How long is the flight from California to Puerto Rico?

There are many flights that can get you from California to Puerto Rico in 8h 35m. Fly via American Airlines, Southwest, or Delta to get the fastest option. The distance between California and Puerto Rico is about 3214 mi. When browsing for deals, the options you’ll see will be for both nonstop flights and flights with stops.

What are the cheapest airlines to fly from California to Puerto Rico one-way?

The cheapest airline one-way is Spirit Airlines, with whom users have recently found tickets for as low as $120. However, be on the lookout for offers from Frontier and American Airlines, as they are both options that can get you from California to Puerto Rico for a low price.

In terms of precipitation, rainfall in Puerto Rico ranges from 2.2 - 6.1 inches per month. November is typically the wettest month, when rainfall can reach 6.1 in. February is typically the driest time to visit Puerto Rico when rainfall is around 2.2 in.

If weather is an important factor for your trip to Puerto Rico, use this chart to help with planning. For those seeking warmer temperatures, June is the ideal time of year to visit, when temperatures reach an average of 82.4 F. Travelers looking to avoid the cold should look outside of January, when temperatures are typically at their lowest (around 77.0 F).

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

When searching for a good deal, it’s best to be prepared for potential fluctuations in price. We recommend booking at least 14 days in advance, which can save you up to 39% on flights from California to Puerto Rico compared to booking the week you need them. Waiting 14 days out may not be for everyone, so we have options available for flights within the next two weeks, with the lowest price starting at $333. For sooner than that we have options available in the next 3 days from $565.

What is the cheapest month to fly from California to Puerto Rico?

The best pricing can be found in the month of October. Prices to Puerto Rico from California average $468. You can even find prices in October for less than $468, as users have found deals to Puerto Rico from as low as $228. The month of December appears to be one of the more expensive times to travel to Puerto Rico from California. Flying in the targeted month can save you up to 39%.

Can I find deals for flights from California to Puerto Rico that include hotel bookings?

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Explore the most affordable flight options available from California to Puerto Rico. Find the lowest fares from popular airlines and budget airlines, with prices last updated on September 11, 2025.

