R4 823 Find Cheap Flights from Cape Town to Europe

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Cheap Flights from Cape Town to Europe

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Cologne
Cologne1 stopR13 012
London
London1 stopR12 609
Amsterdam
Amsterdam2 stopsR12 153
Istanbul
Istanbul1 stopR9 733
Paris
Paris2 stopsR12 223
Lisbon
Lisbon1 stopR10 750
Athens
Athens1 stopR11 784
Rome
Rome1 stopR11 399
Dublin
Dublin2 stopsR11 784
Manchester
Manchester1 stopR13 713
Madrid
Madrid1 stopR11 258
Milan
Milan1 stopR11 416
Zurich
Zurich1 stopR12 539
Munich
Munich1 stopR13 661
Funchal
Funchal2 stopsR15 450
Cologne
Cologne1 stopR13 012
London
London1 stopR12 609
Amsterdam
Amsterdam2 stopsR12 153
Istanbul
Istanbul1 stopR9 733
Paris
Paris2 stopsR12 223
Lisbon
Lisbon1 stopR10 750
Athens
Athens1 stopR11 784
Rome
Rome1 stopR11 399
Dublin
Dublin2 stopsR11 784
Manchester
Manchester1 stopR13 713
Madrid
Madrid1 stopR11 258
Milan
Milan1 stopR11 416
Zurich
Zurich1 stopR12 539
Munich
Munich1 stopR13 661
Funchal
Funchal2 stopsR15 450

Book Cheap Cape Town to Europe Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Cape Town to Europe that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Cape Town to Europe

Mon, Oct 27 - Mon, Nov 10
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12:00 - 20:05CPT-IST
31h 05m1 stop
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22:00 - 6:45IST-CPT
33h 45m1 stop
R9 733
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Tue, Oct 21 - Fri, Nov 7
Qatar Airways Logo
13:00 - 12:10CPT-SAW
22h 10m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
13:40 - 17:25SAW-CPT
28h 45m1 stop
R10 136Qatar Airways
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Tue, Dec 2 - Sat, Dec 6
KLM Logo
8:00 - 17:25CPT-SAW
32h 25m1 stop
KLM Logo
12:55 - 21:55SAW-CPT
34h 00m1 stop
R11 276KLM
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Tue, Dec 2 - Sat, Dec 6
KLM Logo
23:45 - 17:25CPT-SAW
16h 40m1 stop
KLM Logo
12:55 - 21:55SAW-CPT
34h 00m1 stop
R11 311KLM
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Mon, Oct 27 - Sun, Nov 9
Turkish Airlines Logo
17:15 - 5:35CPT-IST
11h 20mdirect
Turkish Airlines Logo
1:55 - 11:50IST-CPT
10h 55mdirect
R11 784Turkish Airlines
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Thu, Nov 20 - Thu, Nov 27
Emirates Logo
13:40 - 18:30CPT-IST
27h 50m1 stop
Emirates Logo
20:05 - 11:40IST-CPT
16h 35m1 stop
R11 995Emirates
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Wed, Oct 22 - Wed, Oct 29
Emirates Logo
13:05 - 17:55CPT-IST
27h 50m1 stop
Emirates Logo
20:05 - 11:40IST-CPT
16h 35m1 stop
R12 363Emirates
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Wed, Oct 22 - Wed, Nov 12
Turkish Airlines Logo
16:35 - 9:05CPT-DUS
16h 30m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
14:10 - 11:50DUS-CPT
20h 40m1 stop
R12 626Turkish Airlines
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Thu, Nov 20 - Sat, Nov 29
British Airways Logo
22:10 - 8:10CPT-LHR
12h 00mdirect
British Airways Logo
22:20 - 12:10LHR-CPT
11h 50mdirect
R12 977British Airways
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Mon, Nov 3 - Tue, Nov 18
British Airways Logo
18:55 - 4:55CPT-LHR
12h 00mdirect
British Airways Logo
22:20 - 12:10LHR-CPT
11h 50mdirect
R13 258British Airways
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Cape Town to Europe flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Cape Town to Europe to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest Cape Town to Europe flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Europe from Cape Town found in the last 72 hours was to Frankfurt am Main, at R10 845 return. The most popular route is from Cape Town (CPT) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R12 774.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Cape Town to Europe?

