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Find cheap flights from Cape Town to Nairobi from R5 591

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Cheap flight deals from Cape Town to Jomo Kenyatta Intl (CPT-NBO)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Cape Town to Jomo Kenyatta Intl 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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23:00 - 5:45CPT-NBO
5h 45mdirect
13:30 - 18:50NBO-CPT
30h 20m2 stops
R8 216Kenya Airways
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Tue, May 21 - Tue, Jun 4
23:00 - 5:45CPT-NBO
5h 45mdirect
13:30 - 18:50NBO-CPT
30h 20m2 stops
R8 311Kenya Airways
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Thu, May 23 - Mon, May 27
14:30 - 22:20CPT-NBO
6h 50m1 stop
22:15 - 18:50NBO-CPT
21h 35m3 stops
R8 463Kenya Airways
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Wed, May 15 - Wed, May 22
16:10 - 4:55CPT-NBO
11h 45m3 stops
5:30 - 15:10NBO-CPT
10h 40m2 stops
R11 810RwandAir
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Tue, May 21 - Tue, Jun 4
15:20 - 14:40CPT-NBO
22h 20m1 stop
15:30 - 22:40NBO-CPT
8h 10m1 stop
R12 133Airlink
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Sat, May 4 - Tue, May 21
18:40 - 14:40CPT-NBO
19h 00m1 stop
15:30 - 8:30NBO-CPT
18h 00m1 stop
R12 172Airlink
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Wed, Jun 19 - Wed, Jun 26
14:35 - 1:00CPT-NBO
9h 25m1 stop
5:20 - 13:45NBO-CPT
9h 25m1 stop
R12 286Ethiopian Air
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Mon, May 20 - Wed, Jun 5
13:50 - 1:00CPT-NBO
10h 10m1 stop
5:20 - 14:30NBO-CPT
10h 10m1 stop
R12 362Ethiopian Air
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Sun, May 5 - Tue, May 21
16:10 - 4:55CPT-NBO
11h 45m3 stops
5:30 - 15:10NBO-CPT
10h 40m2 stops
R13 065RwandAir
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Sun, May 5 - Tue, May 21
20:20 - 6:20CPT-NBO
9h 00m1 stop
7:45 - 19:40NBO-CPT
12h 55m1 stop
R13 103South African
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Sun, May 5 - Tue, May 21

Flights from Cape Town to Jomo Kenyatta Intl - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Cape Town to Nairobi?

The average price of all flights from Cape Town to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Nairobi on a Thursday and more expensive on a Sunday. On your return trip to Cape Town, you should consider flying back on a Tuesday, and avoid Thursdays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Cape Town to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Cape Town to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport, 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 Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport is May, where tickets cost R7 873 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and December, where the average cost of tickets is R8 349 and R8 330 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Cape Town to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Cape Town to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each month.
To get a below average price on the flight from Cape Town to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 66 days before departure.

Which airlines fly direct between Cape Town and Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for flights from Cape Town to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport.
There is just one airline that flies from Cape Town to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport direct and that is Kenya Airways. The best one-way deal found from Kenya Airways for the route is R7 376.

How many flights are there between Cape Town and Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport per day?

There is a maximum of 1 direct flight a day that takes off from Cape Town and lands in Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport, with an average flight time of 5h 45m. The most common departure time is 14:00 and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 3 flights.

Which cabin class options are there for flights between Cape Town and Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport?

The average price of flights for each cabin class for the route found by users searching on KAYAK over the last 2 weeks.
There are 3 cabin class options for the route. These are Business, Economy and Prem Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

How long does a flight from Cape Town to Nairobi take?

Direct flights take on average 5h 45m to travel the 6 593 km between Cape Town and Nairobi.

What’s the earliest departure time from Cape Town to Nairobi?

Early birds can take the earliest flight from Cape Town at 14:05 and will be landing in Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport at 20:50.

What’s the latest departure time from Cape Town to Nairobi?

If you prefer to fly at night, the latest flight from Cape Town to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport jets off at 23:00 and lands at 5:45.

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Low season

May

High season

December

Cheapest flight

R5 591
Best time to beat the crowds (4% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (2% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Cape Town to Jomo Kenyatta Intl

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Cape Town to Jomo Kenyatta Intl based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Cape Town to Nairobi flights

  • What is the cheapest flight from Cape Town to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Cape Town to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport was R294 for a one-way ticket and R432 for a return.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Cape Town to Nairobi?

    Only KLM offers inflight Wi-Fi service on the Cape Town to Nairobi flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Cape Town to Nairobi?

    The Boeing 777-300ER is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Cape Town to Nairobi flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Cape Town to Nairobi?

    SkyTeam is the only airline alliance operating flights between Cape Town and Nairobi.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Cape Town to Nairobi?

    You can catch a direct flight from Cape Town to Nairobi on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Cape Town to Nairobi, Kenya Airways or Ethiopian Air?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Cape Town to Nairobi are Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Air. With an average price for the route of R8 128 and an overall rating of 7,2, Kenya Airways is the most popular choice. Ethiopian Air is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R12 194 and an overall rating of 7,3.