Wed 9/2412:47 amLAS - SJU

1 stop10h 30mSpirit Airlines

Mon 9/2910:42 amSJU - LAS

1 stop11h 06mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$253

Thu 11/612:49 pmLAS - SJU

1 stop11h 51mSpirit Airlines

Sat 11/156:00 amSJU - LAS

1 stop19h 51mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$254

Wed 11/56:30 amLAS - SJU

2 stops23h 22mSpirit Airlines

Sat 11/156:00 amSJU - LAS

1 stop19h 51mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/11

$262

Fri 11/712:49 pmLAS - SJU

1 stop11h 51mSpirit Airlines

Sat 11/156:00 amSJU - LAS

1 stop19h 51mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$266

Fri 10/249:27 pmLAS - SJU

1 stop14h 57mFrontier

Sat 11/15:51 pmSJU - LAS

2 stops21h 43mFrontier

Deal found 9/10

$269

Sat 11/112:09 amLAX - SJU

1 stop12h 50mSpirit Airlines

Fri 11/71:35 pmSJU - LAX

2 stops23h 26mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/8

$275

Tue 12/96:10 amSJC - SJU

2 stops13h 42mAmerican Airlines

Wed 12/2410:03 pmSJU - SJC

2 stops16h 00mAmerican Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$275

Tue 10/219:27 pmLAS - SJU

1 stop14h 57mFrontier

Fri 10/249:06 pmSJU - LAS

2 stops21h 23mFrontier

Deal found 9/11

$276

Wed 10/111:10 pmLAX - SJU

1 stop12h 07mMultiple Airlines

Fri 10/2412:02 pmSJU - LAX

1 stop11h 34mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 9/9

$276

Wed 11/512:57 amLAX - SJU

1 stop15h 47mSpirit Airlines

Wed 11/1212:10 pmSJU - LAX

2 stops24h 51mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$277

Tue 9/2311:04 pmLAS - SJU

1 stop24h 30mMultiple Airlines

Mon 9/2910:42 amSJU - LAS

1 stop11h 06mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 9/9

$278

Sat 10/45:07 pmLAX - SJU

1 stop18h 52mSpirit Airlines

Fri 10/107:43 pmSJU - LAX

3 stops30h 08mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$278

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Wed 10/158:45 pmLAS - SJU

1 stop25h 14mMultiple Airlines

Fri 10/243:19 pmSJU - LAS

2 stops35h 15mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 9/11

$295

Tue 10/141:10 amLAS - SJU

1 stop19h 49mAmerican Airlines

Fri 10/245:30 amSJU - LAS

1 stop15h 45mAmerican Airlines

Deal found 9/11

$295

Fri 10/247:50 amLAS - SJU

1 stop8h 35mSouthwest

Tue 10/286:10 amSJU - LAS

2 stops12h 50mSouthwest

Deal found 9/11

$295

Tue 10/2110:13 amLAX - SJU

1 stop8h 46mDelta

Sat 10/255:43 pmSJU - LAX

1 stop9h 48mDelta

Deal found 9/9

$295

Wed 10/154:44 pmLAS - SJU

2 stops30h 00mSpirit Airlines

Fri 10/247:43 pmSJU - LAS

2 stops30h 51mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$304

Thu 10/1610:30 pmSAN - SJU

1 stop10h 30mUnited Airlines

Wed 10/221:05 amSJU - SAN

1 stop11h 28mUnited Airlines

Deal found 9/9

$329

Sat 9/278:20 amLAX - SJU

1 stop9h 00mJetBlue

