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

What is the cheapest flight to California?

These are the best round-trip prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to California from Switzerland found in the last 72 hours was to San Francisco, at $596 round-trip. The most popular route is Zurich (ZRH) to San Francisco (SFO) and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $596.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Switzerland to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Switzerland 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 Switzerland to California is November, when tickets cost $620 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $868 and $836 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Switzerland to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights 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 Switzerland to California, you should book around 4 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in California?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in California is San Francisco Airport (SFO), with an average flight price of $767.


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Best time to beat the crowds with an average 4% drop in price.
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FAQs for booking flights from Switzerland to California

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

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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 day to fly to California?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to California is Thursday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as $778. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Tuesday, where round-trip prices are $831 on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to California?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to California is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $655 on average. Morning departures are around 6% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to California is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $858.

Top 5 airlines serving from Switzerland to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Switzerland to California. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 7963 reviews
8.5Crew
7.9Entertainment
7.9Comfort
8.2Boarding
7.3Food
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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.

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jun 2025BOS - LAX
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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

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

I love the free WiFi!! Crew was nice. Bathroom was decent. First time flying delta in a long time and I enjoyed it. Will definitely look into booking with Delta more but I think Delta is a little more expensive than the other airlines.

Seats are much much more comfortable than United, which is what I usually fly

If I pay extra for "comfort+" I expect leg room where I can stretch my legs. I was seated with an attendant's seat blocking my feet. Knee space was fine but my feet had less room than the non-"comfort+" seats. Also, don't go cheap on food when you have flights of 3+ hours. It's insulting.

Only one side of the heafphone jack work. Crew was friendly and helpful.

Great. Flight departed early and arrived early. Deplaning and baggage claim ww were quick.

The crew was very friendly and nice! Very smooth flight.

The meal was wonderful and strawberry ice cream was a plus.

Absolutely amazing! Best airline i have flown with, huge difference to United!

All the flight to USA were arranged to E terminal whereas from Dubrovnik arriving on Zurich is on A80, have to walk all the way from A to E, even need transfer bus , for short transfer time like in an hour, we have to work fast, as soon as arrived at E, it is about time to boarding, pretty tight schedule, I hope Zurich airport can make some rearrangement so that transfer people do not have to walk long way. For short transfer time people, such as 50 min, this is even impossible if still like this.

...as stated previously, red tape should be shorted by Swiss in terms of generating refunds...

They didn't give us Nothing to eat, come on..... 1 package of chips and a glass of soda won't do anything to the company

I slept the whole flight so I can't tell you about the food and there was no entertainment offered. Crew was very nice, seats were comfortable in business, and boarding was easy.

I haven't flown Swiss in a long time. I was disappointed that after paying $14,907 for 3 business class seats, we still had to pay another $200 for a single business class seat. All the window seats used to be single seats. Now it's every other one and if you want a single seat it's extra. Also, The double seats do not have pods or any privacy. We landed in Chicago after a long 10 hour flight and our connecting flight was on United. Because we do not have status on Swiss, we were not allowed to use the United lounge, even with business class seats. My father is on crutches and we had a 4 hour layover. No lounge was also disappointing. All of my status is on British Airways so I will go back to flying BA. We flew Swiss because my father did not want to go through Heathrow. On a positive, the crew were super nice and accommodating for my father who had recently had hip replacement surgery. Food was okay. I"m not a good person to critique the food, I never like airplane food.

-Swiss airlines online check in app crashed multiple times -Zurich airport does not have very many bathrooms accessible to people with disabilities - closest disability accessible bathroom to departure gate was 1/4 mile away.

I took this flight to be able to fly with Swiss instead of Air Canada from Geneva.. The AC planes have a better outfit in Business class than Swiss, but the service aboard Swiss is really best, first-class, as is the food and beverages. Though using the same plane model (A330-300), the interior setup of the cabin starts to show its age, but IMO the planes are better serviced by Swiss than AC. I had in my recent trips with AC way too many technical problems that led to delays or even complete cancellation of my flight.. Their fleet is aging (average 20+ years) and the maintenance has taken a toll compared to years ago. Cutting costs in every corner has to be paid sometime by someone, and it's the travelers at the end that pays for it. Unfortunately for me, flying directly to Zurich puts a much longer after-fly trip on me than Geneva.. so I might go back to direct flight YUL-GVA, even if I don't like flying with AC.