The average return price for all direct flights, flights with one stopover, and flights with two stopovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of R13 886, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flightR4 823
Best time to beat the crowds (14% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (5% more expensive on average)
Flight from Cape Town to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

FAQs - booking Europe flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Cape Town to Europe?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Cape Town to Europe.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Cape Town to Europe?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Cape Town to Europe is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Cape Town to Europe?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Cape Town to Europe with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Cape Town to Europe?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Cape Town to Europe up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Europe?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Europe is generally in the evening, when retur flights cost R866 on average. Morning departures are around 2% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Europe is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R955.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Europe

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Cape Town to the following destinations at these prices or less: Amsterdam R11 289 one-way - R15 746 round-trip; Istanbul R7 903 one-way - R12 787 round-trip; London R10 939 one-way - R13 669 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Cape Town to Europe

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Cape Town to Europe? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8,1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3333 reviews
8,2Entertainment
7,9Food
8,1Boarding
8,0Comfort
8,3Crew
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Three meals on a single flight is disgusting. Even if I reject them all, sleeping is impossible and all that food (especially wasted food) is just antithetical to a pleasant flight experience. People were chucking multiple abandoned trays on the floor in front of my seat.

6,0 GoodGraham, Sept 2025DXB - JFK
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Three meals on a single flight is disgusting. Even if I reject them all, sleeping is impossible and all that food (especially wasted food) is just antithetical to a pleasant flight experience. People were chucking multiple abandoned trays on the floor in front of my seat.

The staff on board were excellent. Kind, thoughtful, helpful - not just with me but with others around that I observed. Wonderful service.

Emirates First Class is always a treat with Caviar and service is always personalised.

One of the female staff from the cabin crew, forgot to ask us about what we want to drink and focused more on other specific people rather than treating everyone politely. I asked her about the drinks to which she said oh I forgot.

Very pleasant.The crews are very nice.Food were excellent.

First time and very memorable, the finest flying experience ive ever had

Overall I was quite pleased with the experience; the cleanliness; the polite and attentiveness of the cabin crew; and the delicious food options.

Flight left on time. Bags came quickly. Crew was nice. But internet never worked and the food was awful.

Good food, real silverware, polite staff, smooth landing, charging plugs, good entertainment options.

Seat 💺 was all the way on last row. Food was okay .

Ad experience - been flying many years with them but they are losing out to other carriers with their service and bagage / seating policy. My 2 12-yo kids were not placed with the parent. Absurdity.

Short flight so it was okay. Nice crew, all very pleasant and professional. We were near the back in row 27 so just as we got our drinks, we started our descent so had to drink very quickly!

KLM remains a quality flag carrier airline which maintains its standards whilst all their competitors are lowering theirs.

The baggage drop-off in Stuttgart is bad: after online check-in you cannot use the automated baggage drop off as indicated on the website. You can use the terminals but have to cue to 1 of three open and slowly working counters to drop the bags. took about 45 minutes wait time.

Our first flight was delayed so we missed our connecting flight. However it was easy to book a later flight on their app.

My flight was delayed by 6 hours then I missed BOTH of my connecting flights, I then had to stay in the AIRPORT at JFK because soooooo many people also suffered from missing flights and there was no hotels available. I would like to be compensated for this experience! I had to stay in the airport for over 16 hours!

Klm start boarding while somw air issue in the plan

The service was great. However the lounge only gets passing grade

I appreciate that KLM was proactive in informing me of the 2 hour delay which enabled me to replan my travel. It was a bit stressful not knowing whether my connection from Montreal to Ottawa was happening. But the ground and air crew did a good job at comforting and assuring me.

