Best time to fly San Jose to Los Angeles

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full SJC to LAX record →

Best month

January

91.1% on time · 755 flights

Worst month

June

80.8% on time · 762 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 755 91.1% 0% 70 min
February 765 87.4% 0% 45 min
March 848 90% 1.3% 50 min
April 786 90.5% 0.64% 42 min
May 799 90% 0.25% 50 min
June 762 80.8% 0.79% 47 min
July 895 81.7% 0.67% 62 min
August 942 89.3% 0.11% 54 min
September 948 88% 0.21% 49 min
October 1,002 86.2% 0.1% 53 min
November 833 88.8% 0.72% 50 min
December 834 81.9% 0.72% 75 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.