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Cheap Flights from San Diego to Florida

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
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Orlando
4h 42mNonstop
from $258per person
Pensacola
6h 18m2 stops
from $262per person
Tampa
4h 28mNonstop
from $275per person
Fort Lauderdale
4h 46mNonstop
from $280per person
Miami
5h 03mNonstop
from $297per person
Valparaiso
6h 36m2 stops
from $311per person
Fort Myers
7h 35m2 stops
from $320per person
Sarasota
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Diego to Florida flights

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

How much is a round-trip flight from San Diego to Florida?

Flight prices are below average for this route right now.

Flights to Florida from San Diego usually cost between $385 and $550 in October.
The lowest price found in the past 5 days was $297 on Southwest (Oct 5-Oct 28).

What is the cheapest San Diego to Florida flight route?

The cheapest ticket to Florida from San Diego found in the last 5 days was to Jacksonville, at $158 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Diego (SAN) to Miami (MIA), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $367.

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

The cheapest time of day to fly to Florida is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $394 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Florida is generally in the morning, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $449.

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

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 $446 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Diego to Florida?

The cheapest month for flights from San Diego to Florida is January, when tickets cost $378 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $473 and $463 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Diego to Florida?

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Florida on a Wednesday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Sunday is the most expensive day to fly from San Diego to Florida. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Thursday and avoiding Sundays for the best deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Diego to Florida?

To get a below average price on the flight from San Diego to Florida, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 26% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

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Low season

August

Cheapest flight

$114
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 2% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 8% increase in price.
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Flights from San Diego to Florida: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travelers who flew the route from San Diego to Florida 
JamesFlew with Alaska Airlines-Jan 2026
Travel with a carry on only because on my flight I observed a family of (7, 5 kids and both parents) load up the overhead luggage compartments with (7) carry on suitcases, in addition to (4) back packs, which was allowed by the airline and I'm certain paid zero extra dollars as I did for three large suitcases at $35 a piece. Sane your money and do the same thing that family did.
Verified travelerFlew with Alaska Airlines-Jun 2024
Arrive early to the airport for check-in and security and enjoy the flight.

FAQs - booking Florida flights

  • Are there cars to rents at Orlando International Airport (MCO) in Florida?

    Consider renting a car at Orlando International Airport upon arrival. You can have your preferred type of car from Enterprise, Hertz, Budget, SIXT, and Alamo car rental agencies. The car rental offices are on the A-side of the Terminal on Level 1.

  • Which is the best way to connect to downtown from Orlando International Airport?

    The best and fast way to connect downtown from Orlando International Airport is by the airport taxi, car rental, or private shuttle, which takes approximately 15 minutes. For cost-savvy alternatively, consider taking a bus No. 11, which takes about 30 minutes to get to downtown.

  • Where can I stay after landing at Orlando International Airport late at night?

    Get a room in one of the hotels close to MCO if you have late flights to Florida. Consider staying at Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport, between Terminal A and Terminal B.

  • Which airline can I fly to Florida from, San Diego, with the kids?

    JetBlue Airlines should be considered by parents flying from San Diego to Florida with their children. This airline offers kid-friendly services and policies to keep your youngster entertained during the flight. This airline does not charge for playpens, wagons, infant beds, or child safety seats. It has big, comfortable chairs with extra legroom so that parents with children on their laps can stretch out without straining.

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

    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 Florida.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Diego to Florida?

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

    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 Florida 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 Florida?

    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 Florida 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 Florida

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San Diego to the following destinations at these prices or less: Miami $393 one-way - $472 round-trip
  • If you fly with Alaska Airlines from San Diego to Florida, you will enjoy a first-rate lounge and on-board amenities because San Diego International Airport (SAN) serves as the airline's hub. Passengers will enjoy free food as well as comfy and spacious seats in each cabin. Passengers flying to Florida can relax and enjoy free buffets at the SAN lounge before boarding their flight.
  • Travellers with flights from San Diego to Florida land at Orlando International Airport (MCO) or Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL). However, most travellers land at Orlando International Airport due to its proximity to downtown, with various means of transport to connect to downtown compared to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport.
  • San Diego International Airport considers passengers with pets that need to fly from San Diego to Florida. Before departure, the airport's several pet relief stations can make your pet's potty trip a breeze. Except for the airport's first indoor in Terminal 2 West, these areas are located outside all airport terminals.
  • Travellers in downtown San Diego who need to catch a flight at San Diego International Airport should not be worried. The town provides numerous modes of transportation that link to the airport in less than 20 minutes. Consider taking a taxi, shuttle, bus, town car, or tram to Lindbergh, Terminal 1, or Terminal 2, East of the airport.
  • If you're accompanying someone who requires a wheelchair or has limited mobility, you shouldn't be scared to make flight reservations from San Diego to Florida. Staff on these flights can transport guests who use wheelchairs from cab drop-off points to check-in desks. These flights have several accessible amenities such as accessible parking, accessible restrooms, elevators, ramps, and call boxes to make the PRMs comfortable while at the airport.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Diego to Florida

