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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 stopR14 071
London
LondondirectR10 609
Amsterdam
Amsterdam2 stopsR11 123
Paris
Paris2 stopsR11 038
Istanbul
Istanbul1 stopR10 095
Lisbon
Lisbon1 stopR10 129
Athens
Athens1 stopR8 775
Rome
Rome2 stopsR10 318
Manchester
Manchester1 stopR12 683
Dublin
Dublin2 stopsR11 449
Milan
Milan2 stopsR10 438
Madrid
Madrid1 stopR10 215
Zurich
Zurich2 stopsR11 757
Munich
Munich1 stopR12 015
Edinburgh
Edinburgh1 stopR11 706
Cologne
Cologne1 stopR14 071
London
LondondirectR10 609
Amsterdam
Amsterdam2 stopsR11 123
Paris
Paris2 stopsR11 038
Istanbul
Istanbul1 stopR10 095
Lisbon
Lisbon1 stopR10 129
Athens
Athens1 stopR8 775
Rome
Rome2 stopsR10 318
Manchester
Manchester1 stopR12 683
Dublin
Dublin2 stopsR11 449
Milan
Milan2 stopsR10 438
Madrid
Madrid1 stopR10 215
Zurich
Zurich2 stopsR11 757
Munich
Munich1 stopR12 015
Edinburgh
Edinburgh1 stopR11 706

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

Tue, Mar 3 - Thu, Mar 19
Qatar Airways Logo
12:35 - 12:20CPT-IST
22h 45m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
20:10 - 17:25IST-CPT
22h 15m1 stop
R10 283Qatar Airways
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Thu, Feb 5 - Wed, Feb 18
Qatar Airways Logo
12:35 - 12:20CPT-IST
22h 45m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
13:50 - 10:30IST-CPT
21h 40m1 stop
R10 301Qatar Airways
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Tue, Nov 25 - Tue, Dec 2
Emirates Logo
13:40 - 14:25CPT-IST
23h 45m1 stop
Emirates Logo
23:40 - 11:40IST-CPT
37h 00m1 stop
R10 986Emirates
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Mon, Jan 19 - Mon, Jan 26
Emirates Logo
18:30 - 14:25CPT-IST
18h 55m1 stop
Emirates Logo
20:05 - 11:40IST-CPT
16h 35m1 stop
R11 038Emirates
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Mon, Nov 24 - Mon, Dec 1
KLM Logo
15:20 - 16:55CPT-IST
24h 35m2 stops
KLM Logo
17:55 - 21:55IST-CPT
29h 00m1 stop
R11 689KLM
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Tue, Nov 25 - Tue, Dec 2
KLM Logo
18:25 - 16:55CPT-IST
21h 30m2 stops
KLM Logo
17:55 - 21:55IST-CPT
29h 00m1 stop
R11 706KLM
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Tue, Feb 10 - Mon, Feb 16
Turkish Airlines Logo
17:15 - 11:10CPT-MUC
18h 55m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
14:35 - 11:50MUC-CPT
20h 15m1 stop
R12 015Turkish Airlines
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Tue, Nov 11 - Wed, Jan 21
Turkish Airlines Logo
17:15 - 9:20CPT-LGW
18h 05m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
10:15 - 11:50LGW-CPT
23h 35m1 stop
R12 049Turkish Airlines
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Thu, Mar 5 - Wed, Apr 15
British Airways Logo
9:00 - 9:15CPT-ZRH
25h 15m2 stops
British Airways Logo
7:15 - 11:00ZRH-CPT
27h 45m1 stop
R13 608British Airways
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Mon, Jan 26 - Tue, Apr 7
British Airways Logo
18:25 - 14:10CPT-ZRH
20h 45m2 stops
British Airways Logo
18:55 - 11:00ZRH-CPT
16h 05m1 stop
R13 626British 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 497 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 793.

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 457, 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 June, when tickets cost R12 854 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and July, when the average cost of return tickets is R16 916 and R16 436 respectively.

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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flightR3 531
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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 R14 836 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 R16 364.

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: Istanbul R7 198 one-way - R12 601 round-trip; London R11 734 one-way - R14 446 round-trip; Zurich R6 601 one-way - R11 634 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.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3394 reviews
8,0Comfort
8,1Boarding
8,2Entertainment
8,3Crew
7,9Food
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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

4,0 OkayDavid, Sept 2025BNE - SYD
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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.

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.

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.

Couldn’t get boarding pass in SLC even with help from a redcoat, so had to find a desk in AMS to get boarding pass. Technical problems so not sure why. Very inconvenient. The KLM app is not as user friendly as most apps. Also had to wait almost an hour on the tarmac for a fuel truck, which caused us to miss a connecting bus in LUX.

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!

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!

Seated in row 6 you are separated from business class close to the toilets. The is a high panel in front that obscures forward viewing, coupled with no window view. Service is limited as the area is not in view of the attendants. It is closer in proximity to economy than business class.

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.

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.

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!

The only hiccup was a change of plane and the resulting delayed departure, otherwise everything was more than OK.

What I did not like was that the airline changed my seat in Bodrum to one that was not in business class. Up until that moment I was in seat 1A. Then suddenly they told me I was in seat 1K and my "tablet was not working". - meaning my tv screen. I said that was not ok and they said go tell them in Istanbul. Each Turkish Air rep that I consulted told me there were no available seats in Business class. Finally I talked to the 4 airline representatives outside the lounge. When I talked to a woman and explained I wanted to change my seat back to what I had, A lady consulted something, asked me if I signed anything, then turned to a man nearby and spoke in Turkish. The man consulted someone and spoke in Turkish to the woman. Then she said my seat was now A1. Why was my seat changed out of business class in the first place? What would have happened if I had not talked to someone at the lounge? I am totally confused.

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 flight was comfortable and the attendants were readily available and helpful. The food needs to be improved.

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.

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

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