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R5 592 Find cheap flights from Ireland to Cape Town

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Flights to Cape Town - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest day to fly to Cape Town?

The average price of all flights to Cape Town clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Cape Town is Wednesday where tickets can be as cheap as R15 171. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where prices are R17 965 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Cape Town?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Cape Town, 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 to Cape Town is May, where tickets cost R13 111 on average for one-way flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, where the average cost of tickets from Ireland is R21 758 and R21 463 respectively. For return trips, the best month to travel is May with an average price of R13 111.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Cape Town?

The average price for all flights to Cape Town depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Cape Town is generally in the afternoon, when flights cost R15 609 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Cape Town is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R20 445.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Cape Town?

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights to Cape Town, 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, you should book around 0 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 180 days before departure.

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Low season

October

High season

December

Cheapest flight

R5 592
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 19% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (39% more expensive on average)
Flight from Dublin to Cape Town

FAQs - booking Cape Town flights

  • How far is Cape Town Intl Airport from central Cape Town?

    There are 16 km between Cape Town city centre and Cape Town Intl Airport.

  • What is the name of Cape Town’s airport?

    All flights to Cape Town land at Cape Town Intl Airport. The airport code is CPT,and it can also be referred to as Cape Town or Cape Town Intl.

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

    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 to Cape Town.

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

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

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Cape Town 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 to Cape Town?

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

  • Which airline offers the most flights to Cape Town?

    Of the 6 airlines that fly to Cape Town, FlySafair offers the most flights, with around 279 per week, followed by Airlink with 134 flights per week.

  • How many direct flights to Cape Town are there each week?

    Each week there are around 581 direct flights from within Ireland to Cape Town. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 15% of flights taking off on this day.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Cape Town

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

Direct departures

Ireland to Cape Town Intl

Monday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +44 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +45 more

Tuesday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +44 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +45 more

Wednesday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +46 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +47 more

Thursday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +42 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +43 more

Friday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +42 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +43 more

Saturday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +45 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +46 more

Sunday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +46 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +47 more

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Direct returns

Cape Town Intl to Ireland

Monday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +44 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +45 more

Tuesday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +44 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +45 more

Wednesday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +46 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +47 more

Thursday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +42 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +43 more

Friday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +42 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +43 more

Saturday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +45 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +46 more

Sunday

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, Air France, +46 more

Aegean Airlines, Air Botswana, +47 more

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Top 5 airlines serving from Ireland to Cape Town

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Cape Town. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from Ireland to Cape Town. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Cape Town? 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 3574 reviews
8,1Comfort
8,3Entertainment
8,3Crew
7,9Food
8,2Boarding
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I wish Emirates had lights to Philadelphia (PHL) in USA.

10,0 ExcellentCHARLES, Oct 2024CAI - DXB
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I wish Emirates had lights to Philadelphia (PHL) in USA.

Not too happy with ground staff at Dubai airport. We had asked for wheel chair, and we were told to walk a long distance, poorly organised. And then at boarding to Mumbai flight wecwere treated rudely by the local Emirates staff forced to check in our cabin bags, we told them we were transiting.

The crew were friendly, dressed professionally and helpful when needed. The food was good to very good. The seats were comfortable and entertainment selections were excellent.   For that long of a flight Athens to Newark Economy is a little tight and the space became uncomfortable about mid-way. Next time I would try and get a Premium Economy seat. Especially for the return flight when one can be less enthused and tired. On the way to a vacation enthusiasm can outweigh discomfort.

The lounge staff at reception were inefficient and robotic. Boarding process was chaotic at the gate with no priority for business and first. At arrival into Dubai, no upper deck door . Food option and quality for this flight was awful . Thankfully the bar is always good.

More organised boarding process. It was a circus. Otherwise absolutely top class flight

Very good!! If at all, the business class chair/bed was bit small!! It’s because of older plane- as was told!

No Vegetarian options onboard, made to wait for a long time for boarding

It was economy plus. That is all. I literally felt like traveling in economy class with a little extra leg room. Poor food. V restricted options. Worst of all POOR CREW ATTITUDE.

