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Cheap Flights from San José to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$299
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$375
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$273
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$267
Reno
Reno2 stops$322
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$217
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$299
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$375
San Diego
San Diego1 stop$273
San Jose
San Jose2 stops$267
Reno
Reno2 stops$322
Sacramento
Sacramento1 stop$217

Book Cheap San José 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 San José 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 San José to California

Tue, Sep 23 - Sun, Oct 19
United Airlines Logo
8:37 am - 9:25 amSJO-SMF
25h 48m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
7:40 am - 7:15 amSMF-SJO
22h 35m1 stop
$217United Airlines
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Wed, Sep 10 - Wed, Sep 24
United Airlines Logo
8:37 am - 11:43 pmSJO-SMF
16h 06m1 stop
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2:30 pm - 7:15 amSMF-SJO
15h 45m1 stop
$226United Airlines
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Tue, Sep 16 - Tue, Sep 23
Avianca Logo
3:05 pm - 9:55 pmSJO-ONT
7h 50m1 stop
Avianca Logo
11:25 pm - 1:30 pmONT-SJO
13h 05m1 stop
$262Avianca
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Thu, Sep 25 - Thu, Oct 2
Avianca Logo
9:35 am - 9:55 pmSJO-ONT
13h 20m1 stop
Avianca Logo
11:25 pm - 1:30 pmONT-SJO
13h 05m1 stop
$265Avianca
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Fri, Oct 10 - Sun, Oct 12
Copa Airlines Logo
8:49 am - 5:57 pmSJO-SAN
10h 08m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
9:12 pm - 7:34 amSAN-SJO
9h 22m1 stop
$273Copa Airlines
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Fri, Oct 10 - Sun, Oct 12
Copa Airlines Logo
10:08 am - 5:57 pmSJO-SAN
8h 49m1 stop
Copa Airlines Logo
9:12 pm - 4:52 pmSAN-SJO
18h 40m2 stops
$278Copa Airlines
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Tue, Oct 28 - Tue, Nov 4
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:11 am - 8:05 pmSJO-LAS
19h 54m2 stops
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 12:38 amLAS-SJO
15h 38m2 stops
$314Alaska Airlines
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Sun, Nov 9 - Fri, Nov 14
Alaska Airlines Logo
1:58 am - 1:19 pmSJO-LAS
13h 21m1 stop
Alaska Airlines Logo
7:11 pm - 12:38 amLAS-SJO
27h 27m1 stop
$316Alaska Airlines
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Tue, Oct 21 - Mon, Oct 27
Delta Logo
1:23 pm - 10:22 pmSJO-ONT
9h 59m1 stop
Delta Logo
10:00 pm - 11:58 amONT-SJO
12h 58m1 stop
$364Delta
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Fri, Nov 21 - Thu, Jan 1
Delta Logo
7:00 am - 10:56 pmSJO-SJC
17h 56m1 stop
Delta Logo
2:25 pm - 6:50 amSJC-SJO
14h 25m1 stop
$435Delta
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Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for San José to California flights

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

What is the cheapest San José to California flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to California from San José found in the last 72 hours was to Los Angeles, at $247 round-trip. The most popular route is from San José (SJO) to San Francisco (SFO), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $281.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San José to California?

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 3 stops layover the cheapest option at $243 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San José to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San José 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 San José to California is February, when tickets cost $348 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $506 and $466 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San José to California?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San José to California clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to California on a Thursday and more expensive on a Monday. On your return trip to San José, you should consider flying back on a Monday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San José 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 San José 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 San José to California, you should book around 9 weeks before departure, which saves you about 20% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 25 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJune
Cheapest flight$132
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 7% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 18% increase in price.
Flight from San José to Sacramento

FAQs - booking California flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San José 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 San José to California.

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

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

  • 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 $288 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 $557.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to California

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San José to the following destinations at these prices or less: Los Angeles $217 one-way - $338 round-trip; San Francisco $194 one-way - $390 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San José to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San José 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.
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8.0
Alaska AirlinesOverall score based on 10000 reviews
7.1Food
8.5Crew
7.0Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.8Comfort
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No food but only snack was provided during the 6-hour flight from EWR to LAX. I was so hungry during the trip.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Aug 2025EWR - LAX
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No food but only snack was provided during the 6-hour flight from EWR to LAX. I was so hungry during the trip.

Miss bigger screens for movies Staff was friendly Seats comfortable Bathroom line long

Agent boarding us in San Diego lectured me on showing up on time for the flight, and said that if I had been three minutes later, he would have denied myself and my wife boarding. Our trusted traveler numbers were not in the system, even though I entered them when I bought the tickets. Our food orders were not in the system, even though I entered them prior to the flight. My wife requires a wheelchair, and that was delayed on both flights.

