$159 Find Cheap Flights from San Diego to Central America

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Cheap Flights from San Diego to Central America

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$435
San José
San José1 stop$382
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$499
Panama City
Panama City2 stops$620
Liberia
Liberia2 stops$386
Managua
Managua1 stop$499
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$695
Comayagua
Comayagua2 stops$473
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole2 stops$747
David
David2 stops$1,105
San Salvador
San Salvador1 stop$435
San José
San José1 stop$382
Guatemala City
Guatemala City1 stop$499
Panama City
Panama City2 stops$620
Liberia
Liberia2 stops$386
Managua
Managua1 stop$499
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula1 stop$695
Comayagua
Comayagua2 stops$473
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole2 stops$747
David
David2 stops$1,105

Book Cheap San Diego to Central America Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Diego to Central America 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent round-trip flight deals from San Diego to Central America

Wed, Aug 26 - Wed, Sep 9
Copa Airlines Logo
8:58 pm - 9:04 am
SAN
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SJO
11h 06m
1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
10:03 am - 6:30 pm
SJO
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SAN
9h 27m
1 stop
$382Copa Airlines
Wed, May 27 - Thu, Jun 4
United Airlines Logo
7:41 pm - 9:50 am
SAN
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LIR
13h 09m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
11:10 am - 7:50 pm
LIR
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SAN
9h 40m
1 stop
$386United Airlines
Mon, May 18 - Tue, May 26
Copa Airlines Logo
10:00 pm - 4:51 pm
SAN
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SJO
17h 51m
1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
6:19 pm - 6:30 pm
SJO
-
SAN
25h 11m
1 stop
$398Copa Airlines
Sun, Aug 23 - Sat, Sep 5
GOL Logo
10:26 pm - 12:26 pm
SAN
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SJO
13h 00m
1 stop
GOL Logo
2:52 pm - 10:19 am
SJO
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SAN
20h 27m
2 stops
$401GOL
Fri, Sep 4 - Sat, Sep 12
Copa Airlines Logo
9:03 pm - 9:45 pm
SAN
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SJO
23h 42m
1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
6:17 pm - 6:30 pm
SJO
-
SAN
25h 13m
1 stop
$406Copa Airlines
Tue, Jun 2 - Wed, Jun 10
GOL Logo
4:33 pm - 11:50 am
SAN
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SJO
18h 17m
2 stops
GOL Logo
11:59 pm - 10:39 pm
SJO
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SAN
23h 40m
1 stop
$410GOL
Sun, May 24 - Fri, May 29
American Airlines Logo
10:25 pm - 7:24 pm
SAN
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SJO
19h 59m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 10:20 pm
SJO
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SAN
17h 20m
1 stop
$422American Airlines
Wed, Jun 3 - Sat, Jun 6
United Airlines Logo
7:41 pm - 7:15 am
SAN
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SJO
10h 34m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
8:45 am - 6:39 pm
SJO
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SAN
10h 54m
1 stop
$423United Airlines
Wed, Aug 26 - Wed, Sep 9
American Airlines Logo
10:20 pm - 12:26 pm
SAN
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SJO
13h 06m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 9:32 pm
SJO
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SAN
15h 32m
2 stops
$427American Airlines
Sun, May 17 - Sun, May 24
Delta Logo
10:53 am - 12:50 pm
SAN
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PTY
23h 57m
1 stop
Delta Logo
2:15 pm - 12:38 pm
PTY
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SAN
24h 23m
1 stop
$678Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Diego to Central America flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Diego to Central America to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest San Diego to Central America flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Central America from San Diego found in the last 72 hours was to Panama City, at $398 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Diego (SAN) to Panama City (PTY), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $398.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Diego to Central America?

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 1 stop layover the cheapest option at $655 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Diego to Central America?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Diego to Central America, 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 San Diego to Central America is February, when tickets cost $117 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and October, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $280 and $243 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$159
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 3% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from San Diego to San Salvador

FAQs - booking Central America flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Diego to Central America?

