253€ Find Cheap Flights from California to Germany

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 California to Germany.

KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from California to Germany is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from California to Germany with an airline and back with another airline.

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 California to Germany up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Lufthansa connects California to Germany with 66 flights per week. United Airlines also offers 66 flights per week, while Air New Zealand follows with 52 flights per week.

There are 28 airports in Germany. The busiest airport is Frankfurt Airport (FRA), with 42% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Germany is Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA), with an average flight price of 544 €.

Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Germany is Sunday when return tickets can be as cheap as 684 €. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, when return prices are 908 € on average.

The cheapest time of day to fly to Germany is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost 762 € on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Germany is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is 796 €.

The cheapest ticket to Germany from California found in the last 72 hours was to Frankfurt am Main Airport, at 435 € return. The most popular route is Los Angeles (LAX) to Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was 435 €.

The cheapest month for flights from California to Germany is December, when tickets cost 611 € (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are April and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is 1.165 € and 1.067 € respectively.

To get a below-average price on the flight from California to Germany, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 1 week before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to Germany from 3 cities. The city with the most direct flights is San Francisco, with 176 direct flights each week.

There are around 45 direct flights from within California to Germany every day. Most flights (69%) depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 309 direct flights from within California to Germany. The most common day for departures is Saturday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

An average direct flight from California to Germany takes 14h 50m, covering a distance of 14820 km. The shortest route is San Francisco (SFO) to Frankfurt am Main Airport (FRA) with an average flight time of 10h 45m.

There aren’t any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to Germany. Instead, there are 309 long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration), with the most arriving from San Francisco.

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Frankfurt am Main (51% of total searches to Germany). The next most popular destinations are Munich (23%) and Berlin (11%). Searches for flights to Düsseldorf (6%), to Hamburg (5%), and to Cologne (1%) are also popular.