Boarding was mayhem. Late boarding by 15 minutes because of lack of staff (missing 1 flight attendant. We had to wait for an arrival of another plane before we could board). Flight was a little rough, but cannot blame on airlines.

Great experience…left a bit behind schedule but made up fir that in the air and landed 10 minutes early 😁

Airbus plane, nice and polite staff, entertainment even as it was a short flight.

United out of SFO is having issues with catering so none of our meals were loaded on the plane and no offer of compensation for our tickets purchased was offered.

Its good expeince but in enternteiment please be like you tube the music i like or movie

I needed to make changes to my flights. When I called customer service, they assisted me with care professionalism.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

Wonderful and fast TSA checkpoint. The line was fast and our gate was close by

The gate was too far away for the connecting flight

Generally good. The aisles have gotten narrower which can slow down boarding. Flight crew was great! Healthier complimentary snacks would be appreciated. Due to earthquake in San Francisco we had to circle in air space for a bit but then had a smooth landing. I laud the flight crew for their patience ;)

Loved the staff, boarding and drink options! Wish the comfort of the seat could have been better nevertheless

Honestly, I haven’t flown American in years, probably due to the pandemic and my being unable to travel for certain periods in the last two years, but it was a good experience to dig out or obtain a new American Airlines account after many years of traveling for business with American in the past.

Long 5 hour and 45 min flight and only one drink service and cookie snack

One bottle of water and a package of cookies for comfort plus. We had to literally beg a flight attendant for an extra bottle of water later in the flight due to feeling dehydrated.

Flight boarded from Gate 39 at OGG, the farthest gate in the terminal. There were no Hawaiian themed amenities for the flight. The first class service was mediocre at best; I received not special welcome or recognition as an executive platinum member of American Advantage program. The flight attendants were more concerned with their cell phones than saying "thank you" to the passengers as we disembarked. Fortunately, the flight arrived at LAX a few minutes early.

Bigger seats. Board back to front! Disembark front to back!

Extraordinary service in business class, and very good breakfast and snacks. A really lovely flight.

This flight didn’t happen because AA agents didn’t let us board the flight

Plane was pretty clean, staff was friendly and helpful, flight left about on time arrived early. Took a long time to board and get off the plane - carry on items didn't have enough room so people had to move all around to find places.

The service and food needs to improve to catch up with other international flights

Better synchronizing the boarding processes. The audio announcements, the personnel and the digital signage were not saying the same thing. All confusion.

The first class seats were unusable, mine at the end of the flight, my husband's in the middle of the flight, and the one next to me was unusable either, they had to move the person to another seat.

Last minute gate change. Didn’t put our TSA global on our trip even though we asked multiple times to confirm. Did not help with food when could not eat what was served.

Our luggage didn’t arrive with us, that puts a damper on the whole trip.

The cabin was bit colder than I like but the crew members looked after us very well. They did even offer hot water bottle and hot chocolate. I cannot rate the crew enough excellent is not good enough. They really were wonderful.

Boarding is always a challenge as folks in al groups crowd around for no reason, but crew handled it well. I once again applaud the LHR ground baggage staff as they got our bags from a flight at Terminal 5A to a flight in Terminal 5C within 40 minutes...amazing!

This flight from London to Chicago was actually on an AA airline. I did book through BA but the flight was AA. Great flight, hectic in Chicago, I wouldn't choose to fly through Chicago again, but that's not the airlines fault. The flight itself was great.

Push back is not working when I complaint a male staff he told me that most of the seats are like that so we can’t do anything

Seats were way too small. I got claustrophobic waiting for trash from meal to be taken away. I couldn't move to even close my tray until trash was taken.

