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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 Salvador2 stops$409
San José
San José1 stop$394
Guatemala City
Guatemala City2 stops$426
Panama City
Panama City2 stops$555
Liberia
Liberia2 stops$451
Managua
Managua2 stops$499
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula2 stops$451
Comayagua
Comayagua2 stops$562
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole2 stops$727
David
David2 stops$1,202
San Salvador
San Salvador2 stops$409
San José
San José1 stop$394
Guatemala City
Guatemala City2 stops$426
Panama City
Panama City2 stops$555
Liberia
Liberia2 stops$451
Managua
Managua2 stops$499
San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula2 stops$451
Comayagua
Comayagua2 stops$562
Coxen Hole
Coxen Hole2 stops$727
David
David2 stops$1,202

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

Tue, May 19 - Wed, Jun 3
United Airlines Logo
4:26 pm - 7:15 am
SAN
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SJO
13h 49m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
1:25 pm - 9:24 pm
SJO
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SAN
8h 59m
1 stop
$394United Airlines
Wed, May 6 - Wed, May 13
Copa Airlines Logo
10:00 pm - 8:21 am
SAN
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SJO
9h 21m
1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
5:50 am - 6:30 pm
SJO
-
SAN
13h 40m
1 stop
$398Copa Airlines
Tue, Aug 18 - Tue, Aug 25
GOL Logo
4:22 pm - 11:34 am
SAN
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SJO
18h 12m
2 stops
GOL Logo
2:52 pm - 10:19 am
SJO
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SAN
20h 27m
2 stops
$401GOL
Fri, May 1 - Thu, May 14
United Airlines Logo
6:26 pm - 7:15 am
SAN
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SJO
11h 49m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
7:55 am - 5:53 pm
SJO
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SAN
10h 58m
1 stop
$402United Airlines
Wed, May 6 - Tue, May 12
American Airlines Logo
6:30 am - 9:36 pm
SAN
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SJO
14h 06m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
2:08 pm - 8:15 am
SJO
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SAN
19h 07m
1 stop
$407American Airlines
Mon, Oct 5 - Thu, Oct 15
American Airlines Logo
4:28 pm - 1:58 pm
SAN
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SJO
20h 30m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
2:45 pm - 9:07 am
SJO
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SAN
19h 22m
2 stops
$408American Airlines
Fri, May 1 - Thu, May 14
GOL Logo
9:28 am - 9:36 pm
SAN
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SJO
11h 08m
2 stops
GOL Logo
2:08 pm - 8:38 am
SJO
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SAN
19h 30m
2 stops
$409GOL
Sun, Aug 9 - Mon, Aug 31
Copa Airlines Logo
8:58 pm - 9:33 am
SAN
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GUA
11h 35m
1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
4:23 am - 6:30 pm
GUA
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SAN
15h 07m
1 stop
$499Copa Airlines
Sat, May 16 - Sat, May 23
Delta Logo
10:25 pm - 12:50 pm
SAN
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PTY
12h 25m
1 stop
Delta Logo
2:15 pm - 11:28 pm
PTY
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SAN
11h 13m
1 stop
$585Delta
Fri, Oct 2 - Sat, Oct 10
Delta Logo
9:40 pm - 12:23 pm
SAN
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RTB
13h 43m
1 stop
Delta Logo
1:37 pm - 11:03 pm
RTB
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SAN
10h 26m
1 stop
$734Delta
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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 $378 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 $378.

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 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $638 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 August, when tickets cost $499 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $800 and $683 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$158
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 Guatemala City

FAQs - booking Central America flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices 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?

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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 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.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4331 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

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

2.0 MediocreJames, Apr 2026
LAX - MCO
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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

Flight boarded late after announcing on time boarding. Flight arrived only a little late despite late departure. Had trouble connecting to WiFi

The Southwest experience has definitely taken a dive from its early days. You can no longer deferentiate from other airlines. Air travel is too expensive. Southwest is no longer budget friendly. They have lost me as a loyal customer.

The charges were ridiculous for an hour flight and the turbulence was very scary.

The seats are now more narrow. I paid for front row the seats in the front are even more narrow than before.

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.

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

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

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.

It was perfect! I've never flown with United before, but I definitely will in the future

I had a cancelled flight because of technical issues going to my destination, and a delayed flight coming home. All told it wasn’t a total bust.

The business class seat is exceptional. I wish the food is more palatable.

the entire flight felt off. The crew seemed uninterested and disengaged. The food service was really bad - overcooked, bland, weird food service. They actually woke us up to serve chicken wraps in the middle of the night, after dinner and before breakfast. Made no sense. Ultimately, I was glad they did though, because the breakfast had been held for so long it was inedible. Eggs, potatoes, sausage - all disgusting. We were asked to "honor" the lavatories for premium customers and stay in our own cabin: this was also strange. So people in economy didn't pay enough to use the closest toilet to them??? It's a toilet. All in all, not the experience I have come to expect from United Airlines. The return flight from Paris to SFO was better, btw.

They delayed the flight from 9:00 to 11:55 At 11:45 they canceled the flight. I paid a premium price for the tickets with poor service

My flight was canceled a few hours before boarding. I was rebooked on Copa airlines and missed an important meeting .

Business class seats felt very cramped compared to other airlines.

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.

I cancelled my ticket less than 24 hours deadline but I didn’t get refunded.

Flight boarded from Gate 159B, the farthest gate in the LAX Bradley Terminal. While the flight operated on time, the first class cabin attendant made no recognition of my being an Advantage Executive Platinum member.

The flight itself was excellent but the gate attendant made me check my carryon since she said it was an inch too big. I’ve had no problems with this carryon on recent flights on Qantas, Delta, Austrian, Southwest Airlines even though the overhead bins are the same size. there were other carryons in the bins that also looked larger than mine and there was room left in the bins for more. When I picked up my carryon from baggage claim one of the wheels had broken off.

I was in last row so that is never great bc the person in front of me leaned his seat all the way back into me.

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