CPT - SFO
R9 306 Find Cheap Flights from Cape Town to San Francisco – Compare and Save
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Everything you should know
Cheapest return flight
R14 653
Typical prices: R16 228-R21 702
Virgin Atlantic
Mon 5/11Sat 10/11
CPT - SFO • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way flight
R9 306
Typical prices: R12 514-R20 180
Turkish Airlines
Sat 1/12
CPT - SFO • 1 stop
Flight Deals
Cheap Flights from Cape Town to San Francisco (CPT-SFO)
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Cape Town to San Francisco 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 San Francisco
Thu, Nov 5 - Tue, Nov 10
21:00 - 14:50CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
27h 50m1 stop London Heathrow
14:05 - 18:35SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
42h 30m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
R14 653Virgin Atlantic
Wed, Nov 4 - Tue, Nov 10
21:00 - 22:38CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
35h 38m2 stops London Heathrow New York John F Kennedy Intl
22:40 - 18:35SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
33h 55m2 stops Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
R16 187Delta
Wed, Nov 4 - Tue, Nov 10
21:00 - 22:38CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
35h 38m2 stops London Heathrow New York John F Kennedy Intl
22:59 - 18:35SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
33h 36m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
R16 187Delta
Thu, Nov 5 - Tue, Nov 10
20:50 - 13:08CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
26h 18m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Seattle/Tacoma Intl
23:35 - 18:35SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
33h 00m2 stops Minneapolis St Paul Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
R16 204Delta
Wed, Nov 25 - Wed, Dec 2
8:30 - 14:50CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
40h 20m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Kastrup Copenhagen
15:10 - 6:25SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
29h 15m1 stop Paris Charles de Gaulle
R16 550Air France
Wed, Nov 25 - Wed, Dec 2
8:30 - 14:50CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
40h 20m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Kastrup Copenhagen
14:59 - 6:25SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
29h 26m2 stops Los Angeles Paris Charles de Gaulle
R16 550Air France
Sun, Nov 15 - Tue, Dec 1
15:20 - 12:55CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
31h 35m2 stops Johannesburg OR Tambo Paris Charles de Gaulle
9:59 - 22:40SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
26h 41m2 stops Salt Lake City Amsterdam Schiphol
R16 781Multiple Airlines
Thu, Mar 11 - Fri, Mar 19
9:30 - 19:35CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
44h 05m1 stop Munich Franz Josef Strauss
22:55 - 16:10SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
32h 15m1 stop Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl
R20 939United Airlines
Thu, Mar 11 - Fri, Mar 19
18:25 - 12:19CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
27h 54m2 stops Johannesburg OR Tambo Newark
23:59 - 16:10SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
31h 11m2 stops Houston George Bush Intcntl Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl
R21 269United Airlines
Thu, Nov 5 - Tue, Nov 10
13:40 - 13:35CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
33h 55m1 stop Dubai Intl
15:40 - 16:45SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
39h 05m1 stop Dubai Intl
R23 332Emirates
Recent one-way flight deals from Cape Town to San Francisco
Tue, Dec 1
17:15 - 16:30CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
33h 15m1 stop Istanbul
R9 306Turkish Airlines
Fri, Oct 16
13:15 - 14:10CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
33h 55m1 stop Doha Hamad Intl
R9 983Qatar Airways
Tue, Dec 1
14:00 - 16:30CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
36h 30m2 stops Johannesburg OR Tambo Istanbul
R10 197Turkish Airlines
Fri, Oct 16
13:15 - 18:50CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
38h 35m2 stops Doha Hamad Intl Los Angeles
R11 534Qatar Airways
Tue, Oct 27
18:30 - 14:35CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
29h 05m1 stop Dubai Intl
R13 415Emirates
Fri, Oct 30
20:50 - 21:45CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
33h 55m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
R15 461Virgin Atlantic
Fri, Oct 30
20:50 - 22:22CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
34h 32m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Salt Lake City
R15 461Delta
Thu, Oct 29
20:50 - 15:59CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
28h 09m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
R15 494Delta
Sat, Dec 26
19:35 - 14:50CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
29h 15m1 stop London Heathrow
R15 610Virgin Atlantic
Thu, Oct 29
20:00 - 14:35CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
27h 35m1 stop Dubai Intl
R16 171Emirates
Recent last minute flight deals from Cape Town to San Francisco
Fri, Oct 16 - Thu, Oct 29
23:45 - 15:55CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
