San José to Los Angeles runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:13 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €333.49 and €463.88, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 9h 15m over 4,521 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€333.49 to €463.88
- 202%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving San José
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:13First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €886.32Sun20
- about €682.18Mon21
- about €672.15Tue22
- about €620.82Wed23
- about €703.42Thu24
- about €696.34Fri25
- about €667.43Sat26
- about €585.42Sun27
- about €466.83Mon28
- about €421.40Tue29
- about €505.77Wed30
- about €587.78Thu1
- about €484.53Fri2
- about €525.24Sat3
- about €398.98Sun4
- about €380.10Mon5
- about €333.49Tue6
- about €392.49Wed7
- about €445.00Thu8
- about €417.86Fri9
- about €489.25Sat10
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Los Angeles. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Los Angeles for the night the flight gets in
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When to book San José to Los Angeles
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €451.4990 days
- €342.9360 days
- €316.9745 days
- €293.3730 days
- €489.2521 days
- €525.2414 days
- €667.437 days
- €672.153 days
- €886.321 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €293.37.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 202 percent. The most expensive point is €886.32, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to San José to Los Angeles and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
4,521 km
4,389 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
335,007 → 3,820,914
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 4,521 km against 4,389 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Mexico City, Liberia, San Salvador, Guatemala City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Los Angeles Union Station
Most of the points near Los Angeles Union Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about San José to Los Angeles
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from San José to Los Angeles?
The fastest journey from San José to Los Angeles takes 9h 15m door to door, of which 6h 13m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 9h 44m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from San José to Los Angeles?
The cheapest fare from San José to Los Angeles is €333.49, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €569.20. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from San José to Los Angeles?
The cheapest way from San José to Los Angeles is by flight, at €333.49 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 9h 23m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book San José to Los Angeles?
Fares from San José to Los Angeles bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €293.37. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 202 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for San José to Los Angeles?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from San José to Los Angeles, at €421.40. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for San José to Los Angeles?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from San José to Los Angeles, at €303.40 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from San José to Los Angeles?
No operator record names San José to Los Angeles directly. Alaska Airlines, Avianca El Salvador publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from San José to Los Angeles?
33 percent of the services we sell from San José to Los Angeles are direct. The rest connect at Mexico City, Liberia, San Salvador, Guatemala City, with about 65 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from San José to Los Angeles use?
Services from San José to Los Angeles by flight leave from San José SJO and arrive at Los Angeles LAX. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from San José to Los Angeles?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from San José to Los Angeles allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for San José to Los Angeles on September 19, 2026: 4521 km of route against 4389 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €333.49, and 9h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
San José reaches 35 places in 17 countries on services we hold, over distances from 151 to 9,393 km. Los Angeles reaches 198 places in 41 countries, from 42 to 14,124 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving San José
- 35Places you can leave for
- 17Countries
- 25Operators
Arriving in Los Angeles
Leaving Los Angeles
- 198Places you can leave for
- 41Countries
- 83Operators