Was 3 hrs delayed and my poor friend I met in Barcelona was waiting at airport for 3 hrs. Dallas airport was awful

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Recent round-trip flight deals

 
These are the cheapest round-trip flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/1Sat
1 stopScandinavian Airlines
27h 10mZRH-SFO
11/15Sat
1 stopScandinavian Airlines
18h 00mSFO-ZRH
$454
11/7Fri
1 stopScandinavian Airlines
27h 25mGVA-SFO
11/14Fri
1 stopScandinavian Airlines
32h 35mSFO-GVA
$456
11/17Mon
1 stopBritish Airways
15h 55mBSL-LAX
11/27Thu
1 stopBritish Airways
28h 15mLAX-BSL
$547
11/15Sat
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 30mBSL-LAX
11/25Tue
1 stopBritish Airways
28h 20mLAX-BSL
$549
8/20Wed
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
24h 54mGVA-LAX
8/31Sun
1 stopAmerican Airlines
14h 40mLAX-GVA
$573
10/17Fri
1 stopAmerican Airlines
21h 05mBSL-LAX
10/28Tue
1 stopAmerican Airlines
32h 55mLAX-BSL
$575
7/26Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
18h 10mGVA-SFO
8/8Fri
1 stopUnited Airlines
25h 30mSFO-GVA
$630
10/25Sat
2 stopsUnited Airlines
36h 18mGVA-SFO
11/1Sat
1 stopUnited Airlines
14h 10mSFO-GVA
$634
7/11Fri
nonstopSWISS
12h 25mZRH-LAX
7/24Thu
nonstopSWISS
11h 10mLAX-ZRH
$690
11/14Fri
nonstopSWISS
12h 10mZRH-SFO
11/29Sat
nonstopSWISS
11h 05mSFO-ZRH
$698

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to California found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
8/20Wed
1 stop
30h 00mGVA-LAX
$264
9/3Wed
1 stop
30h 00mGVA-LAX
$266
7/19Sat
1 stopSWISS
18h 10mGVA-SFO
$671
7/19Sat
1 stopSWISS
18h 10mGVA-SFO
$677
10/4Sat
2 stopsBritish Airways
20h 25mGVA-SFO
$758
9/11Thu
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
21h 02mGVA-SFO
$775
9/3Wed
1 stopBritish Airways
14h 45mBSL-LAX
$795
10/13Mon
2 stopsAmerican Airlines
25h 45mBSL-LAX
$815
7/6Sun
1 stopUnited Airlines
18h 55mGVA-SFO
$1,507
7/14Mon
2 stopsUnited Airlines
32h 52mGVA-ONT
$1,541

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Last minute flights to California

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to California that are departing in the next 10 days.
6/17Tue
multi-stopITA Airways
27h 20mZRH-SFO
8/7Thu
multi-stopITA Airways
18h 00mSFO-ZRH
$654
6/17Tue
multi-stopCondor
16h 35mZRH-LAS
6/29Sun
multi-stopCondor
13h 40mLAS-ZRH
$671
6/21Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
22h 40mGVA-SFO
6/25Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
22h 20mSFO-GVA
$749
6/21Sat
multi-stopUnited Airlines
18h 45mGVA-SFO
6/25Wed
multi-stopUnited Airlines
22h 10mSFO-GVA
$754
6/21Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
19h 09mZRH-LAX
7/14Mon
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
16h 28mLAX-ZRH
$802
6/21Sat
nonstopSWISS
12h 00mZRH-SFO
7/5Sat
nonstopSWISS
11h 10mSFO-ZRH
$806
6/21Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
19h 46mZRH-SFO
7/5Sat
multi-stopAmerican Airlines
17h 20mSFO-ZRH
$808
6/21Sat
nonstopSWISS
12h 25mZRH-LAX
7/5Sat
nonstopSWISS
11h 10mLAX-ZRH
$832
6/19Thu
multi-stopBritish Airways
15h 50mGVA-SFO
7/5Sat
multi-stopBritish Airways
16h 45mSFO-GVA
$850
6/19Thu
multi-stopBritish Airways
18h 23mGVA-SFO
7/5Sat
multi-stopBritish Airways
16h 45mSFO-GVA
$854

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