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Cheap Flights from Cape Town to the United Kingdom

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
London
London1 stopR11 414
Manchester
Manchester2 stopsR11 331
Edinburgh
Edinburgh1 stopR12 586
Birmingham
Birmingham1 stopR12 719
Bristol
Bristol3 stopsR17 294
Leeds
Leeds1 stopR18 136
Cardiff
Cardiff1 stopR16 336
London
London1 stopR11 414
Manchester
Manchester2 stopsR11 331
Edinburgh
Edinburgh1 stopR12 586
Birmingham
Birmingham1 stopR12 719
Bristol
Bristol3 stopsR17 294
Leeds
Leeds1 stopR18 136
Cardiff
Cardiff1 stopR16 336

Book Cheap Cape Town to the United Kingdom 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 the United Kingdom 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 the United Kingdom

Wed, Apr 15 - Tue, Apr 28
Ethiopian Air Logo
13:50 - 8:30
CPT
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MAN
19h 40m
2 stops
Ethiopian Air Logo
18:30 - 13:00
MAN
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CPT
17h 30m
2 stops
R11 331Ethiopian Air
Wed, Apr 1 - Tue, Apr 28
Ethiopian Air Logo
15:25 - 9:05
CPT
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LHR
18h 40m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
21:00 - 13:00
LHR
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CPT
15h 00m
1 stop
R11 414Ethiopian Air
Sun, Apr 26 - Mon, May 11
Ethiopian Air Logo
15:25 - 6:20
CPT
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LGW
15h 55m
1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
10:10 - 13:00
LGW
-
CPT
25h 50m
1 stop
R11 414Ethiopian Air
Tue, Mar 10 - Mon, Mar 16
Emirates Logo
13:40 - 12:05
CPT
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STN
24h 25m
1 stop
Emirates Logo
14:05 - 16:45
STN
-
CPT
24h 40m
1 stop
R11 893Emirates
Fri, Jun 5 - Wed, Jun 17
Qatar Airways Logo
13:00 - 6:25
CPT
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EDI
18h 25m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
7:55 - 10:15
EDI
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CPT
25h 20m
1 stop
R12 586Qatar Airways
Fri, May 1 - Wed, May 13
Qatar Airways Logo
13:00 - 13:15
CPT
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EDI
25h 15m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
7:55 - 11:30
EDI
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CPT
26h 35m
1 stop
R12 653Qatar Airways
Mon, Mar 16 - Thu, Mar 19
Emirates Logo
18:30 - 19:05
CPT
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EDI
26h 35m
1 stop
Emirates Logo
20:55 - 16:45
EDI
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CPT
17h 50m
1 stop
R12 950Emirates
Tue, Apr 21 - Sun, Apr 26
KLM Logo
23:45 - 23:10
CPT
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GLA
24h 25m
2 stops
KLM Logo
10:25 - 5:50
GLA
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CPT
18h 25m
1 stop
R14 073KLM
Tue, Apr 21 - Sun, Apr 26
KLM Logo
23:15 - 23:10
CPT
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GLA
24h 55m
1 stop
KLM Logo
6:00 - 21:25
GLA
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CPT
14h 25m
1 stop
R14 387KLM
Thu, May 7 - Mon, May 11
British Airways Logo
14:00 - 8:40
CPT
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GLA
19h 40m
2 stops
British Airways Logo
15:35 - 11:00
GLA
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CPT
18h 25m
1 stop
R14 965British Airways
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Cape Town to the United Kingdom flights

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

What is the cheapest Cape Town to the United Kingdom flight route?

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

The cheapest ticket to the United Kingdom from Cape Town found in the last 72 hours was to London, at R8 795 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 949.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Cape Town to the United Kingdom?

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 358, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Cape Town to the United Kingdom?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Cape Town to the United Kingdom, 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 the United Kingdom is November, when tickets cost R12 454 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, when the average cost of return tickets is R15 345 and R15 130 respectively.