The experience of the flight. The food options have definitely gone down

I am vegan. The food was balanced, tasty and enough. I enjoyed the ride. The crew was very friendly and went out of their way to please the passengers.

Good experience, just i couldn’t connect me to the wifi

Flight was delayed. Can happen. But the info on the website and app said that flight was cancelled which was not the case.

The whole trip was excellent. The only thing I would change is the temperature of the plane was a bit high which made it uncomfortable to sleep.

Delay, luggage didn’t arrive. Had to go the next day to collect it

KLM is my favourite airline. Never ever let us down.Staff are first class.

It was operated by Delta. Boarding took a long time. How difficult can it be? Overall decent trip. Liked the Salt Lake City airport. Better option than Chicago for transfers.

The food from Lagos to Amsterdam was was very poor compared to AMS-YYZ

The flight was again delayed for more then 2 hours with some lousy explanation regarding the reason of the delay. Although the flight was delayed for more than 2 hours, no refreshments were offered (according to EU regulations). Last 4 flights on KLM - always at least 2 hrs late. So be prepared that you cannot plan anything with KLM.

The flight was delayed for 2 hrs. Because they didn’t have a crew to fly. And it is not a first time for klm to do that. Last time they cancelled my filght and rebooked me 3 days later. Not reliable airline

Booked connecting flights with KlM. My serving flight was the furthest part of the airport. On arrival in Zurich. My two cases arrived but only one carry on belong to my son. His three suitcase didn't arrive. After enquiring we discovered they were still in Amsterdam. We landed at 11.12. We eventually left the airport just after one.

As gold member there is no priority checkin. Meaning you either have to board with your zone or last with business class pax. As economy pax all the baggage bays are filled by the time you arrive

Don't be afraid if you board an Oman Air Airbus A330 - it will take you to Colombo and not Muskat. The Aircraft is leased by Qatar Airways ;-)

Good staff, good intent, decent entertainment. More seat space would always be of benefit

Operated by American Airlines. Very chaotic and the crew was bit rough responding any enquiries. Restricted leg space.. Qatar would have been better

For a short flight, Qatar Airways offers very good onboard service.

Qatar airways from Doha to guangzhau was excellent big bird Boeing 777 more room and smoothly flight, I Love it

Fantastic, the 787-9 is a very beautifully designed plane and it was a pleasure to fly in the Qsuite. The suite did feel slightly smaller than the 777 variant, and the suite door also felt smaller, as I felt more exposed as passengers and crew walked past. Food was too notch, and the service was fantastic. I wish they’d enforce boarding zones more effectively, but otherwise they did really well.

Just money making business. This was my fourth journey with Qatar Airways, year by year the quality of service getting poor. Food is very cheap. They have some low quality alcohol beverages. They don’t have any brandy or cognac. No toilet around the gate lounge. We have to wait until getting to the flight for use toilet.very long standing for entering into the flight. We can see the old passenger suffering.

It was pretty good overall. I just wish the crew didn't have to interrupt you every five seconds to ask you if you wanted anything, I mean that's what the help button is for. When someone is tired and sleepy and still getting their bearings, turning on DND button is maybe not the first thing on their mind.

Polite and helpful crew. My son developed fever. Crew members came and gave him medication and also came and enquired about his health several times.

Food could have been hotter. More padding needed in economy seats

Great airline with excellent service! Only drawback was the meat served was overcooked on both flights.

Everything was great except the meat served was tough and overcooked!

6 hour delay for connecting flight in Istanbul, no real information or support, spend night in lounge which was extremely noisy due to construction works.

