R7 933 Find Cheap Flights from Cape Town to the United States

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Cheap Flights from Cape Town to the United States

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
New York
New York1 stopR14 424
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stopR14 119
Los Angeles
Los Angeles3 stopsR14 776
Miami
Miami2 stopsR16 667
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.1 stopR13 751
Chicago
Chicago2 stopsR14 119
Denver
Denver2 stopsR17 485
Boston
Boston1 stopR11 779
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stopsR15 257
Seattle
Seattle1 stopR14 552
Houston
Houston1 stopR18 462
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale1 stopR20 017
Charlotte
Charlotte2 stopsR18 398
Las Vegas
Las Vegas2 stopsR20 947
Tampa
Tampa2 stopsR42 262
Minneapolis
Minneapolis1 stopR16 443
New York
New York1 stopR14 424
Atlanta
Atlanta1 stopR14 119
Los Angeles
Los Angeles3 stopsR14 776
Miami
Miami2 stopsR16 667
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.1 stopR13 751
Chicago
Chicago2 stopsR14 119
Denver
Denver2 stopsR17 485
Boston
Boston1 stopR11 779
San Francisco
San Francisco2 stopsR15 257
Seattle
Seattle1 stopR14 552
Houston
Houston1 stopR18 462
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale1 stopR20 017
Charlotte
Charlotte2 stopsR18 398
Las Vegas
Las Vegas2 stopsR20 947
Tampa
Tampa2 stopsR42 262
Minneapolis
Minneapolis1 stopR16 443

Book Cheap Cape Town to the United States 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 States 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 States

Sun, Mar 8 - Sun, Mar 15
Virgin Atlantic Logo
21:30 - 14:39
CPT
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IAD
23h 09m
1 stop
Virgin Atlantic Logo
19:50 - 19:15
IAD
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CPT
17h 25m
1 stop
R13 751Virgin Atlantic
Mon, Mar 23 - Mon, Mar 30
Qatar Airways Logo
12:35 - 16:15
CPT
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ATL
33h 40m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
19:10 - 10:20
ATL
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CPT
33h 10m
1 stop
R14 119Qatar Airways
Mon, Jun 15 - Sat, Aug 8
United Airlines Logo
19:50 - 17:15
CPT
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LAX
30h 25m
3 stops
United Airlines Logo
5:45 - 15:20
LAX
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CPT
24h 35m
2 stops
R14 776United Airlines
Tue, Mar 17 - Tue, Mar 24
United Airlines Logo
20:50 - 17:27
CPT
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LAX
29h 37m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
7:00 - 16:55
LAX
-
CPT
24h 55m
2 stops
R14 889United Airlines
Mon, May 11 - Mon, Jun 8
Turkish Airlines Logo
16:35 - 22:30
CPT
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EWR
35h 55m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
0:25 - 11:50
EWR
-
CPT
29h 25m
1 stop
R15 257Turkish Airlines
Wed, Mar 11 - Sat, Mar 21
KLM Logo
7:55 - 15:55
CPT
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EWR
38h 00m
1 stop
KLM Logo
18:05 - 5:50
EWR
-
CPT
29h 45m
1 stop
R15 449KLM
Tue, Mar 10 - Sun, Mar 22
KLM Logo
23:45 - 23:39
CPT
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EWR
29h 54m
2 stops
KLM Logo
13:17 - 21:55
EWR
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CPT
26h 38m
2 stops
R15 482KLM
Thu, Apr 2 - Tue, Apr 14
Turkish Airlines Logo
16:35 - 10:50
CPT
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SFO
27h 15m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
18:45 - 11:50
SFO
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CPT
32h 05m
1 stop
R16 074Turkish Airlines
Mon, Mar 16 - Sat, Mar 21
British Airways Logo
18:55 - 19:45
CPT
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BWI
30h 50m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
21:35 - 10:20
BWI
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CPT
30h 45m
1 stop
R17 004British Airways
Thu, May 21 - Tue, Jun 2
British Airways Logo
18:50 - 17:05
CPT
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DFW
29h 15m
1 stop
British Airways Logo
20:50 - 11:00
DFW
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CPT
31h 10m
1 stop
R17 565British Airways
Booking Insights

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

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

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

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

The cheapest ticket to the United States from Cape Town found in the last 72 hours was to New York, at R12 817 return. The most popular route is from Cape Town (CPT) to Newark Airport (EWR), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was R12 817.

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

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 R17 123, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

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

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 States, 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 States is November, when tickets cost R15 065 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and August, when the average cost of return tickets is R18 494 and R18 446 respectively.

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

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 States, 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 States, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 2% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flightR7 933
Best time to beat the crowds (3% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (6% more expensive on average)
Flight from Cape Town to Atlanta

FAQs - booking United States flights

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

    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 States.

  • 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 States?

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

    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 States 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 States?

