₹ 43,187 Find Cheap Flights from California to India – Compare and Save

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 India.

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

There are 106 airports in India. The busiest airport is Delhi Indira Gandhi Airport (DEL), with 21% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in India is Kolkata Netaji S. Chandra Airport (CCU), with an average flight price of ₹ 59,880.

The cheapest ticket to India from California found in the last 72 hours was to Bengaluru (Bangalore), at ₹ 84,452 return. The most popular route is San Francisco (SFO) to New Delhi (DEL) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was ₹ 125,901.

The cheapest month for flights from California to India is September, when tickets cost ₹ 43,092 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is ₹ 81,798 and ₹ 78,747 respectively.

To get a below-average price on a flight from California to India, you should book around 7 weeks before departure, which saves you about 21% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.

An average direct flight from California to India takes 24h 42m, covering a distance of 22123 km. The shortest route is San Francisco (SFO) to New Delhi (DEL) with an average flight time of 20h 30m.

There aren’t any medium-haul (3-6 hour flight duration) or short-haul (up to 3 hour flight duration) flights to India. Instead, there are 1 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 New Delhi (28% of total searches to India). The next most popular destinations are Mumbai (20%) and Hyderabad (14%). Searches for flights to Bengaluru (Bangalore) (13%), to Chennai (10%), and to Ahmedabad (4%) are also popular.