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

The average price of all round-trip flights from Cape Town to the United Kingdom clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to United Kingdom on a Monday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to Cape Town, you should consider flying back on a Wednesday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Cape Town to the United Kingdom?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Cape Town to the United Kingdom, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from Cape Town to the United Kingdom, you should book around 9 weeks before departure, which saves you about 10% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flightR5 335
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 7% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 5% lower on average.
Flight from Cape Town to Edinburgh

FAQs - booking United Kingdom flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Cape Town to the United Kingdom?

    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 the United Kingdom.

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

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

    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 the United Kingdom 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 the United Kingdom?

    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 the United Kingdom 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 the United Kingdom?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to the United Kingdom is generally in the morning, when retur flights cost R13 773 on average. Morning departures are around 14% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to the United Kingdom is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R16 067.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to the United Kingdom

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Cape Town to the following destinations at these prices or less: London R11 156 one-way - R14 498 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Cape Town to the United Kingdom

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Cape Town to the United Kingdom? 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 3539 reviews
8,0Comfort
8,2Entertainment
8,1Boarding
7,9Food
8,4Crew
Airline reviews

Flight and entertainment great. Food needs to be improved, only one choice on the menu. Staff worked well throughout.

8,0 ExcellentRoy, Feb 2026
DXB - STN
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Flight and entertainment great. Food needs to be improved, only one choice on the menu. Staff worked well throughout.

Chaos at the gate while boarding - no clear signs or announcements

Always enjoyed flying with Emirates, flown with others but they don't really measure up. The others are cheaper without a doubt, but not as good as Emirates

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

I would have liked less packaged snacky stuff, more fruit. The crew was great.

Had to do shuttle bus both times during the transfer. It was waaay longer than acceptable. These 777s need a refurbishment really badly. Emirates and Dubai Airport used to be top notch. Now overcrowded and outdated.

Wonderful Premium Economy experience. Felt as good as Business Class for food and entertainment. Comfortable sleeping too

Crew were excellent and the bar service and chat fantastic. Cheese board delicious. Amenity kit good, very disappointing not getting pyjamas on this leg of the flight and needed to reuse from earlier flight.

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.

It was really nice journey i personally recommend klm flight

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

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

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.

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.

First of all we couldn’t check in online, then we learn at the airport we were on stand by for KLM’s mistake of overbooking. The seats were not comfy at all. Our luggage got lost.

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.

My seat 3G did not go down fully and the buttons were not working properly

Food has been disappointing in both legs of flight to india

Great staff great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

Great staff, great experience, made a 2 hour delay very bearable

Food was the worst I’ve had on a VA flight. Normally it’s a lot better

I was my pleasure to fly virgin on my birthday for my first solo trip ever 🫶🏼

These are one of the older seat arrangements facing away from the windows! Not particularly convenient sets. No storage spaces. NO COAT HANGING HOOKS. Inconvenient business class seat compared to any other airlines of similar class. Staff are excellent! Extremely professional, friendly. Food is good too.

Overall, flight was excellent but check in was very slow for Premium Economy. Economy queue was shorter but we weren't allowed to use it.

The staff was not very polite but the flight was very very nice and comfortable and the entertainment was great

Great crew - old style upper class seats on the older fleet now feels dated

Planes are good. However the entertainement system is slow. The headphones are of low quality and I could hardly hear a movie The movies lack subtitiles

The plane was ok, I was in business class and was surprised there were no pods and each seat was right next to another one. That said it was comfortable and the food and coffee were good. Entertainment wise again I was surprised to see only movies and no TV shows. Check-in at Toronto Pearson was an absolute disaster, which was especially disappointing as I was a business class passenger. There was no dedicated staffing for the business counter and four (4) airlines employees assisted one economy class passenger for about 15 minutes when one could have easily assisted me. Overall room for improvement, particularly in the on-ground experience and airplane infrastructure.