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

    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 Nairobi.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Nairobi from Cape Town 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 Nairobi?

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

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

    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 to Nairobi from Cape Town up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding a cheap flight from Cape Town to Nairobi

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found flights on this route for R4 971 or less one-way and R9 936 or less round-trip.

Prefer to fly direct from Cape Town Intl to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl?

Find which airlines fly direct from Cape Town Intl to Jomo Kenyatta Intl, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Cape Town Intl to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl

Tuesday

Delta, Kenya Airways

Delta, Kenya Airways

Thursday

Delta, Kenya Airways

Delta, Kenya Airways

Saturday

Delta, Kenya Airways

Delta, Kenya Airways

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Direct returns

Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl to Cape Town Intl

Tuesday

Kenya Airways

Kenya Airways

Thursday

Kenya Airways

Kenya Airways

Saturday

Kenya Airways

Kenya Airways

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Top 5 airlines serving from Cape Town to Jomo Kenyatta Intl

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Cape Town to Nairobi. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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6,4entertainment
8,2boarding
8,2comfort
8,8crew
7,6food
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It was a great experience , it was quick and on time

10,0 ExcellentSimbarashe, Jan 2024GBE - JNB
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It was a great experience , it was quick and on time

this route is more expensive than you would expect. Boarding, disembarking was easy and fast. Cabin crew was friendly. Seats are small

The meal was excellent and well suited to a short journey.

Original flight was delayed due to technical issue. Very poor communication. The manager only appeared when we were climbing on board the plane.This resulted in us missing our follow on flight also with Airlink. No ticket issued from Skukuza and no assistance when we landed to address the issue. We had to make our own arrangements and go to their sales desk. Again they had no knowledge of the flight delay and of any passengers that had connecting flights. The lady (unfortunately with all the STRESS I have forgotten her name) at the counter was extremely helpful and is an excellent example of the type of employee Airlink need to promote and employ. Our luggage was in limbo due to all the missing information and assistance. We had to resort to buying extra tickets from South African Airways who were extremely helpful. I work at an airport so am familiar with its workings. I will infuture be looking for alternative flights.

Airline is the best airline experience I’ve ever had.

My flight was good no comments Crew members were good Flight on schedule even earlier at some point Thanks

Easy boarding, smooth flight, friendly and helpful attendants. As with every other airline, there isn't enough leg room to be comfortable. Food was adequate.

Easy short flight from Johannesburg to Harare. Boarding was slow, flight attendants were friendly. They did a meal service on this short flight, including wine, which was pretty cool.

Flight was moved forward by 2 hours with 3 days notice. This meant I could not connect from flight from Johannesburg. So did not take the flight and drove to Kasane. Will never use Air Botswana unless absolutely necessary. Mark

There was no entertainment, but that is not expected on a flight less than 2 1/2 hours. Uber clean aircraft, good boxed meal and friendly flight attendants. Very please with the experience

Flight delayed by 3 hours 45 mins and no explanation given or apology. Rebooked on a flight departing to final destination 48 hrs later and baggage not delivered.

My outbound flight was grounded in Lusaka so we never made it to Paris. DO NOT fly this airline you will be stranded and your plans will be completely disrupted

Inflight entertainment with electronic charging stations can help during a long flight.

The flight was delayed with no notice. No inflight entertainment. Communication is vital in any business.

Poor communication: Flight come directly to kigali , didn’t come via mumbasa. Favouring to Rwandan passenger to move from economic to bussiness class after flight depart. Where they don’t asked other older passenger who need more comfort. Rude staff : chekin airport at Mumbai. Talking in local language (marathi) while serving and no sorry no thank you attitude.

Pros: "Seat reclining was good. Fleece blankets were warm"
Cons: "Blankets had a really bad smell Food options were very limited - even bread was eggless"
Pros: "Helpful friendly crew, reasonable ticket prices."
Cons: "Luggage was delayed by 24 hours, customer service desk in Johannesburg EXTREMELY helpful, in Kigali they were clueless. Transit area very crowded, humid and stuffy."

Very bad. Linda the hostess was very rude all the time

Very bad, Linda the hostess was very rude all the time

The flight SA227 on 2nd March Sao Paulo to Cape Town was delayed by 3 hours. All other flights leaving Sao Paulo left on time. We were told that we were waiting for push back and a routing from Air traffic control. I don't believe this, what was the real reason for the flight delay?

I think more immigration officers at Or Tambo- I spent 90 mins in a queue before I can assisted and most people missed their appointments and meetings

Not sure it was a basic airline so nothing much to like but what was annoying was they delayed so much we missed our connecting flight and we had to almost fight to be out on the next flight and also even get food

Everything the crew werr nice and helpful plus the food was good

First row in business class is terrible - no storage space with video screen folded down between seats. Entertainment system didn't show flight info...