Connection was a headache due to a delay on arrival flight

My experience with Turkish Airlines was highly unsatisfactory. I was prevented from boarding my flight from Istanbul to Miami because they closed the gate 30 minutes before departure, despite my timely arrival. This inflexible rule forced me to book an alternative flight to Atlanta for $1,342.92, as there were no available flights to Miami. Upon reaching Atlanta, I had to book another flight with Southwest Airlines for $270.98 since there were no connections to Miami. Altogether, I spent $1,613.90 on additional flights. Consequently, my total travel time extended to 35.5 hours. The overbooked flight and the enforcement of such unreasonable rules enabled Turkish Airlines to exclude passengers without providing compensation, thereby compelling them to buy new tickets to reach their destinations. This practice is unacceptable, and I intend to report it to the Better Business Bureau and the relevant regulatory authorities.

United failed me in cancelling flight to Chicago. Then put me on American Airlines standby to Miami for onward connection to RMO via IST. Standby failed. They looked me for Sunday morning 24 hours late at this point). Made it to Miami but Turkish airlines cancelled my seats and demanded $1360 to rebook the flights for the following day ! I went to United, spent two hours negotiating with Mr Ruis ? Who said he could do anything for me as he could fix problems that United caused in Miami. He suggested I call the 800 number. When I managed to.get through on my 6th call, I was on hold 2 hours and 30 minutes waiting for an agent when the call was cut off by United phone system. I went back to American. At last a lady , who had zero responsibility in this fiasco, helped me to find a replacement flight that night with Polish airlines to RMO through Warsaw at a cost of $968 including bag charge. I booked it with only a few hours to spare. The lady at American helped to recover and redirect my checked suitcase that had arrived in Miami a day earlier United customer service were awful. United partner Turkish airlines were horrendous and took zero responsibility. I ended up being late to my appointment overseas by 45 hours with zero compensation, no food vouchers, no replacement flights until I found one and paid for it myself. I reporting the entire fiasco to the secretary of state for Tennessee for law violations and refusal to remedy and compensate. I now need help to extend the trip by two days but United are not responding to communications

On this route the plane was also late and I almost missed a connecting flight to Tashkent. Moreover, my bag did not arrive with the same plane and only on the next flight from Istanbul. I was supposed to travel further from Tashkent to Astana and Saudi Arabia and if I didn't collect my bag in Tashkent I would have missed the next flights because I couldn't travel without my bag and all valuables inside it.

Flight crew was very nice and we had a direct flight, which was great. My seat was very cramped, despite paying for the seats. The food was terrible and the check in process was a bit chaotic.

On international flights passengers had wide variety of entertainment choices, though the flight was short. Service was good and no issues at all.

After boarding, take off delayed 45 minutes with us just sitting there. I think this a Heathrow problem

Berlin airport one of the most inefficient we have ever encountered. We are in our 70’s and we were on our feet 1.5 hours and traveled 4800 steps )2 miles) just to get to our remote gate and security detours.thank god we were there 3 hours before our flight

Flight on time. Food was poor - low quality and hard to eat due to poor layout

Staff member at boarding gate was rude, and more than once!

The issue wasn’t necessarily with British Airlines but was a reaction to their delayed flight from Miami to London on Aug 18. Due to the delay out of Miami, we missed our BA flight with Aer Linguis on the 19th from London to Cork, Ireland. The attendant in London was helpful and rebooked us for a flight later that same day ($120). However, she failed to mention that as a result of the missed flight, our returning flight was also cancelled and the rebooking cost was $451. Disappointed at the lack of communication between airlines and between the agent and the customer.

Great crew! Average flight. T5 at Heathrow is not such as nice experience compared to other major International airports.

First leg delay, rescheduled second leg without our approval, cancelled rescheduled second leg, rescheduled cancelled leg to three days later...

All of my bags were not delivered to my destination!

though there was space in the cabin they asked us to check in our trolleys. As a result lots of things arrived damaged in Larnaca. They were fragile. When we asked the attendants why that.....they said talk to the captain!!! Unbelievable!

Ticketing was a bit misleading. Was not immediately apparent that the tickets included no check-in luggage allowance.

