$325 Find Cheap Flights from Rio de Janeiro to California

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Cheap Flights from Rio de Janeiro to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$492
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$584
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$1,123
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$492
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stops$584
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$1,123

Book Cheap Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro to California

Tue, Feb 3 - Fri, Feb 20
LATAM Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 6:00 pm
GIG
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LAX
15h 45m1 stop
LATAM Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 8:20 am
LAX
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GIG
21h 20m1 stop
$492LATAM Airlines
Thu, Feb 5 - Thu, Feb 19
Delta Logo
9:30 pm - 2:25 pm
GIG
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LAX
21h 55m2 stops
Delta Logo
8:25 am - 8:20 am
LAX
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GIG
18h 55m1 stop
$493Delta
Tue, Feb 17 - Tue, Feb 24
American Airlines Logo
11:55 pm - 9:40 pm
GIG
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LAX
26h 45m1 stop
American Airlines Logo
11:59 pm - 8:20 am
LAX
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GIG
27h 21m1 stop
$502American Airlines
Thu, Feb 26 - Tue, Mar 10
Avianca Logo
7:30 am - 11:20 pm
GIG
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SFO
20h 50m2 stops
Avianca Logo
2:35 am - 6:25 am
SFO
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GIG
23h 50m2 stops
$584Avianca
Thu, Feb 26 - Tue, Mar 10
Avianca Logo
7:30 am - 9:50 pm
GIG
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SFO
19h 20m2 stops
Avianca Logo
2:35 am - 6:25 am
SFO
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GIG
23h 50m2 stops
$594Avianca
Thu, Feb 26 - Wed, Mar 11
American Airlines Logo
10:30 pm - 12:30 pm
GIG
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SFO
19h 00m2 stops
American Airlines Logo
10:03 am - 8:20 am
SFO
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GIG
18h 17m1 stop
$600American Airlines
Mon, Mar 16 - Wed, Apr 1
Copa Airlines Logo
5:10 am - 6:14 pm
GIG
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SAN
17h 04m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
9:18 pm - 12:25 am
SAN
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GIG
23h 07m1 stop
$629Copa Airlines
Wed, Mar 18 - Sun, Mar 29
Copa Airlines Logo
10:10 am - 10:29 pm
GIG
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LAS
16h 19m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
12:41 am - 12:30 am
LAS
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GIG
19h 49m1 stop
$669Copa Airlines
Fri, Mar 6 - Tue, Mar 10
United Airlines Logo
1:45 pm - 9:47 am
SDU
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SAN
25h 02m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 4:40 pm
SAN
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SDU
29h 40m2 stops
$771United Airlines
Thu, Jul 2 - Fri, Jul 17
United Airlines Logo
1:45 pm - 5:13 pm
SDU
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SFO
31h 28m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
10:35 pm - 5:45 pm
SFO
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SDU
39h 10m2 stops
$804United Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Rio de Janeiro to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro to California?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Rio de Janeiro to California departing in February.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Rio de Janeiro to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro to California is March, when tickets cost $622 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $868 and $816 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro to California, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 20% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonNovember
Cheapest flight$325
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 18% lower on average.
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FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro to California.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro to California up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Rio de Janeiro to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro 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.
7.6
Copa AirlinesOverall score based on 1565 reviews
7.8Boarding
6.8Entertainment
6.8Food
7.4Comfort
8.1Crew
Airline reviews

The flight was good overall. Everything went smoothly, although the landing was a bit rough. Still, it was a pleasant experience

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Dec 2025
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The flight was good overall. Everything went smoothly, although the landing was a bit rough. Still, it was a pleasant experience

Some of the Air hostesses are not that friendly. Need improvement

Simply as follows:- First, there was no vegetarian option for the meal Second, only 2 washrooms for the entire economy class.

As always, Copa Airlines is great to fly on. The flights are always on time, the staff are pleasant and helpful and it's always a wonderful flying experience.

We had a great flight just wished they had a tv so we can see a movie that would of made my trip excellent.

horrible service, food was an embarrassment, no charging for cellphones, stay away

Great experience with a crew always thinking in the passenger

I selected first class expecting excetional service. It was mediocre at best. The food service was cold, meal choices was poor and on one leg they did provide dessert. I did enjoy the lay day seat but the movies were old and nothing current. Boarding the plane is always hot. So boarding is quite warm until your in the air. I took a small personal air fan. Update the meals and movies.

Had to go through security at the gate again. Had to take off shoes and go through the whole thing again even though we have global entry. They asked us to check in items bought at duty free during our layover and since we checked our luggage at the original departure airport, they forced us to check in a small backpack. None of this ever happened with other airlines. In addition, no vegetarian food option and no snacks during a 7 hr flight. Luggage limits are unusually small. This is unacceptable. Will NEVER fly Copa again and will tell friends and family to avoid this airline.

Seats not reclining, no vegetarian food option, no snacks. 7.5 hr flight should have been more comfortable. Luggage limits are unusually small. Will never fly Copa again and will tell friends and family to avoid this airline.