At the last minute as I boarded the airplane they made me check my carry on bag. When I arrived my Apple Watch, sunglasses, and medications had been stolen. I find this absolutely unacceptable. I will never fly with SAA again.

Cons: "It’s a hop and a skip, just 2 1/2 hours. But. Nice flight"
Pros: "Courteous crew"
Cons: "Entertainment console only partially working. Toilet vacant/occupied indicator not working fully."

The crew were extremely unfriendly. The plane was dirty and the entertainment system did not work, so they did not even give out earphones to anyone.

It is just ok, the sits are very uncomfortable, the temperature too low and there weren’t blankets. The food is mediocre and there are no screens to watch movies.

it was a nice tripe but they need to work on the serving of soda,they should be abled to serve cain soda not on cup.At least each passenger should be entitled to one cain of soda not serving on cup.thanks.

On my return flight the TV did not work the entire flight! They knew it wasn’t working but they let me sit there. The guy sitting nièce to me told me he was ok the previous flight and it wasn’t working. This is business class by the way!

Same but worse than international. The inter African flights are worse.

The entertainment (movies) blockbuster and classics never change. I am a frequent Ethiopian flyer and this should be addressed. Not much changed from my summer flight and my December flight. It is annoying - surely you can update the selections more often. Same with food options. It becomes extremely boring to be offered the same exact meals from Washington to Addis to Maputo every trip, each time. AS

Entertainment was very poor. Couldn’t watch anything. Ear pieces were the wrong type .

Food was horrible. Our flight was not comfortable due to turbulence, seats was not comfortable, Very tight barely can not move anywhere.

Hot, uncomfortable and very rough take off and landing. Very regrettable.

The seats were quite uncomfortable despite having good legroom. The 350s are quite nice but the problem is on the old 777 aircraft. Special meal requests are not catered for as they should. They never had any ice for drinks.

Good flight. Paid for seats sat the frront section of the economy. Better than rear cabin.

Flight was delayed for 9 hours. We finally arrived ved at 0435hrs instead of 1950hrs the previous day. No compensation was provided.

Apart from delay of 3 hrs in Nairobi for onward flight to Dar all fine. Looked like operational issues caused it.

It has been 1 week since arriving at my destination and I still have not recieved my kite surfing bags. Office will not communicate properly on location or when my bags will arrive. No advice on what to do on luggage that has not arrived in over a week. Simply not happy with Kenya airways at the moment.

Excellent. They canceled our flight & put us up for the night. Then upgraded us. We are impressed

The flight attendants on this flight were incredible! One even gave me her own dinner when my special meal order wasn’t transferred due to a flight delay! She insisted and I was so grateful. That is going above and beyond! The issue I had with the flight was with Lufthansa support. I missed my connection due to a flight delay and they wouldn’t rebook online, only in person. This took a lot of time and visits to the airport waiting for a Lufthansa agent to arrive 5 hours later than posted and almost paying full-fare price for the new flights and refusal to add my special meal orders. It made for a challenging journey home and I didn’t feel valued as a customer.

If my flight from Heathrow to Nairobi had not been cancelled I would’ve been in kisumu to fly back! And I have still not had my refund! So you have my cash and I’ve got nothing in return. Wonderful!

Great job in making sure that the customer is always having a great time

The flight never took off. We sat on the tarmac for over two hours due to an electrical fault and finally the flight was cancelled. We were told that hotels would be organised but there was no further communication. In the end I retrieved my baggage and went to the car park to pick up my car and drive home. It cost me over £150 to park the car for two weeks, plus of course petrol, and over £600 for the four flights and £50 for the travel visa. All gone up in my smoke. I’m bitterly disappointed that my business Trip was cancelled and have been told I will get a “partial refund” within three months!!! What a way to treat a customer.

Fight excellent but we were not contacted when flight departure was changed to 4 hours earlier; which caused us to almost miss our flight

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Cape Town to Nairobi found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
24/4Wed
1 stop
10h 20mCPT-NBO
R5 591
8/8Thu
1 stop
10h 30mCPT-NBO
R5 686
8/8Thu
directKenya Airways
5h 45mCPT-NBO
R5 934
8/8Thu
3 stops
23h 10mCPT-NBO
R6 314
11/8Sun
1 stop
9h 05mCPT-NBO
R6 428
24/4Wed
3 stops
12h 00mCPT-NBO
R6 485
11/8Sun
2 stops
33h 55mCPT-NBO
R6 808
11/8Sun
3 stops
13h 15mCPT-NBO
R6 885
8/8Thu
2 stops
15h 30mCPT-NBO
R7 094
24/4Wed
2 stops
16h 20mCPT-NBO
R7 265

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Cape Town - Nairobi Flights

Departure:

Cape Town (CPT)South Africa

Destination:

Nairobi (NBO)Kenya

Return flight deals:

Nairobi - Cape Town

Cabin classes:

R27 842
R14 967
R9 053