Cabin crew professional, polite and friendly, boarding was seemless, but come on KLM surely you can do better than a pack of cheesy biscuits as an inflight snack

I wish the leg room was better for Economy especially for the outbound flights to India . The outbound flight to US and Qatar was good

I prebooked a comfort plus seat on this flight and therefore the flight was comfy. I got the correct seat in the correct section of the plane that I have booked, that's this. Flight was comfortable. Staff were average on the flight, appearing to be rushed and short in engagement with travellers, perhaps this to maximise there rest time on the flight.

I was travelling 3.5 years after. Agree Economy is no business class but the food was mediocre. Ordered a Hindu meal, the salads were bitter . The food was really below quality and had no tast from what I had in the past. Indian Railways probably have a better quality food when compared. However the kids meal was really nice and really appreciate how they were taken care of. The restrooms were dirty .

My flight was with American Airlines 120. The flight was delayed 3 hours and I missed my connection. When I arrived in Doha, the AA staff told me to call an 800 number to rebook a different flight, which was unacceptable. Eventually a Qatar Air staff member helped rebook me on a flight to Manila, that was 12 hours later. They offered me a hotel and meal voucher which I declined, because I didn’t want to leave the airport. Long story short, I spent 12 hours in the Doha airport waiting for my next flight.

I felt that when I was rerouted it should have been to business class.

I’ve flown with Qatar multiple times and the service has always been great. Very professional, organized, the food is delicious and plentiful, tons of entertainment.

The Achilles heel of the experience with Qatar Airways is the Doha Airport, especially for travellers arriving into Doha and not transiting. This airport suffers from being ambitiously big and the immigration into Qatar being overly time taking. At the end of my particular flight in which my travel was ending in Doha, the plane parked at a very remote terminal, from where it took me 30 minutes to arrive just at the immigration counter, with fast paced walking and the time on a train inside the airport. Then, at the immigration counter it takes up to a minute or more to process each tourist visitor,due to time taking face and finger scanning processes and langugage barriers if there are questions or information to be exchanged verbally with the officers. If several planes have landed at the same time, it is not unusual that one has to wait 45 to 60 minutes in the immigration queue. In short, the frustration of arriving at Doha takes away all positive vibe of the airline, as the airline and the airport are heavily intertwined and are marketed together.

This trip was the most comfortable one I have ever experienced, the team was excellent and very helpful. I am so glad I picked Qatar Airways.

Worst air experience in whole life . Boarding and checking was hassle as they did 3 times. Crew team was clueless about passengers need. Despite of passengers raising hand , they were resetting the program

Moved seats, didn't accommodate requests to change seats even though other seats were available.

THE SEATS ARE A JOKE!!!! YOU CALL THIS BUSINESS CLASS SEATS ? ITS A DISGRACE.. NARROW, CLAUSTRIPHOBIC SEATS CAN NEVER BE COMPENSATED FOR BY FOCUSING ON BETTER WUALITY FOOD SERVED....... THE CONFORT OF THE SEATS AND THE WIDTH & PITCH OF THE SEATS ARE WAY MORE IMP. THAN FOOD THAT TK IS FOCUSING ON... WILL NEVER FLY AGAIN EVEN IF THE PRICE OF BUSINESS CLASS SEAT IS SAME AS ECONOMY CLASS..... JAL/ QATAR/ EMIRATES HAS WAYYYY MORE COMFY SEATS

Small seat space for 13 hours flight, they charged for baggage , very bad quality of food,

Except for spending an extra day in Istanbul due to late departure from Athens on Saturday and missing the connection flight TK0044 to Cape Town and again arriving 45 min late on Monday in Cape Town, it was all good.