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Cape Town found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
11/11Mon
2 stopsKenya Airways
37h 45mDUB-CPT
26/11Tue
2 stopsKenya Airways
39h 40mCPT-DUB
R11 409
13/11Wed
2 stopsKenya Airways
30h 15mDUB-CPT
26/11Tue
2 stopsKenya Airways
25h 05mCPT-DUB
R11 513
3/3Mon
1 stopTurkish Airlines
17h 05mDUB-CPT
17/3Mon
1 stopTurkish Airlines
22h 25mCPT-DUB
R13 198
3/3Mon
1 stopTurkish Airlines
23h 05mDUB-CPT
17/3Mon
1 stopTurkish Airlines
24h 35mCPT-DUB
R13 510
2/3Sun
1 stopKLM
14h 15mDUB-CPT
16/3Sun
1 stopKLM
24h 01mCPT-DUB
R14 048
11/11Mon
1 stopKLM
26h 05mDUB-CPT
26/11Tue
2 stopsKLM
30h 10mCPT-DUB
R14 292
1/1Wed
1 stopBritish Airways
18h 05mORK-CPT
16/1Thu
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 20mCPT-ORK
R25 006
1/1Wed
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 35mORK-CPT
18/1Sat
1 stopBritish Airways
18h 25mCPT-ORK
R25 353
1/1Wed
2 stopsQatar Airways
25h 00mORK-CPT
16/1Thu
2 stopsQatar Airways
24h 35mCPT-ORK
R35 946
2/1Thu
2 stopsQatar Airways
23h 20mORK-CPT
18/1Sat
2 stopsQatar Airways
24h 35mCPT-ORK
R36 501

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best deals for one-way flights to Cape Town found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
4/2Tue
1 stopSWISS
31h 00mDUB-CPT
R5 592
26/11Tue
1 stopSWISS
25h 15mDUB-CPT
R5 661
1/12Sun
1 stopSWISS
23h 45mDUB-CPT
R5 783
2/12Mon
1 stopSWISS
14h 15mDUB-CPT
R5 869
26/11Tue
2 stopsSWISS
35h 00mDUB-CPT
R5 887
17/10Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
25h 35mDUB-CPT
R17 226
24/12Tue
1 stopKLM
14h 45mDUB-CPT
R38 221
29/12Sun
1 stopKLM
14h 45mDUB-CPT
R58 191
18/10Fri
1 stopTurkish Airlines
24h 15mDUB-CPT
R61 195
26/12Thu
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 50mDUB-CPT
R90 142

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Last minute flights to Cape Town

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights to Cape Town that are departing in the next 10 days.
8/10Tue
multi-stopEgyptair
25h 20mDUB-CPT
11/10Fri
multi-stopEgyptair
21h 00mCPT-DUB
R44 559
7/10Mon
multi-stop
20h 15mDUB-CPT
10/10Thu
multi-stop
27h 35mCPT-DUB
R62 497
8/10Tue
multi-stop
14h 20mDUB-CPT
13/10Sun
multi-stop
24h 10mCPT-DUB
R63 001
8/10Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
18h 50mDUB-CPT
10/10Thu
multi-stopQatar Airways
18h 45mCPT-DUB
R91 479
6/10Sun
multi-stopKLM
23h 20mDUB-CPT
13/10Sun
multi-stopKLM
22h 00mCPT-DUB
R106 969
7/10Mon
multi-stopEmirates
36h 30mDUB-CPT
10/10Thu
multi-stopEmirates
24h 10mCPT-DUB
R109 557
6/10Sun
multi-stopKLM
23h 20mDUB-CPT
11/10Fri
multi-stopKLM
23h 55mCPT-DUB
R115 113
5/10Sat
multi-stopSWISS
35h 25mDUB-CPT
13/10Sun
multi-stopSWISS
29h 55mCPT-DUB
R119 055
7/10Mon
multi-stopSWISS
20h 55mDUB-CPT
13/10Sun
multi-stopSWISS
24h 05mCPT-DUB
R119 229
5/10Sat
multi-stopQatar Airways
18h 50mDUB-CPT
10/10Thu
multi-stopQatar Airways
25h 30mCPT-DUB
R130 864

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Everything you need to know for your flight to Cape Town

Information on the airport you'll fly into in Cape Town