Delay not posted, only departure time listed- not boarding time. We left an hour late and arrived 45 min late. Restrooms had backed up sinks and toilets not flushed ) passenger error). Lots of screen for entertainment didn’t work. But we arrived with our luggage

Need to do a lot of improvement on service and cleaness

Our first flight was delayed and when we got off that plane, nobody was really helping to direct us to the next gate. It was very frustrating. One staff simply said hurry, which wasn’t helpful. We had to go a long way to get to the next gate. Another issue on the plane itself was the bathrooms were disgusting and filthy and it didn’t seem like anybody was checking on them were cleaning them and it was a long flight. There was urine on the floor and they stunk. Also, the screen in front of my seat did not work, and I tried different headphones and still had no sound. You would think somehow those things are reviewed occasionally for working order.

Good. Crew do seem to be less friendly- management are clearly limiting them or not empowering them as they used to.

POSITIVES The hostesses were mostly pleasant, NEGATIVES The full flight wifi was horrible, hardly able to use it. My charger port was not working which made me use my neighbour's port which resulted in an accident which ruined her flight. During dinner, meat ran out when the cart got to us forcing us to eat vegetarian which was not great. We watched everyone around us eating meat. My wifi did not transfer to the second leg of my trip as they promised as they changed the plane. I was thrown off the window seat I booked for the 2nd leg of my journey as they changed planes, all done at my expense. This was not a cheap flight ($2600) which i hurriedly had to book to attend my mother's funeral who passed away suddenly. I was honestly disappointed with the whole saga as I heard Ethiopian Airlines was one of Africa's best.

The food was terrible and the seating was uncomfortable, but the airline did a great thing letting us board in Abbis Ababa on our connecting flight after our original flight was very delayed.

Checking in wasn't organized, too many so-called diplomats were jumping line while everyone was waiting in line. They should have their own line not to impede on other passengers that was also waiting to be served. We all paid money and there should be no discrimination because everyone's money should have the same value diplomat or not! If they want to give diplomats some special treatment then let them create their own check in desk and not treat other passengers some that are (elderly, some with children, pregnant women) making them stand longer in line than necessary just because people are jumping line 😡

Were not told that carryon laggage has to be only 12 kgs but my bag was heavier asked to pay an additional $550.00. I could have upgraded to a bussiness class for that price and no one at the gate to upgrade but able to take money for the extra weight. I felt like this was a setup scam.

Worth every penny to upgrade to BC. Treated and felt more like First Class

I missed my flight because I was sick and the medicine the chemist provided made me sleepy. I had to pay $3500 to get home because you classified me as a no-show and would not listen to me otherwise. In addition you wanted to route me through Dubai, which was under siege by the time I arrived home and would’ve been in trouble. Had I taken that route

Limited entertainment. Music - very limited variety of music. Suggest more options in Hindi, Telugu, English for flights leaving from Hyderabad.

Good service, food and comfort in World Traveller Plus. Entertainment was poor - no wifi on the way out and barely working on the way back. Not a great choice of entertainment on the seat back tv.

Food was good. For a long haul flight, there was “0” zero entertainment! What a disappointment. I do try to avoid BA. Next time its Emirates via Dubai to Cairo.

The internet was working on both sectors of the flight so hard to take the flight if you are on business.

Delays on take off, delays at gate on landing, lugging lost to the ether. power on seats not working, couldn't work due to that and no WiFi. The crew was great and boarding was orderly if confused and rushed.

Mumbai airport is a nightmare! Especially going from domestic to international terminal (2). I almost missed my flight. Then i could not check in because I purchased on kayak to British airways and my first flight was an indigo (non partner). So they called me when I was at the security outside the terminal and told me I had a middle seat, not what I paid for! After talking to the desk agent, they could not help but it finally worked out. A bit stressful for no reason. Probably never buy from kayak again this type pf complicated tickets (multi cities).

They had us seating down for one hour just waiting on the plane

Flying with BA is always a good experience—even in economy class. It is better if in business and first class. Timely, breeze through security and timely connections

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