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Dallas → San Diego flights

Dallas to San Diego fares have run a median $125 over the sample window, with a wide spread — watch the bottom quartile near $120.

DFW–San Diego: median $125, but prices swing up to $161

Key takeaways

Median fare sits at $125, with a low of $110 spotted during the window
Bottom quartile (25% of fares) came in at $120 or less — a reasonable target price
Spread of 46% between low and high signals real volatility, not a stable fare
Top quartile fares climbed to $161, so late or inflexible bookings risk paying 30%+ over median
Sample is thin at just 12 snapshots, so treat patterns as directional, not definitive

30-day price trend

DFW → SAN · cheapest cached fare per day · last 13 days · ↓ 40%

$72 low$161 high

See full numbers and stats on the DFW → SAN price history page.

The full picture

Fares between DFW and San Diego have ranged from $110 to $161 over the 12 days we sampled, with a median of $125. A 46% spread between low and high is wide — this isn't a route with a tight, predictable price band, so travelers should expect some volatility rather than a single reliable number to anchor to.

With only 12 snapshots, we can't confidently map out a booking-horizon curve (how prices move as departure approaches). What we can say is that a quarter of observed fares came in at $120 or below, giving you a concrete target: if you see something near or under $120, that's a genuinely good fare relative to this route's recent history, not just an average day. On the other end, the top quartile pushed to $161, so fares above that mark are outliers worth skipping if you can wait or adjust dates.

The data doesn't surface a dominant carrier or clear day-of-week pattern here, so we won't speculate about specific weekday booking tricks or airline fare-engine behavior — those claims would outrun what the sample supports. The honest takeaway is simpler: treat $125 as your baseline, $120 as a strong deal, and anything approaching $161 as a signal to hold off or explore alternate dates. Given the thin sample size, we'd also caution against over-indexing on these exact figures weeks from now — fare environments shift, and 12 days of snapshots is a useful snapshot-in-time rather than a long-term forecast. If you're flexible on dates, that flexibility is probably worth more than any specific timing strategy we could offer from this data alone.

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Why we regenerated this article: Price spread widened by 12 points. We only rewrite when the underlying price index actually moves — stable weeks keep the previous take.

AI-authored from this route's 30-day price index. Article last regenerated Oct 10, 2026. Fares shift continuously — confirm at booking.