It was fine—the seats are not very comfortable and the aisles are very narrow. Nothing different from other airlines

Unfortunately 4 hour 40 minute delay because of airport then one hour into flight diverted back to Kona elderly man on plane got heart attack trying to get home some how

Seats are so small now that it's very hard even for a medium-sized person to be comfortable!!!

My experience would’ve been great because we were on a new plane, but they said as we boarded that the plane would be too new to have WiFi, which to me is unreasonable - newer planes should def have WiFi! It was a 5 hour flight from Anchorage to San Fran and because there was no WiFi, I had to take an unexpected half day off work, which was super annoying because I had a lot to do and we only found out a few minutes before takeoff.

Such great crew, from checkin to the plane. So friendly and helpful, I was genuinely impressed.

Hawaiian Airlines, like most US-based ones, constantly provide sub-par service and pack their planes to the max with all kinds of last-minute-purchase schemes. As a result, it makes every flight so uncomfortable and generates high health risk for its passengers. In one word, GREED rules the day!

Well the flight being delayed multiple time really was frustrating. But the crew and flight was good.

The flight crew was friendly. I tried to adjust my seat online ahead of time but no option existed without additional fees. My friend asked at the gate about a seat change and was able to make it happen. That was great! The flight crew moved a very tall gentleman and his companion which allowed us to have more space which was nice. Overall, good experience. Appreciated the blanket and pillow.

I was uncomfortably cold on the plane. Other than that it was uneventful and therefore as enjoyable as a plane ride can be.

Food was surprisingly good but the WiFi was not great

My flight was extremely cold. I had a jacket and a cover was left in each seat. The cover was extremely thin and I have a disability, fibromyalgia and arthrithis and AC air is the worst. I closed my vent and my husbands vent and it still was frigid. I asked the attendant if I could get another cover and she quickly almost dismissively and totally unconcerned stating, (I quote) (one per chair) and walked off so quickly that I didn't get a chance to explain to her that I literally have adisability. I didnt want to make a seen so I set on that flight for over 5 hours in pain, joints locking up and extremely uncomfortable. When my fibromyalgia flares up my joints not only ache but they will lock up also and it takes me days to get back to my regular self even though I take medication for it. I felt like it would not have hurt anyone at all for her to just give me an extra cover because I'm sure they have all types of medical issues in people that fly every day.

Not a "Delta" issue, but a JFK issue: We booked a connecting flight with 3 1/2 hours between to clearn immigration and customs. Our inbound flight (BCN to JFK) was on the taxiway 45 minutes which ate into our layover time. Immigtration was insanely quick with the CBP MPC app; however, clearing TSA (again, after we were ALREADY cleared in Spain on the inbound international flight) took over 95 minutes. This left us with 10 minutes before boarding the connecting flight (JFK to SAN) to walk to the far end of Terminal 4 and try to find food. We didn't find any food that could promise to serve us in under 10 minutes so we boarded the Delta flight after coming off a plance and an 8-hour flight knowing that we wouldn't be served any food on the next 5 1/2 hour flight. I feel like Delta needs to put pressure on the JFK TSA to open more screening stations (by our count, we saw only 5 scanners open and a line of - as we said - over 90 minutes. The insult is that we WERE ALREADY SCREENED through TSA, but as you come off one flight into the USA, you have to go through the whole process again. It seems like if you have a connecting flight, there should be a way to pass through immigration and customs without needing to return through TSA.

There are 4 flights in consecutive gates with about the same departure time. Two flights were boarding at the same time. One was delayed or boarding would be happening at the same time. I am not sure what Delta and LAX need to do to have a better layout at the end of Terminal 2

5 hours of delay that could've been much shorter if Delta had taken the 1 hour delay they imposed on the flight before boarding to run any of the plane checks required for flight to find the hydraulic issue that required nearly 3 hours to fix. $24 of meal credit buys a sandwich and a soft drink. Poor communication within the terminal about what gate we'd be re-boarding from and when we'd be re-boarding.

The entertainment and wifi mostly didn't work on this flight.

Terrible entertainment system - kept freezing and audio kept cutting out. Snacks were mediocre at best for a 5 hour flight.

I am still upset that my bag was lost on a recent trip to Rome ; we were inconvenienced and out €150 Euros ; delta has refused to reimburse us

Quick boarding and check in.. but premium seats don’t recline.. very hard to relax. But overall, it was a Great a satisfying experience.. Thank You

If they listen to you especially when there’s a problem with a passport now I lost my tickets and also my seat money

The worst airline I have ever experienced. Terrible customer service. Absolutely disgraceful

Checking bags at the airport, very confusing they make lines for different flights but they don’t have any signs, so if you are on the wrong line be aware they will send you to the end of the correct line. No priority for check in even if you pay and no priority to disabled persons and elderly persons.

