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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
Cologne2 stopsR17 919
London
London1 stopR10 946
Amsterdam
Amsterdam1 stopR11 105
Istanbul
Istanbul1 stopR8 999
Paris
Paris1 stopR10 483
Lisbon
Lisbon1 stopR8 233
Rome
Rome1 stopR9 925
Athens
Athens1 stopR9 861
Manchester
Manchester2 stopsR11 249
Dublin
Dublin1 stopR10 643
Madrid
Madrid1 stopR9 079
Zurich
Zurich2 stopsR10 707
Milan
Milan1 stopR9 414
Munich
Munich1 stopR11 121
Nice
Nice1 stopR12 286
Cologne
Cologne2 stopsR17 919
London
London1 stopR10 946
Amsterdam
Amsterdam1 stopR11 105
Istanbul
Istanbul1 stopR8 999
Paris
Paris1 stopR10 483
Lisbon
Lisbon1 stopR8 233
Rome
Rome1 stopR9 925
Athens
Athens1 stopR9 861
Manchester
Manchester2 stopsR11 249
Dublin
Dublin1 stopR10 643
Madrid
Madrid1 stopR9 079
Zurich
Zurich2 stopsR10 707
Milan
Milan1 stopR9 414
Munich
Munich1 stopR11 121
Nice
Nice1 stopR12 286

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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Cape Town to Europe

Tue, Mar 10 - Tue, Mar 17
Qatar Airways Logo
12:35 - 12:20
CPT
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IST
22h 45m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
20:10 - 17:25
IST
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CPT
22h 15m
1 stop
R9 127Qatar Airways
Fri, Mar 6 - Fri, Mar 13
Qatar Airways Logo
12:35 - 12:20
CPT
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IST
22h 45m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
13:50 - 17:25
IST
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CPT
28h 35m
1 stop
R9 159Qatar Airways
Mon, May 11 - Mon, May 18
Qatar Airways Logo
13:00 - 7:15
CPT
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IST
17h 15m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
13:45 - 11:30
IST
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CPT
22h 45m
1 stop
R9 302Qatar Airways
Fri, Apr 24 - Mon, May 4
KLM Logo
23:15 - 13:35
CPT
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FRA
14h 20m
1 stop
KLM Logo
18:40 - 5:50
FRA
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CPT
35h 10m
1 stop
R10 180KLM
Thu, Mar 12 - Mon, Mar 16
Ethiopian Air Logo
13:50 - 7:40
CPT
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ZRH
18h 50m
2 stops
Ethiopian Air Logo
20:15 - 14:35
ZRH
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CPT
17h 20m
2 stops
R10 707Ethiopian Air
Tue, Mar 10 - Mon, Mar 23
Ethiopian Air Logo
13:50 - 5:45
CPT
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FRA
16h 55m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
21:35 - 14:35
FRA
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CPT
16h 00m
1 stop
R10 754Ethiopian Air
Thu, May 7 - Fri, May 22
Emirates Logo
13:15 - 13:20
CPT
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ZRH
24h 05m
1 stop
Emirates Logo
22:00 - 11:30
ZRH
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CPT
37h 30m
1 stop
R10 930Emirates
Wed, Mar 11 - Thu, Mar 19
Emirates Logo
18:30 - 12:25
CPT
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ZRH
18h 55m
1 stop
Emirates Logo
21:50 - 16:45
ZRH
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CPT
17h 55m
1 stop
R11 058Emirates
Wed, Apr 15 - Wed, Apr 22
Turkish Airlines Logo
16:35 - 9:35
CPT
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FRA
17h 00m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
15:05 - 11:50
FRA
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CPT
20h 45m
1 stop
R11 058Turkish Airlines
Fri, Jul 24 - Mon, Aug 17
Turkish Airlines Logo
16:35 - 16:25
CPT
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AMS
23h 50m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
23:10 - 11:50
AMS
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CPT
36h 40m
1 stop
R11 153Turkish Airlines
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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 Paris, at R10 465 return. The most popular route is from Cape Town (CPT) to Amsterdam (AMS), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R12 075.