    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 San Diego to Central America.

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    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from San Diego to Central America 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 San Diego to Central America?

    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 San Diego to Central America 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 San Diego to Central America?

    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 San Diego to Central America up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Diego to Central America

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Diego to Central America? 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
SouthwestOverall score based on 4305 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
Airline reviews

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

10.0 Excellentlarry, Apr 2026
LGB - PHX
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The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Comfortable. Easy. No problems. Just wish they had gf options for snacks.

The crew was very kind and made going to Hawaii relaxing and fun to look forward to! Thank you Southwest for a pleasant flight!

Terrible. Even though there’s assigned seating now, they are still the slowest boarding airline of anyone.

It was good from LAX to Phoenix, But the connection in Phoenix to Tulsa was not that great. The staff on both flights were great. The choice of free entertainment was ok nothing to brag about. The 45 min delay because of some electrical issue wasn't great from Phoenix to Tulsa. We sat there with hardly any air, The seat I had was between windows so the side of the plane pushed in on you. My being a bigger man it then made the seating area uncomfortable. The seats on the plane had no power to connect to recharge your phone or anything. I would recommend that they should look into a slot or clamp to hold your phone to enjoy while watching the entertainment choices hands-free. Also make it possible to raise the inner seat by the window be able to raise the arm rest up to make more room for larger people to set more comfortably. I would also say other then that stop price gouging the airfare or nickel and diming everything. Not fair for people having to fly for emergencies and be paying for higher prices due to the season or holidays. Your making your money either way and the cost of flying is still going to be the same regardless if there's 100 people or 200 people.

Southwest was greaat! The most expensive but the least upsetting for those we were flying to see.

Boarding was easy. The seats are small and fairly uncomfortable

The problem with the seat assignments is that there were a lot of rows in the front that were empty but my row at the back was full. Just not so pleasant.

Good but I prefer choose your own seat. With the new assigned seats they should board from the back I see no advantage to this new boarding. Just like every other airline

While they turned off most cabin lights to allow people to sleep, I was bothered by how bright the side lights still were. It was still quite bright for me in a window seat, when I wish I could have slept!

Generally on time departures and arrivals, clean planes, sky miles membership provides great benefits (complimentary upgrades, etc).

N Everything was perfect from boarding to assistance to baggage in Tampa

Loved the crew! Sucks that we went from 1 hour and 8 minute layover to a 3 hour layover. But weather sucks like that.

Fast, lovely scenery, great info on the Delta flight screen about landmarks we were flying over. Great landing!

Long flight but comfortable and not freezing as I have experienced on Hawaiian flights to the islands. They gave us blankets just in case. Nice touch.

I took seat 15A in anticipation of window seat, there is no window.

Flight late, the waited for a long time for “personal” to arrive at gate to dock the plane in Rochester. So annoying. This flight was expected, why aren’t personel available for the jet bridge?

My recent experience was excellent on Delta! I flew with Delta Comfort and I was really comfortable in my seat. I enjoyed the in-flight service. The flight attendants were so friendly and hospitable. I love the snack on the flight as well. This was my first time flying on Delta and I will definitely consider flying with them again.

My flight was canceled on Sunday. Rebooking took three hours. Had to pay for accommodations another night. New flight was delayed for 5 hours, all that was sent was a 12 dollar food voucher, which doesn’t tell you how to use it. Then when we landed we had to sit on the plane for an hour before we could get off.

Boarding was a mess, they call all priority members without distinction so gold, platinum, silver were all mixed together in a long line which defeats the purpose

Entire experience from check in to landing was amazing the flight crew was excellent and friendly. Seats were comfortable.

Boarding was confusing from staff telling going to preboard and than to group 1 Airplane was not cooling at the beginning

Avoid at all costs. My wife had to stay back on a connecting flight as her parents flight was delayed. 10 days later on the way back they cancelled all our flights. We had to rebook all four of us on the next days flight.