    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 States 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 States?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to the United States is generally at night, when retur flights cost R18 798 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to the United States is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R18 798.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to the United States

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Cape Town to the following destinations at these prices or less: Newark R16 783 one-way - R15 361 round-trip; Washington, D.C. R20 187 one-way - R15 554 round-trip

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

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Cape Town to the United States? 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
8,0Comfort
8,2Entertainment
7,9Food
8,3Crew
8,1Boarding
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.

I liked the newer aircraft CRJ-550 since it had WIFI and the seats are more spacious.

Sadly I couldn't get the food I requested as it was out. Also, if you don't want to be woken up make sure the crew knows it. My wife was woken on every service.

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.

Three meals on a single flight is disgusting. Even if I reject them all, sleeping is impossible and all that food (especially wasted food) is just antithetical to a pleasant flight experience. People were chucking multiple abandoned trays on the floor in front of my seat.

Similar to Hyd->Dubai this too was worst airlines. Bad seats, bad seating arrangement which created lot of confusion since family member were not given seat together. However most of them changed the seat and got with the family. Cheap tactics by Emirates.

The best ever, friendly and attentive cabin crew, amazing captains who utilised their expertise for less turbulence, just overall amazing

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.

I would never have been able to make the transfer in time without asking for a wheelchair

I’m grateful for the KLM Air France shuttle bus service to Ottawa. However due to construction and other issues related to the chaotic Uber pickup system at YUL, it’s a challenge to find the Kelios bus service to Ottawa. The signs are not clear or even available. No staff to guide passengers. It’s a stressful experience.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Klm start boarding while somw air issue in the plan

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

Premium economy more comfortable than economy, but not by much. Did was awful, do not try the omelette. Flight crew were helpful. Flight was delayed by over an hour. Overall but bad, arrived safely and thank God.

Airport experience at Newark was not great. Only one gate open at immigration for US passports when multiple international flights arriving at the same time. Then having to take a train and a bus to different terminal only to have to clear security again, after I had already gone through at my initial departure location. Older plane, no entertainment screens available, and for economy plus, seat was very uncomfortable. Crew was friendly and this leg of my flight was on-time, even though I arrived later than initially scheduled due to 1st flight being over 2 hours delayed and missing my original connection.

I upgraded my seat and was promised it would be next to the emergency door for extra leg room and they said it was premium plus but it was at the back of the plane...same thing happened from Newark to Dubai

Everything except the food and entertainment. It was a great experience though

Bad food, bad service, cold cabin with no additional blankets when asked for (they told me they don’t provide additional blankets). I’m a frequent traveler and this is one of the worst companies I traveled with (by the way I thought that I booked my ticket with Lufthansa but I didn’t see that the flights were handled by United).

United Airlines is my preferred airlines and I am thankful for Gary who also help support me on the phone to switch my flight literally last min.

Not being stranded in Chicago for her airport to 11:30 tomorrow morning the 3rd

the whole trip was smooth, and as comfortable as flying is these days. flight crew was friendly and very courteous and helpful.

Very poor. The flight was delayed from Toronto because some forget to do there job . I got to my connecting gate in San Francisco 10 minutes before the departure.but this didn’t let me board even though the flight was still there for an other 30 minutes. The the gentleman at the unite airline desk told me that they usually wait for passengers but air Canada called and told them not to we I been rerouted to Manila instead of Hong Kong . In San Francisco they mad me check in my carryon bag . I was told the it will directly go yo ho chi minn cuyt but I was told that by the Vietnams airline desk that’s not there I’m 10 hours behind my scheduled flight and looks like I I’m going without baggage. I don’t have a chance of catching ..

Great other than a couple very drunk guys that for a while kept bumping my seat from behind. The staff did their best to control them. Even refused serving them alcohol and allowed the gal sitting next to them to move.

The attendant on board was amazing. She should be doing business/first international long haul.

Very hot cabin made long flight uncomfortable, even in business class! Food was great. Istanbul business lounge had great food but too few bathrooms and seating . They also need more electric outlets for charging devices. Appreciate the ability to go through fast track lines w business class

The crew on this flight provided exceptional business class service to me.

The staff at the boarding or the rudest uninformative and no English whatsoever they’re very rude as if they are envious of you travelling I don’t understand how could someone would be this rude and this out of touch and cold

You charged me for luggage although the airline does not- you charged me for seat when customers can pick their own seat at checkout in I travel to Europe slot and I will not use kayak again

They oversold the tickets by one which was my ticket so I didn’t have a ticket till last second

Not good. I was supposed to be in Mint but got in economy class

Requested food options were always finished. Supplied food items were good but of course not the desired choices.

The airport staff never announced that boarding has started. Both at iad or Islamabad or Istanbul.

Very bad experience with turkish airline tk 0001. Very uncomfortable seats and food ran out and crew was not helpful

The airline could improve its business class seats and privacy in line with its competitors.

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