Everything was very good, except that the plane was an hour and a half late

Aircraft you use on this route are always old and poor! This drives the entire experience down

It wasn't good. I didn’t understand. They changed 320 dollars for 2 luggage. My ticket was regular and I paid almost 1200.00 dollars. Why they did charge? I want my money back.. thanks Yılmaz polat

The flight attendants were great! The seating for business class is better on other airlines. The food was also good!

The check in process at Istanbul airport caused my family a great deal of stress and disappointment due to the following factors: 1) WE HAD TO PAY US$330 for check on bags, despite holding Economy tickets that Turkish airlines website clearly states that flights from Istanbul to Miami had a 2 checked bags allowance. 2) Airport staff not only lacked empathy for senior travelers (75 yrs old and 71 yrs old), but were also rude as well. The supervisor at check it offered "if you don't pay for the bags, you can just remain and sleep at the airport for however long you wish. What a terrible way to treat customers !!! 3) We were bumped from agent to agent to agent FIVE times, showing everyone the communication we received telling us we had the 2 bags entitlement. Two elderly people lugging 4 suitcase around and around the Turkish terminal. Again, what a sad way to treat customers !!! 4) We need a case opened to get a refund for the amount we paid. Something is amiss, screams unethical, and sounds unscrupulous......At First , we were told we must pay for 4 bags. All of a sudden, it became 2 bags, and finally all 4 bags were checked on with payments demanded for 2. Why did it vary from agent to agent???? 5) OVERALL, A TERRIBLE AND SUSPICIOUSLLY UNSCRUPULOUS EXPERIENCE FLYING WITH TURKISH AIRLINES. WE ARE TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED AND SAD THAT OUR VISIT TO A BEAUTIFUL CITY ENDED IN SUCH A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE

Boarding was chaotic. Cabin noisy. Temperature a bit cool. Bathrooms not cleaned enough.

Was ok except they send the baby trolley to oversize baggage office without telling me so we spent an hour looking for ir

Flight was delayed but my previous flight was as well so It worked to my advantage. This was my first time in first class. I don't think they ever stopped feeding us. The seating area was very spacious and comfortable. The attendants were wonderful, warm, friendly and very personable.

In-flight service was very good. The entertainment system keeps resetting, it happened at least 7 times.

Terrible service especially for premium economy. Much more comfortable seats on other providers

Friendly hosts/hostesses; dinner was of acceptable, but mediocre standard

When we arrived at the airport - 1st step - printing out your boarding pass - no issue. Not long lines as these machines. 2nd step - processing your bag drop off. There was only one associate there to help 10 kiosks. We had a family in front of us for 20 minutes trying to work on the machine and figure out every step for 4 pieces of luggage. My husband alerted the associate who was able to assist the family. Highly suggest that there are more associates to assist in this process. Besides this issue, security check went very quickly. Our flight was direct to Philadelphia. We had to carry our bags down two flights of steps, then out to the tarmac to a bus, then carry our bags up two flights of stairs to the plane. No one on the flight was expecting that long trek. I could see some people were struggling a bit. All in all - great flight crew, plane was clean and food was great!

There were no gluten-free vegan options available, so food was very limited on this flight, and some of the crew weren’t especially helpful about it. To make matters worse, a passenger was sick on board, and although the area was cleaned, the smell lingered for the rest of the journey. On top of that, we ended up circling for an extra hour, which only made the unpleasant situation drag on even longer.

The overall seat and cushion needs to be updated. It was hard and no support. My butt was numb for most of the flight. The food was subpar at best being in premium economy cost. The flight attendants were excellent and attentive during the whole flight. Disappointed I had to select our seats 24 hours prior.

Excellent everywhere but Philly, the most rotten airport in the world.

All good. Loo’s weren’t great and as clean as i would like.

The flight was great, due to the impeccable service of the British Airlines staff. This was our first time in Business Class and it was amazing. The flight was delayed over 4 hours due to mechanical issues which is our only complaint of the trip.

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