.
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Flights from Puerto Vallarta to California: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from Puerto Vallarta to California 
MichaelFlew with Alaska Airlines-Feb 2025
Get to the airport early! It was a Saturday and the airport was very chaotic, lots of gate changes, etc. They have a VIP Lounge there you can pay for, if you have the time and inclination, it might be worth it ($90 US for 2 people), it is quiet with food and drink.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines-Dec 2023
The airport is a busy airport. You should at least give 2 1/2 hours before your flight for your comfort.

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Puerto Vallarta to California?

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

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Puerto Vallarta to the following destinations at these prices or less: Los Angeles $267 one-way - $314 round-trip; San Francisco $269 one-way - $298 round-trip; Tijuana $134 one-way - $151 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Puerto Vallarta to California

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Puerto Vallarta 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4219 reviews
8.6Crew
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

Every single flight I take with southwest is delayed by at least one hour. Unbelievable

2.0 MediocreMatthew, Nov 2026
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Every single flight I take with southwest is delayed by at least one hour. Unbelievable

It’s too cold like fridge and they don’t offer a blanket with expensive price

A List preferred boarding was nice Asked for a mask and cheerfully received Denver bag check-in is tricky. Not near other checking desk. Have to navigate to east security and up to level six for bag checkin. TSA busy and 20 minutes process thru pre lines Denver train to gates quick but one more thing to plan time for and long concourse walk to gate

Not exactly Southwest’s problem, but the new Burbank airport is not great. No restaurants open and tons of work still to be completed. Can’t believe they opened the airport in that condition.

Rough weather so no snacks or drinks but maybe you could change snacks to popcorn or something new. Rotate options.

Southwest has lost most of what made it special. The flight attendants all used to seem fun and like they were having fun. Now they seem just miserable. They do NOT seem happy to give you your pretzels and drinks. They stick it in your hand or on your tray like it's an annoyance. They bark safety instructions at you. It's not just this flight but the last few SW flights I've had to SNA and SAN as well and it's not just me. I've informally surveyed my colleagues (business and leisure travelers) and these feelings are consistent. The tickets are similarly priced to other carriers and the seat assignments make boarding slower. The free luggage and free ability to change flights is still a differentiator. You lose that and there's virtually nothing special left.

Overall good experience...exception: very cold temp in teh cabin.

I liked how it boarded fast. I do not like how the seats are just too narrow, and I’m not a big person.

Why does southwest often change gates and load late? Multiple flights recently have been waiting on crew to arrive or sometimes even the plane itself. There were a lot of people expressing the same frustrations as us about constantly loading late - but at least arrival times weren't too far off..

Three delays that got us home hours later than expected.

Very terrible/ never will I fly this airline again. Poor service in the plane. They cancelled a flight without booking another. All the way around it was too awful.

No healthy food choices. There was no in flight entertainment .

I was disheartened that AlaskaAir would not accept my service dog and not only was I not able to have him on my lap for my anxiety but they charged $100 and made me keep him in a carrier - zippered up so not even his head was exposed. This is a disservice to people with disabilities and will never fly with this airline again.

accommodating myself, my dog and crate when the flight was delayed multiple times

Always excellent. Love that this airline never charges for carry on luggage and the flight attendants always with a great attitude. Thank you Alaska Airlines 😃

everything was good but due to some sort of issue with the alaska airlines app we were not able to verify our passport info, event thought we uploaded all the info online at home before we left for our trip. Upon arrival at the airport LAX for departure we were told we still had to check in with the desk and this put as well behind the amount of time needed to safely make our departure flight. This was a major inconvience and a big stress on our family. We almost missed our flight.

Seats were not allocated until we arrived at the boarding gate, My children were split up and sat seperatley to both us parents. 1 a 13 year old girl.

If you change a gate number while customer is at the airport, you should let your customer know. You also assigned my seat to someone else, and again, never notified me about that. Your flight attendant seemed annoyed at having to find me another seat. No apologies for AA doing any changes.

Our flights were delayed by almost three hours, which threw a wrench in my plans.