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 R12 803, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Cape Town to Europe?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Cape Town to Europe, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Cape Town to Europe is July, when tickets cost R12 031 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are March and January, when the average cost of return tickets is R19 466 and R17 089 respectively.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flightR5 074
Best time to beat the crowds (2% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (3% more expensive on average)
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FAQs - booking Europe flights

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

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    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.

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 789 one-way - R14 462 round-trip; Istanbul R6 716 one-way - R11 048 round-trip; London R10 482 one-way - R13 233 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 3514 reviews
8,3Crew
8,1Boarding
8,2Entertainment
7,9Food
8,0Comfort
Airline reviews

The stewardess took a picture as a gift , if you asked for it. Every thing was very good, Especially the food, big and tasty. The service was good, they served water several times, very frequent.

8,0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jan 2026
DXB - LAX
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The stewardess took a picture as a gift , if you asked for it. Every thing was very good, Especially the food, big and tasty. The service was good, they served water several times, very frequent.

There is an issue with A380 when it arrives in Munich, because a business class passengers like me have to wait for the first class passengers to disembark, which takes some time while you are also offloading economy passengers this causes an issue at customs where your business class passengers end up behind a large bulk of economy passengers This is a frustration and the early dislocation should be and is supposed to be a benefit of business class

Bathrooms were amazing and first class seat was very comfortable. Food was edible but not up to the standards of other first class meals on other airlines. But Caviar was amazing! So much caviar. Dom Perignon 2015 was room temperature. It would have been amazing if it was chilled down a bit more. Slippers were amazing and amenity kit requested was beautiful. Requested Pajamas never came so can’t tell you how nice they were. Loved the design of the seat and personal storage. Suite was much smaller than other airline’s first class and tv screen was tiny and remote difficult to use. I probably wouldn’t pay for this flight again.

No kids provided. Instead we were told to have contacted the airline that we have kids and require kids meals. We were not the only ones who inquired about kids meals. It’s odd. Emirates and other airlines give kids meals as standard and before the adult food comes out. The rice in our meals was gluggy and under cooked. The chicken was also raw. Sadly not the best experience with Finn Air. The hostesses tried to compensate with the snacks and drinks but missed the mark by a long way. Especially when paying Emirates/Qantas prices

This was my first time flying with Emirates. Overall, the experience was very good. I thought the seats in economy would have been a bit more comfortable, but, they seem to be on par with other airlines. The food was excellent and very satisfying. If you can afford it, I would definitely suggest upgrading to at lest premium economy seats for long haul flights.

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

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.

Empty seats next to me - wish it had been for a longer flight!!

Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

Terrible last row seats many seats available but no offer to move to better seat

Delay on my previous leg, had to run to catch my flight. But that happens. Overall ok.

Delay and had to run between flight to get my connection due to this delay but besides that the overall experience was ok. I arrived with just an hour of delay.

At the airport, terrible, I do not want to even remember it. It was too humiliating for a business class passenger.

They forgot to serve food and the crew was very unfriendly. Never experienced such a bad KLM flight. Usually fly from Toronto. New York was different.

The immigration hall in Amsterdam was understaffed, so passport checking was slower than it should be for a major airport. They need to get the automatic readers up and running for non EU passport holders. Waiting in line after a long flight feels a bit abusive.

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!

Charged extra amount for the baggage wait. Even it’s less than 23kgs. Those machines are showing wrong weight and they were charging money wantedly from everyone.

It was little disheartening and disappointing. Although flight staff did a good job. But customer service didn’t do anything to resolve my issue.