Friendly crew, good food options, food not the best and seats not as comfy but that’s typical.

The food is terrible I ask for water never got transport my mother we’re late and my sister from Lima was the worst waiting to long for wheelchair

Copa staff at PTY and one particular crew member were unhelpful & rude.

There should be a warning regarding the quality of the aircraft on the website as we reserve the tickets. There was no TV or any type of screen onboard. The wifi they offer is good for nothing. Traveling 9 hours straight with kids and no type of entetainment was horrible. I wish I had been informed prior so I could buy a ticket with another airline. The food was a joke too. A very tiny portion per passenger. They also charged $100 per checked bag. With United I used to pay $60. So, fair to say that I wont be flying Copa anymore. Their aircraft was super old, outdated, no entertainment, with nearly no onboard food.

I always enjoy flying Copa. There are very few airlines where I can enjoy a comfortable sleep in-flight. The snacks weren't the best, but they sufficed. The in-flight entertainment was fantastic, and I crossed another movie off my watch list.

Very strict carry on rules meant most of the plane had to gate check their luggage. As is often the case had things that were broken because of this, but I appreciated not being charged to gate check. Otherwise good flight and great crew once on the plane

I liked that my son and I were reseated next to each other (we had different bookings). I liked that it was a directg flight and mostly on time. I liked that you provided pillows and blankets. Flight attendants were generally courteous. The messaging through wifi did not work well. The food was not good. Seats are very narrow and I felt slightly claustraphobic in the window seat.

Some crew were unfriendly or in some cases just straight up rude.

Booked through Kayak Business, had a seat in middle and towards back due to booking rate, not comfortable.

Outstanding service, efficient & friendly crew, flight was safe, comfortable & on time

United Airline crews were very friendly and very attentive. 12 hours flight was gone like in a shorter one.

Food was surprisingly delicious. Space in the seat is horrible when the seating front is reclined. Movie offerings were terrible. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Flight itself excellent, but delayed so missed connection & got to destination 2 hrs later

Due to cancellation of connecting flight (Lufthansa) I didn’t fly with United

It was a red-eye, but the flight felt surprisingly quick. The seats were very comfortable, and that made resting much easier. I also want to thank the gentleman seated next to me, who graciously moved so my mom could sit beside me. We slept almost the entire way. The cabin crew was respectful in not disturbing us, while also being courteous and professional throughout. Thank you, United.

Boarding was again a "free for all". We were boarding group 4, and almost the entire plane was able to board before us. It's a shame that someone who follows the rules, gets the short end of the stick. Not fair.

The crew was very attentive through out the flight. Seats were comfortable, nice flight bag with pillow and blanket. Food was okay, since it was a overnight flight seemed to go by fast.

Left early arrived early..right amount of talking from pilots..of course had to love the biscuit and water!

Boarding gate at LAX was too crowded—two gates next to one another

On time departure and early arrival. Flight attendant very nice.

The business class layout of chairs was weired. You are sitting directly across stranger.,

The SFO Lounge crew were amazing. The bartender Faris was great. Thanks!

Friendly crew is the only nice thing. Seats uncomfortable. Food and snacks horrible. Movies were the same as the first 10 hour flight two weeks before

Was not able to do a online check-in because the American Airlines system doesn't store our visa or other passport information, allowing us to have a trouble-free check-in. We were forced to have to check-in at the counter which Changes are upgrade status given that we were not able to check in much earlier.

Good flight, seated and had a water within 5 minutes. Crew was hospitable.

We left at 1030 am pacific from LA and supposed to land at 7 pm Eastern in NY. They made a detour, stopped in Philadelphia and didn’t land till 1130 PM Eastern!!! Worst flight experience with no pilot communication with no explanation as to what was going on. Everyone was very frustrated to say the least.

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