Despite all the negative reviews, I took Volaris with a family of 4 (including a toddler and infant in arms). The only compliant was they charged me $70 to gate check our wagon (which we use as a stroller) and then it was not available for pickup at the gate (which is the entire point), so we had to get through customs and the airport with our luggage and no way to push our kids :(

Après avoir manqué l’avion aucune aide de la part des agents à l’aéroport pour trouver un autre vol

Más comida no cobrar tanto por los asientos y comida food

Worst airline ever!! Delays in all my flights!!! Do not flight with Volaris!

The departures screens in the airport showed the flight as canceled for some weird reason, but when I got to the gate just to double check, it showed it as on time, and not canceled. This was confusing, but ultimately I was able to get to where I needed to go.

For whatever reason, when I was in the San Jose airport, the flight from Volaris read as canceled on the Departures screens you'd find all over the terminal, it wasn't until I got to the gate that it showed it as on time and still on. It was confusing, but ultimately I did get to where I needed to go with the flight I was expecting.

The flight was comfortable with the exit row and great service

Plane was crowded and even when we hit altitude, the plane was hot, not enough air flow.

1. when we went to check in, our 2 first class seats had been CANCELED and the flight was sold out. This was done without our prior knowledge. It was all we could do to restore one first class seat for my wife and I flew economy. 2, Our flight home was scheduled to leave at 10:30 pm. Due to tsunami warnings, the roads were closed and our flight status was uncertain as to whether it would leave as scheduled. It was announced that it would now leave at 11:20 pm and the roads were now open since the tsunami had come and gone. We made a mad dash to the airport and checked in. Delays were announced at 12:30 pm, 1:30 am, 2:30 am and at 3:30 am it was canceled. Since this was a flight due to natural (tsunami) causes, there was no compensation. We were told to return at 1:00 pm the next day and our baggage would be kept on the plane since the same plane was going to leave at 1:00 pm. We had to return to our hotel for the rest of the night. The same plane did not leave at 1:00 pm and our baggage was gone! All in all, it was a miserable performance by UA. Information was hard to obtain and no one knew what was going on and what was going to happen. Hundreds of passengers slept on the floor, chairs, etc. No food and no water was made available to the passengers. It was a situation where UA could care less what was going on. As a one million mile flyer, I had not experienced anything like this before and it was hugely disappointing!

I found the staff to not be very attentive at all. When paying for Business Class you expect a certain type of service and that was not found. They were almost rude even

Ok. Get a different kosher caterer. The food was odd.

Our experience on United Airlines was extremely poor. The plane was extremely cold throughout our entire flight- which multiple people complained about- and we had to wait 2 hours to get a blanket which was too thin and barely helped warm us up. As well as this, none of the entertainment features were working so we had to sit through a roughly 10 hour flight with nothing to keep our attention, including the actual flight path screen. It was an extremely disappointing experience and I would hope that this gets fixed if we ever choose United Airlines again.

I really enjoyed flying with United airlines amazing experience , good customer service and great food

1.It will be better if sandwich is warm. 2.The food is too salty. 3.Breakfast needs some vegetables or fruits.

Boarded plane and then delayed 1.5 hours while on the plane

It was all good flight was on time, service was good I enjoyed a few movies and everything was smooth

The seats were uncomfortable and barely reclined at all. Very little leg room despite being business class. The crew was friendly and the food was good. Had to use my own phone for in-flight entertainment.

The check in is the only positive thing in Avianca. The seat is the most uncomfortable I have traveled, the distance is minimal.

Not what it used to be. The sale of food makes them look greedy!

Avianca is not what it used to be. So disappointing

It was horrible. My experience with Avianca. I didn’t know it was Pakistan international Airlines but anyway, whatever it is it is bad horrible you guys need to upgrade everything in those planes. And you guys charge $130 for a carry-on did they wanna let me in with my carry-on that I travel everywhere with the luggage you guys are such a dog thank you

why did we have to go through security mid flight

The incoming plane was late and no information was shared. They even announced we would board in 10 muntes 40 minutes prior to the plane arriving, and the website said until takeoff that we had taken off an hour earlier

Flight to Bogotá delayed by 3 h Missed connection from Bogotá to Guayaquil. Avianca unable to bring us to Baltra on time Overall delay 36h. We missed boat departure from galagos. Overall 10 day trip needed to be cancelled. Avianca was completely un-professional.

A few years ago long flights 6 hours or so used to have video screens and they offered ear phones. The food cart used to come and drinks. Now absolutely nothing. Avianca is as bad as Spirit Airlines. Avianca will now be my last choice when booking my next flight.

Terrible, We had to stay in Bogota for two days due to weather but the airline did not provide for the same day flight. Only two days later

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