25h 10m1 stop London Heathrow
11:45 - 18:35SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
21h 50m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
R14 422Virgin Atlantic
Fri, Oct 16 - Thu, Oct 29
20:05 - 16:14CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
29h 09m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson New York John F Kennedy Intl
9:46 - 18:35SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
23h 49m2 stops Salt Lake City Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
R16 171Delta
Fri, Oct 16 - Thu, Oct 29
20:05 - 16:14CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
29h 09m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson New York John F Kennedy Intl
11:45 - 18:35SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
21h 50m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
R16 171Delta
Fri, Oct 16 - Thu, Oct 29
20:05 - 12:42CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
25h 37m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
11:45 - 18:35SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
21h 50m1 stop Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson
R16 171Delta
Fri, Oct 16 - Thu, Oct 29
23:45 - 15:55CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
25h 10m1 stop London Heathrow
11:45 - 23:35SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
26h 50m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Johannesburg OR Tambo
R20 906Multiple Airlines
Fri, Oct 16 - Thu, Oct 29
23:45 - 23:56CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
33h 11m2 stops London Heathrow Seattle/Tacoma Intl
8:00 - 23:35SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
30h 35m2 stops Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Johannesburg OR Tambo
R21 005Multiple Airlines
Wed, Oct 14 - Thu, Oct 15
13:15 - 14:10CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
33h 55m1 stop Dubai Intl
17:00 - 18:05SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
40h 05m1 stop Dubai Intl
R29 619Emirates
Wed, Oct 14 - Thu, Oct 15
13:15 - 14:10CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
33h 55m1 stop Dubai Intl
17:00 - 10:15SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
32h 15m2 stops Dubai Intl Johannesburg OR Tambo
R30 840Multiple Airlines
Fri, Oct 16 - Thu, Oct 29
13:10 - 20:38CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
40h 28m3 stops Johannesburg OR Tambo Doha Hamad Intl Los Angeles
21:00 - 18:00SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
36h 00m2 stops Paris Orly Dubai Intl
R34 024Multiple Airlines
Tue, Oct 13 - Thu, Oct 15
0:15 - 22:15CPT Cape Town Intl-SFO San Francisco
31h 00m2 stops Paris Charles de Gaulle Los Angeles
10:35 - 21:25SFO San Francisco-CPT Cape Town Intl
25h 50m2 stops Seattle/Tacoma Intl Amsterdam Schiphol
R38 051Multiple Airlines
Booking Insights
Price, demand, and travel trends for Cape Town to San Francisco flights
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Stopovers
How much is a return flight from Cape Town to San Francisco?
This analysis is based on the cheapest return price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Cape Town to San Francisco departing in November.What's the cheapest day of the week to fly from Cape Town to San Francisco?
Based on deals KAYAK users found in the last 12 months, Friday is the cheapest day of the week to fly from Cape Town to San Francisco. It’s 6% cheaper than the average day, while Saturday is the most expensive, with prices 21% higher.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Cape Town to San Francisco?
KAYAK internal proprietary data takes all prices for each month over the last 12 months for return flights from Cape Town to San Francisco, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.•February is the cheapest month to fly from Cape Town to San Francisco at R15 907 return.
•April (R36 599) and November (R24 438) are the most expensive months.
•The price difference between flying in the cheapest and most expensive months is 130% on average.
This is based on KAYAK aggregated and averaged internal data over the past 12 months.
Return flights from Cape Town to San Francisco typically range from R16 228 to R21 702. The lowest price found in the past 5 days was R14 653 on Virgin Atlantic.
What is the most popular stopover airport when flying from Cape Town to San Francisco?
KAYAK data for 1-stop return journeys over the past 3 months. Only counts itineraries with the same stopover on both legs.Doha Hamad Intl (DOH) is the most popular stopover for the Cape Town to San Francisco route. 18% of KAYAK users who booked 1-stop return journeys over the past 3 months connected via DOH.
What is the cheapest stopover airport when flying from Cape Town to San Francisco?
Flights via Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) offer the most affordable fares, with an average return price of R16 676. Based on KAYAK data over the past 3 months.
Key details for Cape Town to San Francisco flights
Low season | February |
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High season | July |
Cheapest flight | R9 306 |
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Estimated return price
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