Wed 10/16:04 amSJU - LAX

1 stop9h 41mJetBlue

Deal found 9/10

$342

Wed 10/86:53 amONT - SJU

2 stops16h 37mFrontier

Wed 10/156:22 amSJU - ONT

2 stops20h 28mFrontier

Deal found 9/8

$349

Tue 2/1710:20 amSJC - SJU

2 stops14h 35mAlaska Airlines

Wed 2/188:04 amSJU - SJC

2 stops31h 57mAlaska Airlines

Deal found 9/11

$477

Thu 11/137:00 amBUR - SJU

2 stops17h 40mSpirit Airlines

Mon 11/175:28 pmSJU - BUR

2 stops19h 50mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/9

$333

Tue 12/912:43 amLAS - SJU

1 stop8h 00mDelta

Tue 12/167:00 amSJU - LAS

2 stops16h 51mDelta

Deal found 9/9

$339

Tue 10/286:45 amLAX - SJU

2 stops11h 00mSouthwest

Sat 11/88:10 amSJU - LAX

2 stops11h 20mSouthwest

Deal found 9/10

$349

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Mon 9/2211:04 pmLAS - SJU

1 stop24h 30mMultiple Airlines

Mon 9/2910:42 amSJU - LAS

1 stop11h 06mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 9/9

$280

Tue 9/2311:04 pmLAS - SJU

1 stop24h 30mMultiple Airlines

Mon 9/2910:42 amSJU - LAS

1 stop11h 06mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 9/9

$278

Wed 9/2412:47 amLAS - SJU

1 stop10h 30mSpirit Airlines

Mon 9/2910:42 amSJU - LAS

1 stop11h 06mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$253

Mon 9/2911:10 amLAX - SJU

2 stops24h 01mSpirit Airlines

Thu 10/234:04 pmSJU - LAX

1 stop10h 44mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/9

$277

Tue 9/307:35 amLAX - SJU

1 stop15h 23mMultiple Airlines

Thu 10/234:04 pmSJU - LAX

1 stop10h 44mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 9/9

$279

Wed 10/111:10 pmLAX - SJU

1 stop12h 07mMultiple Airlines

Fri 10/2412:02 pmSJU - LAX

1 stop11h 34mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 9/9

$276

Sat 10/45:07 pmLAX - SJU

1 stop18h 52mSpirit Airlines

Fri 10/107:43 pmSJU - LAX

3 stops30h 08mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$278

Wed 10/812:09 amLAX - SJU

1 stop11h 50mMultiple Airlines

Wed 10/151:59 amSJU - LAX

1 stop21h 37mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 9/11

$280

Sat 10/119:20 amLAX - SJU

2 stops22h 36mSpirit Airlines

Thu 10/1611:51 amSJU - LAX

2 stops23h 15mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$281

Wed 10/158:45 pmLAS - SJU

1 stop25h 14mMultiple Airlines

Fri 10/247:43 pmSJU - LAS

2 stops30h 51mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$281

Tue 10/219:27 pmLAS - SJU

1 stop14h 57mFrontier

Fri 10/249:06 pmSJU - LAS

2 stops21h 23mFrontier

Deal found 9/11

$276

Fri 10/249:27 pmLAS - SJU

1 stop14h 57mFrontier

Sat 11/15:51 pmSJU - LAS

2 stops21h 43mFrontier

Deal found 9/10

$269

One-way flights from California to Puerto Rico
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Wed 11/56:30 amLAS - SJU