I booked a flight through Kayak to Brazil I have traveled to Brazil several times before Kayak Delta or LATAM never mentioned during the booking or in the pre flight process that the visa requirements to visit Brazil have changed earlier this year. I was unaware of this change and as such never got a visa and was unable to fly from JFK to Sao Paulo Add to this that Delta allowed me to fly from Boston to JFK which they should not have as I didn’t have a visa. It has been a terrible experience and a huge loss of money

Good flight, boarding ok and crew very nice. Flight was not full so I was able to be very comfortable. Blanket and pillow provided with was good as it was very cold during the flight . Food was very good(small snack sandwich and an excellent piece of orange cake). Overall good flight, no complaints.

Wish the seats were a little more comfortable.. it was a 6 hrs nonstop trip. But the crew was courteous and w a smile

I like this airline a lot no problems at all, except being forced to check a carry-on bag ., Overall very good airline

Poor, the airline was not able to help me move flights.

Check in -- in business took over 30 mins as there was only one attendant. Boarding was also a mess. The seat was too narrow and was not working properly. Food was very bad and the entertainment very poor. Crew was very polite and helpful, in fairness.

The way the Pilot made all announcements, specially the way he congratulated the entire crew as the best team ever, making a comment that due to them they were able to shorter the delay to the destination. Amazing flight .

The plane broke down at the Lima stopover and they offered to put me on a flight the be t day but I had to be back in LA that morning and so I had to buy another ticket from Avianca and United for $2k I asked LATAM for compensation and received none. Very bad experience

Just to drop my already labeled bag it took 50 minutes inline. Completely disappointed with Latam operation at GRU

I’m entitled to a refund per LATAM due to the mid flight itinerary change and being stuck in São Paulo for 24 hours and needing to get a hotel. The airline was dismissive and of no help.

Unbelievably poor service from flight attendants. They didn’t even do water service on a four hour flight. Just disrespectful.

Flight was late - I was downgraded from first class to coach

Movie selection is good. Crew did not understand mileage program and were no help. Sick later. Food?

United needs to step up their game. Delayed flight leaving Seattle, San Francisco. Older aircraft, not very comfortable.

The flight attendants were very rude, beyond comprehension. I took a business class from London to SFO for the first time on United. When I asked for a second piece of bread during dinner, the serving attendant threw a 3rd bread on my plate and said, “here. You can have this one too”! I couldn’t believe the rudeness of the attendant. Most all attendants were very rude, unhelpful, sing the food was absolutely disgusting. Never fly United internationally in business class. My flight back to SFO was a nightmare!!

Plane boarded early a quickly, was mostly full. We left close to on time. And landed early.

7 hours delayed due to operational issues on United’s end. Basically laziness.

Flight from Rome to SFO was excellent compared To our flight to Europe from SFO. The food was much tastier. You can see how UNITED is skimping, though. Instead of getting something mid flight you had to ask for it. It was not automatically served. There was a cookie at the end of the arrival meal, for example that tasted like it just came out of a box. They used to serve a little container of nuts, now … a tiny container of nuts, mixed with pretzels. This was business class that you really have to pay for! But this is minor complaints compared to the overall. My major complaint is the position of the even numbered seats by the windows. You have to turn around to see your window & the positioning as some other controls are harder to get at. This is compared to the odd number seat that are perfectly aligned.

The food quality sucks. One must starve if they do not eat flesh Or wheat based products Some variety would be expected. The trivial amount of snacks and or food is inhumane

Flight was timely, relatively comfortable, with decent entertainment and food served. Only problem encountered was with the free messaging which I highly appreciate, but it did not work from iphone to non-iphones.

After the door had been closed, the cockpit makes an announcement that catering is running late and it is not the airline's fault. It is their fault in the sense that we had to sit for 2 hours or more when we could have stayed in the terminal. Poor communications between catering and airline. This caused a young man to lose his temper and he went storming out hitting objects. He had complained to the gate agent that he had already waited at the gate 7 hours and when can the airplane leave? Airilnes do a poor job of explaining delays, maintenance issues, etc. whereas being truthful may gain more sympathy or understanding.

Original flight was canceled and rescheduled for the next day. Cancelation notice was sent in the middle of the night (only saw it in the morning), leaving no room to find other options. No offers to reimburse for the extra expenses or compensations. My flight to Rio on 12/12 was also delayed for 16 hours. This seems to be the new normal for AA.

We were told the flight was delayed 5 times, then it was moved to the next day.

The experience with American Airlines was good, although the Philippines Airlines flight was much better (better seats, better food, better entertainment options, overall better). Again, the MIA to LAX flight was fine, but nothing in comparison to the comfort and accommodations of the Philippines Airlines flight from LAX to MNL.

Loved the crew . Absolutely no complaints. Except for luggage lost

Wish some foods provided rather than just biscuit/cookie for flight more than 2 hours

We are too tired and frustrated to comment politely at this point

The business class seats are dated and uncomfortable. The space is bare minimum and there is absolutely no privacy. For $4K, this is not what I expect.

The flight crew was rude. We were in first class and no one even offered water until an hour after we were in the air. Horrible experience

Great. Quick and quiet and east. The breakfast choices were a welcome surprise!

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