₹ 41,732 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 107 airports in India. The busiest airport is Delhi Indira Gandhi Airport (DEL), with 22% 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 ₹ 52,631.

The cheapest ticket to India from California found in the last 5 days was to Bengaluru (Bangalore), at ₹ 84,209 return. The most popular route is San Francisco (SFO) to Kolkata (CCU) and the cheapest return ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was ₹ 86,282.

The cheapest month for flights from California to India is February, when tickets cost ₹ 47,816 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is ₹ 83,844 and ₹ 77,475 respectively.

To get a below-average price on a flight from California to India, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 13% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 19 weeks before departure.

From California, there are direct flights to India from one city. This city is San Francisco and there are 10 direct flights each week.

There are around 2 direct flights from within California to India every day. Most flights (70%) depart in the morning.

Each week there are around 10 direct flights from within California to India. The most common day for departures is Tuesday, with 20% of flights taking off on this day.

An average direct flight from California to India takes 25h 05m, covering a distance of 21997 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 10 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 (40% of total searches to India). The next most popular destinations are Mumbai (20%) and Hyderabad (10%). Searches for flights to Bengaluru (Bangalore) (9%), to Chennai (7%), and to Ahmedabad (5%) are also popular.