2 stops23h 22mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/11

$119

Thu 11/66:30 amLAS - SJU

2 stops23h 22mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$120

Thu 10/306:59 pmLAS - SJU

2 stops16h 13mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/10

$121

Mon 10/1310:39 pmLAX - SJU

1 stop10h 37mFrontier

Deal found 9/10

$133

Sun 11/910:23 pmSFO - SJU

1 stop12h 51mFrontier

Deal found 9/10

$133

Sun 9/219:31 pmLAX - SJU

1 stop10h 30mFrontier

Deal found 9/11

$134

Sat 11/810:23 pmSFO - SJU

1 stop12h 51mFrontier

Deal found 9/10

$134

Fri 9/1910:45 pmLAX - SJU

1 stop12h 26mFrontier

Deal found 9/10

$135

Wed 10/111:02 pmLAX - SJU

1 stop22h 41mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/9

$136

Wed 11/1212:57 amLAX - SJU

1 stop15h 47mSpirit Airlines

Deal found 9/11

$138

Wed 12/317:00 amSJC - SJU

1 stop12h 16mDelta

Deal found 9/11

$138

Sun 10/511:00 pmSFO - SJU

1 stop12h 11mFrontier

Deal found 9/10

$139

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Wed 10/15

8:45 pm-12:59 am

1 stop25h 14m

San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl

Fri 10/24

3:19 pm-11:34 pm

2 stops35h 15m

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Las VegasSan Juan

LAS - SJU

LASSJU

Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl

Tue 10/14

1:10 am-11:59 pm

1 stop19h 49m

San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl

Fri 10/24

5:30 am-6:15 pm

1 stop15h 45m

$295

Las VegasSan Juan

LAS - SJU

LASSJU

Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl

Fri 10/24

7:50 am-7:25 pm

1 stop8h 35m

San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl

Tue 10/28

6:10 am-4:00 pm

2 stops12h 50m

$295

Los AngelesSan Juan

LAX - SJU

LAXSJU

Los Angeles

Tue 10/21

10:13 am-9:59 pm

1 stop8h 46m

San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl

Sat 10/25

5:43 pm-12:31 am

1 stop9h 48m

$295

Las VegasSan Juan

LAS - SJU

LASSJU

Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl

Wed 10/15

4:44 pm-1:44 am

2 stops30h 00m

San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl

Fri 10/24

7:43 pm-11:34 pm

2 stops30h 51m

$304

San DiegoSan Juan

SAN - SJU

SANSJU

San Diego

Thu 10/16

10:30 pm-12:00 pm

1 stop10h 30m

San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl

Wed 10/22

1:05 am-9:33 am

1 stop11h 28m

$329

BurbankSan Juan

BUR - SJU

BURSJU

Burbank Bob Hope

Thu 11/13

7:00 am-4:40 am

2 stops17h 40m

San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl

Mon 11/17

5:28 pm-9:18 am

2 stops19h 50m

$333

Las VegasSan Juan

LAS - SJU

LASSJU

Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl

Tue 12/9

12:43 am-12:43 pm

1 stop8h 00m

San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl

Tue 12/16

7:00 am-7:51 pm

2 stops16h 51m

$339

San FranciscoSan Juan

SFO - SJU

SFOSJU

San Francisco

Fri 10/31

9:50 pm-11:36 am

1 stop10h 46m

San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl

Wed 11/12

7:00 am-6:14 pm

1 stop15h 14m

$339

San FranciscoSan Juan

SFO - SJU

SFOSJU

San Francisco

Tue 10/28

12:35 am-4:33 pm

2 stops12h 58m

San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Intl

Sat 11/1

2:31 pm-10:30 pm

1 stop10h 59m

$339

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What is the cheapest month to book a flight from California to Puerto Rico?

Currently, September is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight from California to Puerto Rico (average of $254). Flying from California to Puerto Rico in June is currently the most expensive (average of $339). There are several factors that can impact the price of a flight, so comparing airlines, departure airports and flight times can provide users with more options.

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How long is the flight from California to Puerto Rico?
There are many flights that can get you from California to Puerto Rico in 8h 35m. Fly via American Airlines, Southwest, or Delta to get the fastest option. The distance between California and Puerto Rico is about 3214 mi. When browsing for deals, the options you’ll see will be for both nonstop flights and flights with stops.
What are the cheapest airlines to fly from California to Puerto Rico one-way?
The cheapest airline one-way is Spirit Airlines, with whom users have recently found tickets for as low as $120. However, be on the lookout for offers from Frontier and American Airlines, as they are both options that can get you from California to Puerto Rico for a low price.
Can I find deals for flights from California to Puerto Rico that include hotel bookings?
Yes. In addition to deals on California to Puerto Rico flights, Cheapflights offers vacation packages that include both flights and hotel.
How can I find direct flights from California to Puerto Rico?
After entering your origin and destination, apply the non-stop filter on the search result page to find direct flights from California to Puerto Rico.
Can I find deals for business class flights from California to Puerto Rico?
Yes. Cheapflights offers flight deals from California to Puerto Rico by cabin class. In addition to browsing deals, you can also filter by cabin class on the search results page after making a search.
What is the cheapest month to book a flight from California to Puerto Rico?
Currently, September is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight from California to Puerto Rico (average of $254). Flying from California to Puerto Rico in June is currently the most expensive (average of $339). There are several factors that can impact the price of a flight, so comparing airlines, departure airports and flight times can provide users with more options.

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Top 9 airlines flying from California to Puerto Rico

Airline	Cheapest	Average	Flexibility	On-time
Frontier	Cheapest$73	Average$375	FlexibilityNo cancel fee	On-time62%
Spirit Airlines	Cheapest$168	Average$376	FlexibilityNo cancel fee	On-time65%
Delta	Cheapest$240	Average$546	FlexibilityNo cancel fee	On-timeN/A
JetBlue	Cheapest$245	Average$570	FlexibilityNo cancel fee	On-time62%
United Airlines	Cheapest$275	Average$586	FlexibilityNo cancel fee	On-time69%
Sun Country Air	Cheapest$286	Average$994	FlexibilityNo cancel fee	On-time83%
American Airlines	Cheapest$291	Average$567	FlexibilityNo cancel fee	On-time71%
Southwest	Cheapest$382	Average$598	FlexibilityNo cancel fee	On-time63%
Alaska Airlines	Cheapest$474	Average$584	FlexibilityNo cancel fee	On-time75%

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