Los Angeles → Paris flights

LAX–Paris fares are steady — expect about $296, give or take $20

Key takeaways

• Median fare sits at $296, based on cached fares from all 30 days in the window
• Prices ranged from a low of $276 to a high of $319 — a tight band
• The middle half of fares fell between $281 and $318, just a 16% spread
• With spread this low, there's no clear bargain window to wait for
• Booking whenever suits your schedule is reasonable — prices aren't swinging much

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the LAX → CDG price history page.

The full picture

Over the last 30 days, every day in the window had a cached fare for LAX to Paris, giving a solid, consistent dataset. The median fare of $296 is bracketed tightly by a low of $276 and a high of $319 — a spread of just 16%. That's a narrow range for a transatlantic route, suggesting this market has been pricing fairly consistently rather than swinging between cheap and expensive stretches.

Because the spread is under 15-20%, there isn't strong evidence of a specific booking-horizon pattern where prices soften dramatically at some point and spike at another. The middle half of fares — $281 to $318 — covers most of what you'd expect to pay regardless of when within this window you look. In practice, this means travelers shouldn't expect to time their purchase around some elusive 'cheap day' for this route right now; the data simply doesn't show big enough swings to justify that strategy.

The data doesn't surface a dominant carrier or clear day-of-week effect, so we can't make claims about specific airlines or weekday departures being reliably cheaper. What we can say is that if you see a fare at or below $281, you're in the bottom quartile of recent pricing — a good sign to book. Conversely, anything above $318 is on the high end of what's been typical lately.

One honest caveat: this snapshot reflects a single 30-day window of cached fares, not a full seasonal cycle. Prices for this route could shift meaningfully as the travel date approaches or as broader seasonal demand (summer peak, holidays) comes into play — patterns this data simply doesn't capture.

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