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Diego to Florida? 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 4190 reviews
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
Airline reviews

Red eye from San Diego. Temperature of the cabin was way too warm and the air duct flowed very little air.

6.0 GoodGordon, Jul 2026
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Red eye from San Diego. Temperature of the cabin was way too warm and the air duct flowed very little air.

Great job Southwest! My family doesn't fly often but we felt safe the whole time.

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

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.

The boarding and seat assignment system no longer works for me, but I know it is being replaced. Otherwise, I am good with the overall experience.

San Diego airport is brand new, spacious, airy and very smooth checkin at SW baggage drop.

No trays in our seats, we sat in first row, purchased a business class fare. Had to hold our drinks and snack in our hands. No plugs for our cell phones. Had to pay for it a drink cocktail each. Seats so uncomfortable.

There was over a 9 hour delay for one thing after another. A toilet problem, they had to change the brakes, they had to refuel, three pilots times out, etc. We had to sit on the plane at the gate for over 5 hours with no air.

Unfortunately it was not a good experience. There was a rude stewardess.

The room for legs is adequate for a 6’ tall man and the flight was comfortable. The cabin is clean and the crew is very friendly and pleasant.

My Alaska Airlines return flight, although worked out in the end, didn't start off well. The initial plane that my family and I boarded was grounded because of a mishap that happened to one of the engines and everyone on board had to disembark the plane. Thankfully we were accommodated with a another plane but our initial flight was supposed to have departed at 11 pm San Diego time for Orlando but instead we ended up leaving at 1:40 am San Diego time. All Passengers were informed that part of the delay was that the plane had to be inspected by the captain, the food had to be stocked and the individuals responsible for fueling the plane left for the evening and had to be summoned to return to fill up our. The Alaska Airlines crew at the airport and on the plane were awesome and apologetic. I know that the crew wasn't responsible for the mishap of the engine but I think in the future the airline should offer a complimentary drink or (1) item of food other than pretzels, nuts or chips to all passengers since we're not to blame for the extreme set backs. The airline in general is good and I recommend to all flyers.

It was a great experience, friendly staff and good snacks

flight was late resulting in us missing our prepaid hotel shuttle

Flight was late to board, then overweight. I booked a non stop flight for a reason, ended up having to re-fuel in Texas, arrived three hours late.

Upgrading my seat online was a breeze, boarding was easy, and we had such great tail winds that we ended up getting in 20 minutes earlier than planned.

Couldn’t plug in the computer to the electrical plug underneath the seat. Should accommodate a computer power line.

The female attendant seemed like she had no interest in being there. Also there was suppose to be 2 rounds of snacks and drinks but they only did one round. No TVs built into the seats. WiFI wasn’t working.

If you paid through Kayak, you will end up in the middle seat with no option to switch to a window or isle seat for less than $125 more each way. You will also have to pay a lot of money for your luggage.

Very good and looking forward to flying with Alaska in the future.

Flight was delayed at airport with large backlog and WiFi was spotty

Flight was delayed from San Diego due to being overweight for weather conditions. We missed our connecting flight to our final destination due to the delay, as well as the connecting flight leaving before the scheduled departure time. We missed the connection within 10 - 15 minutes. We were booked on a later flight arriving 7 hours later. There were 7 passengers sharing the same originating and connecting flight.

Horrible, mismanaged ground issue resulting in a long delayed, next flight left early, waiting extra 7 hours in the airport, screen did not work

The internet on these planes stinks. Need to get starlink

Very good flight. Crew was great. No issues and we even arrived early.

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

Delayed flight (1hour) plus a long layover after an overnight flight with no backup plane available.

