R3 736 Find Cheap Flights from Johannesburg to Kigali – Compare and Save

For Johannesburg to Kigali, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Monday is the most expensive. Flying from Kigali back to Johannesburg, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Monday being the most expensive.

The cheapest month for flights from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Kigali is November, where tickets cost R5 402 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are January and June, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R7 003 and R6 776 respectively.

No, with an average price for the route of R5 775, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

To get a below average price on the flight from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Kigali, you should book around 1 week before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 25 weeks before departure.

In the past 5 days, the cheapest return tickets from Johannesburg to Kigali were found on Ethiopian Air (R6 129) and Kenya Airways (R6 712).

There is just one airline that flies from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport to Kigali direct and that is RwandAir. The best return deal found from RwandAir for the route is R5 054.

Weekly flights between Johannesburg and Kigali historically see delays in approximately 27% of cases, with the average delay over the past year being 130 minutes.

Typically, flights leaving in the early afternoon tend to face fewer delays, whereas flights at night have historically encountered delays more often.

Statistically, Wednesday is the day of the week with the fewest delays on this flight route, while Sunday has typically experienced more delays than other days.

Based on our data, RwandAir have experienced the fewest delays on this route in the past 12 months, with only about 27% of their flights encountering any delays.

There are 4 cabin class options for the route. These are First, 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.

There is a maximum of 1 direct flight a day that takes off from Johannesburg OR Tambo Airport and lands in Kigali, with an average flight time of 3h 46m. The most common departure time is 17:00 and most flights take off in the afternoon. Each week, there are 7 flights.