Los Angeles → Paris flights

LAX–Paris fares center near $314 — watch for dips to $284

Key takeaways

• Median fare of $314 across 30 daily snapshots gives a reliable baseline for budgeting this route.
• Bottom quartile fares sit at or below $284, roughly 10% under the median — a realistic target if you have flexibility.
• The 30-day low of $262 shows occasional deep dips, though these aren't frequent or guaranteed.
• Fares topped out at $334, keeping the overall range moderate at a 27% spread between low and high.
• With prices clustering between $284 and $318 (p25–p75), most days land close to the median rather than at either extreme.

30-day price trend

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

The full picture

Over the 30-day sample window, LAX to Paris fares ranged from $262 to $334, a 27% spread that suggests some real variability but not wild unpredictability. The median of $314 is a solid planning anchor, and the fact that the middle 50% of fares (p25–p75) sits tightly between $284 and $318 tells us most days you'll see a price close to that median rather than a surprise outlier in either direction.

Because this is a snapshot-based dataset rather than a booking-horizon study, we can't point to a specific week or days-before-departure window where prices reliably soften. What the data does support is that fares below $290 are achievable — they show up in the bottom quartile — so if your travel dates have any flexibility, it's worth checking fares across a few different windows rather than booking the first price you see near the median.

We don't have carrier-level detail in this dataset, so no airline-specific booking pattern can be claimed here — that would be guessing. The honest takeaway: with a 27% spread, this route shows moderate but not extreme price variation, and $314 is a fair reference point for what to expect. Treat anything at or below $284 as a good deal worth acting on, and anything approaching $334 as the higher end of normal rather than an anomaly.

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