It never happened. Me flight from Doha to São Paulo was lated and the time of waiting for the luggage arrives when we arrived in São Paulo was about 1 hour and half. So it took a lot of time just waiting the luggage of flight that was already late, consequently we lost the flight to Recife with Latam Airlines and had to go to the Qatar office to arrange another flight to us to Recife, that one with Azul Airlines. It was more 4 hours waiting to this other flight to knows that this other flight was delayed too, total of 5 hours more at the airport to waiting to go home :/

My flight was delayed. I was rebooked twice and even the second flight that was additional connection in London was delayed too, so I ended up spending more than 24 hours flying between four different countries and to be honest I’m not sure whether I ever want to use this airline again. My luggage is still delete. It’s been more than 48 hours now so to be honest, I’m not even sure how to describe the level of frustration I have.

The flight overall was good. The attendants did a good job except that 1 female had too much fragrance on. The other things that made the flight unpleasant were out of the airlines control.

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 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.

Typically good service onboard but baggage delay in airport was significant

My, Syed Zawar Hussein Shirazi frequently flyer membership number was not included on my boarding pass from O’Hare to Istanbul despite my reminder to the attendant at check in. Further she forgot to give me my boarding pass form Istanbul to Lahore and she needs to improve her customer service, please 🙏

The crew was not professional enough for that time. Multimedia connection had a problem frequently

I already checked in online and provided with a window seat by default which was OK with me. When I printed the pass at the airport, I found that the seat number was different (aisle but in same row). By that time, all window seats were taken up, I am surprised that TK can unilaterally change seats after completed online checkin.

This is not business class. This is premium economy. Total scam to sell this as business class

Seats too much and for the price we paid eve thought economy we still had to pay $169 to check a ba that’s ridiculous and also my daughter needed water so she can take her medicine we push the boton for the attendant to get us water they never came we push it 3 times no one came and ask what we needed . Am not happy with the service at all I will not fly with TK anymore

My experience with Turkish Airlines was good. I didn’t get the meal I ordered. So I didn’t have anything to eat which was disappointing.

Worst experience with boarding once we left the wheel chair even traveling business we had to wait with all the crowd for the bus to take us to the plane then climb the stairs with our bags When you pay extra for comfort and convenience and you don’t get any is disappointing

Everything was so smooth. It could be just a better temperature in the plane; it was a little cold.

The staff at IST airport could have been more helpful. Too much wasted time and the plane from IST to KHI was just horrible. The plane was not clean and smelled bad!

This review if for American Airlines. From London to LA, British Airways customers flew American Airlines and there was a small incident on the plane with a customer that was sitting next to me. She had a gluten free meal which she selected online. The flight attendant brought her food and both times, it contained gluten (bread, cracker) and by the second time, the customer mentioned about the issue to the flight attendant because she is highly allergic to gluten. Customer was very gentle and just wanted to note that both her meals contained gluten on the tray. The whole situation could have ended really well if flight attendant just apologized and mentioned she would relay the message to the responsible party. Instead, she entered defensive mode and started making some BS excuse about how the cracker that was supposed to be mine, fell onto her tray instead. Mind me, I already had that cracker on my tray. I doubt I would be given two. Also, she mentioned that the bread from the previous meal was gluten free. REALLY? I ate that bread and it tasted like it had PLENTY of gluten. The whole situation was handled so poorly, not only by that one flight attendant, but by 2 others. The reason I intervened is because the customer sitting next to me was tearing and all she did was mention the mistake which could have cause her health great damage, and instead she received attacks and excuses. AA, you should train your employees how to better handle situations like this. A 'well, I don't see why this problem is a big deal since you (the customer with allergies) read the ingredients and avoided eating the cracker that "accidentally fell" from the tray of the customer sitting next to you,' should not have been coming out of a flight attendant's mouth.

The flight went well. However the leg room in coach class is very very tight. We arrived early but could not get to the gate early….sadly. Also something about off loading cargo- we had to wait to deplane. There was not clear explanation for that.

I am a 25+ years American Airlines member. British Airways is simply above and beyond in every customer satisfaction category.

I was sleeping during dinner service, no one bothered to offer meal later, I remained hungry….until I got a morning sandwich!

I didn’t know i’d be flying AA for the long legs.

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.

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