It was good. Friendly and helpful staff and the flight on time.

dropped my bags at Seattle Delta curbside. 1.5 hours before departure. one bag oversized made it. the other was left at curb and mishandled. poor communication from delta in sjc baggage claim. No internet on flight and food choices in business are horrible. You are forcing us to fly Alaska which is shockingly better than the Delta experience. that is a low bar.

attendents were rude and the boarding was disjointed and poor

There was an incredibly surly flight attendant that ruined the experience

After boarding the plane had to wait an hour at the for the copilot to show up before we could depart

The cabin and bathroom experience was poor as the cabin and bathroom were dirty and showed signs of an older plane that had not been updated for Customer’s, comfort and health. There was gum on my seat when I arrived and dirt spots around the fan and light controls. The flight was almost entirely full, so there was no way I could be moved from my seat. Th bathroom had the peeling paint.

Great crew. Comfortable seating. Nice overhead bin space. My app didn't allow me to check in for my flight to BOS. When I called Support, they didn't fix it, but just told me to check in at the airport. Seat back entertainment was great. Could be better if the audio could connect to Bluetooth.

Flew in first class. It received service and attention that would be considered poor even by economy standards.

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.

Since it wasn’t a Delta flight, I was not able to sit with my group and there was no entertainment.

Three adults, three children. They did not give us seats together. Two seats together, in row 23, one in 13, one in 14, one in 10, and one in 17. When we got on the plane, the crew tried to ask people to move but basically threw up their hands. One person moved so we had two pairs of seats together. The 1.5 year old sat on a parent's lap (despite having paid for his own seat).

The plane was so old. I paid a ridiculous amount to fly business and there was no internet for six hours! This can't be happening in 2026 and especially in cross country flights where there are a high volume of business travelers.

The food could have been better and the entertainment could have better movies or streaming.

The rear seat on the second leg should be illegal. There’s no way you should make somebody sit that close to the washroom. Very awkward.

Mean flight attendant. I wanted to reuse my plastic cup, but he (Matthew) said he can't for safety. I then said "I don't want water then" and he poured me a glass. I hope Matthew gets herpes and spends the rest of his life poor, lonely, and homeless.

Both flights delayed. 2nd flight over 3 hours late mechanical issues

Flight was delayed 45 minutes because originating flight was coming from Newark. No complimentary snacks were offered on this 5+ hour flight. No screens for the flight, but movies offered if you had already downloaded the United app (which I hadn't on my ipad). No USB ports, only a flimsy plug-in port near the bottom of the seat that was hard to see and kept coming unplugged.

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

I liked the exit row seat. Hated the distance between gates in Houston.

Delayed flights. Missed connections. Inadequate rebooking timeframes. Incompetent customer service agents. Rather than a 70 minute flight home, I had to drive for 5 hours, arriving home at 4am — epically bad experience with United that I won’t soon forget.

Boarding process is never streamlined in PVR. You get a notice of Boarding 10 minutes before actual boarding in PVR when you could've stayed at a table or lounge. They allow too many people to put small items in first class overhead bins and coach class to use the first class bathroom. I'm sitting there having to go to the bathroom badly, and all these people kept coming up from coach, and the flight attendants didn't say anything to them. The Houston to ELP experience was very stressful and not handled professionally whatsoever - again.

Seats are getting smaller and smaller. In flight movies are poor compared to other airlines. Food is mediocre.

My flight left Honolulu EIGHT hours late due to lack of flight crew. This was the second time in 2026. The first class staff were excellent ... personable and friendly. The food was okay ...

The food in first class has taken a big downturn

The flight crew was amazing. Zac was very attentive and polite. Loved talking to him and the other flight attendant. My problem was that I was not able to get the meal that I ordered…Short rib with Mac and cheese. Very disappointing.

Lack of communication with customers through the delays and poor audio during boarding. No assistance to serve a number of customers with limited time between connecting flights. Lack of empathy from staff. Rebooked on a flight that seemed solely for purposes of taking those that missed their connection the night before. The hostess at the gate arrived late and never expressed any form of compassion or friendliness toward passengers. Just get them on board, so I can go in with my life. Will never fly AA again.

My flight was delayed four hours without explanation. Gate crew seem to avoid interactions with passengers and we’re not in attendance until flight finally boarded

Couldn’t use car seat due to lack of window seats available was disappointing

Best price with timings that suited us. The flight was punctual.

The flight from Guadalajara to Dallas had mechanical issues, and was delayed every half hour for 4 hours until we were told to rebook. As it was during the busy holiday break, most flights were fully booked and travel that day was unavailable. The only saving grace for American Airlines was their ticketing staff that maintained their composure and did their best to accommodate all the disappointed and frustrated passengers.

My check in experience was horrible. When checking in online, my husband got a boarding pass, I did not. We were not able to check our bags online. I also did not get TSA pre check which I have.

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