Crew was excellent. Comfort seats not as nice as other kinds of planes.

Most aspects were good however if they assign boarding zones they ought to enforce them or why bother? My luggage from SAN-JFK-MAD was lost in NY so I without my main bag for two days upon arrival in Spain. They were helpful in tracking it and eventually delivered it to my hotel. The flub was because of a delay upon arrival in NYC. I had booked 2 1/2 hours between flights but we had to hold on the taxiway for an hour after landing while waiting for a clear gate which likely caused the baggage error.

Delta flight was great from the check in all the way to arrival. However, I had a very bad experience. I requested a wheelchair and the wheelchair employee that went to pick me up from the plane in Boston to bring me to the baggage claims told me I have to pay him. I was under the impression that it was a free service and I usually give tips but the person forced me to pay and since I said no because I was upset with his demand when my daughter walked in to pick me up he demanded payment from my daughter who paid him thinking maybe now it is a charged service.

Flight was on time, clean, etc. Despite connecting to your wi fi I was unable to use your app to watch entertainment.

The back to back mechanical delays from Denver to San Diego and then on my return flight from Denver to Great Falls it added extra time both ways

Service was professional and quick. Premium economy seat was comfortable given the class

The staff was extremely helpful and friendly at all times! They went above and beyond to get us into an earlier flight in San Diego to make our connection in SFO possible, because our original flight did actually not make it! I did so much appreciate the UA team and how they made this possible. We also didn’t have seats together on the long flight to Singapore, but they found us seats together last moment with no additional cost! Nobody sat next to us, so that we were able to sleep! Thanks to UA for improving their service and Underpricer for booking this trip! Please be careful: 1,5 hrs for transfer in San Francisco might not be enough time in the future

Over 2.5 hour maintenance delay on first morning flight with no acknowledgement, compensation or even gesture of good will. Aircraft had overnighted at airport so issue should have been addressed prior to boarding. Over 3.5 hours before first slow and deliberate beverage service.

Complimentary light meal would be appreciated. But great flight crew service on all legs

I was in first class. The outlets at my seat did not work. The plane was shabby and run down. I had prepurchsed a day subscription for internet that was not redeemable. I had to repurchase the internet for my flight and then it didn’t work anyway. Quite disappointed in what was supposed to be the launch of a great vacation.

As usual, United scheduling is completely misleading. A 54-minute layover at O’Hare is too short to make a lot of connections, especially since the flight landed “on time” but had to wait on the taxiway 15 minutes for a gate to open up. Then it takes another 10 minutes to exit the plane before one can run to another concourse to catch a connecting flight.

Flight was ok. Unfortunately it was a Boeing 737, which is a cramped / tight airplane. I prefer the Airbus as they are a more comfortable flight experience.

We were traveling as a family of 5 and they refused to seat us together. There were entire rows open, and my 13 year old daughter had to sit alone. Ridiculous!

More space for economy, and the bathroom size is only for people with size XS

Well, true to American Airlines, both of my flights were delayed. But it’s a good thing that American is so consistently incompetent because if the first flight was delayed in the second flight was on time then I might’ve had a problem..

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.

The entertainment package was vast and the selections were very current. Keep updating it was great.

The seat was so hard my tailbone was aching The crew was kind of a b**** because I made a joke that I didn't care if they close the door I total c*** when she was trying to f****** act like she was mad at me because I said that The flight was bumpy. Sure you didnt have control over that.

Cramped seats. FAA should make airlines have more legroom, for even short people complain

The plane was late and then sat on the runway for almost 45 minutes before taking off.

Had to wait on pilot and crew to depart and had to wait to arrive at the gate because they only had 2 crews working. Delays, delays....Planes just keep getting smaller and tighter and they nickle and dime for everything. When will an airline actually wake up and make flying more enjoyable?

I paid for what I got which was cheap, I brought my own entertainment. I knew what to expect, so I could be prepared. If you’re flying economy, check in early like me. I have no problems with my flight, was on time, staff were friendly, and overall good experience.

The inability to be flexible when you need to change a Basic Economy flight, when your company demands you book through a third party, causes raw feelings about the whole experience. A major airline should realize business and personal plans change all the time. I must save my company money on travel. Even if you have to charge me for the change, I get it. But being so rigid with a policy is not the best customer service.

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