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R12 922 Find cheap flights from Melbourne to Cape Town

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Cheap flight deals from Melbourne to Cape Town (MEL-CPT)

Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Melbourne to Cape Town 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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7:00 - 9:25MEL-CPT
35h 25m2 stops
10:40 - 5:45CPT-MEL
34h 05m2 stops
R18 616Singapore Airlines
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Sat, Nov 9 - Tue, Nov 19
10:35 - 9:25MEL-CPT
31h 50m2 stops
10:40 - 10:50CPT-MEL
39h 10m2 stops
R21 335Singapore Airlines
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Wed, Nov 13 - Thu, Nov 28
0:35 - 9:25MEL-CPT
41h 50m2 stops
10:40 - 8:15CPT-MEL
36h 35m2 stops
R22 485Singapore Airlines
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Fri, Nov 8 - Tue, Nov 19
10:20 - 13:45MEL-CPT
35h 25m3 stops
14:35 - 5:35CPT-MEL
31h 00m2 stops
R23 015
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Mon, Aug 12 - Mon, Sep 2
13:30 - 13:45MEL-CPT
32h 15m2 stops
14:35 - 5:35CPT-MEL
31h 00m2 stops
R23 069
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Wed, Aug 14 - Mon, Sep 2
10:20 - 13:45MEL-CPT
35h 25m3 stops
14:35 - 7:25CPT-MEL
32h 50m3 stops
R23 398
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Mon, Aug 12 - Sun, Sep 1
13:30 - 13:45MEL-CPT
32h 15m2 stops
14:35 - 5:35CPT-MEL
31h 00m2 stops
R23 781
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Mon, Aug 12 - Mon, Sep 2
16:00 - 10:30MEL-CPT
27h 30m1 stop
12:35 - 23:05CPT-MEL
25h 30m1 stop
R25 040Qatar Airways
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Wed, Nov 13 - Thu, Nov 28
22:30 - 11:40MEL-CPT
46h 10m1 stop
13:40 - 20:35CPT-MEL
45h 55m2 stops
R25 332Emirates
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Sat, Nov 9 - Tue, Nov 19
3:25 - 11:40MEL-CPT
41h 15m2 stops
13:40 - 6:25CPT-MEL
31h 45m1 stop
R25 825Emirates
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Fri, Nov 8 - Tue, Nov 19

Flights from Melbourne to Cape Town - Travel Insights & Trends

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

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

The average price of all flights from Melbourne Airport to Cape Town clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
If you are looking for a flight deal from Melbourne to Cape Town, look for departures on Fridays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Cape Town, Sunday is the cheapest day to fly and Friday is the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Melbourne Airport to Cape Town?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Melbourne Airport 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 from Melbourne Airport to Cape Town is February, where tickets cost R22 230 on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and September, where the average cost of tickets is R36 721 and R26 610 respectively.

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

To calculate daily average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each day before departure over the last year for flights from Melbourne Airport 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 on the flight from Melbourne Airport to Cape Town, you should book around 3 days before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 148 days before departure.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Melbourne to Cape Town?

The cheapest price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.
In the past 3 days, the cheapest one-way tickets to Cape Town from Melbourne were found on Qatar Airways (R13 378) and Singapore Airlines (R13 652), and the lowest return tickets were found on Singapore Airlines (R18 616) and Qatar Airways (R25 040).

Good to know

Low season

July

High season

December

Cheapest flight

R12 922
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 3% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (45% more expensive on average)
Flight from Melbourne to Cape Town

When to book flights from Melbourne to Cape Town

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Melbourne to Cape Town based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Melbourne to Cape Town flights

  • Is there public transport from downtown Melbourne to Melbourne Airport?

    A cheap transfer option from Melbourne CBD to Melbourne Airport is by Skybus, which costs around A$ 18. Taxis are also available from CBD to the airport, and a one-way taxi ride costs around A$ 50. Alternatively, take the Craigieburn trail line from Broadmeadows to the Departure Terminal in Melbourne Airport. Then walk out of the train station and walk a few metres to the bus bays and catch the Route 901 bus to Melbourne Airport.

  • Is there public transport from Cape Town Airport to downtown Cape Town?

    MyCiti Bus offers transfers from Cape Town Airport to the Civic Centre along Hertzog Boulevard. It takes around 38min to travel from Cape Town Airport to central Cape Town via car. Metered taxis, a quicker transfer option to the city centre, cost approximately R 300 (A$ 26.99) from Cape Town Airport.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Melbourne Airport to Cape Town?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Melbourne Airport to Cape Town was R708 for a one-way ticket and R1 020 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Melbourne to Cape Town?

    On your way to Cape Town, you’ll fly out from Melbourne. You’ll be landing at Cape Town Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Melbourne to Cape Town?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Melbourne to Cape Town?

    oneworld, Star Alliance, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Melbourne and Cape Town, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Melbourne to Cape Town, Singapore Airlines or Emirates?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Melbourne to Cape Town are Singapore Airlines and Emirates. With an average price for the route of R22 215 and an overall rating of 8,2, Singapore Airlines is the most popular choice. Emirates is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R28 505 and an overall rating of 8,1.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Melbourne 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 from Melbourne to Cape Town.

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

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

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly to Cape Town with an airline and back to Melbourne with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Melbourne 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 from Melbourne up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from Melbourne Airport to Cape Town

  • There are numerous lounges at Melbourne Airport, including Qantas Club in Terminal 1, Air New Zealand Lounge in International Departures, and Plaza Premium Lounge in Terminal 2, International Departures near Gate 9. Services available at these lounges include free showers, free Wi-Fi, beverages and drinks, and designated rest areas.
  • There are no direct, non-stop flights from Melbourne Tullamarine Airport (MEL) to Cape Town Airport (CPT). However, numerous airlines include FlySafair, Qatar Airways, and Airlink operate one or two-stop flights from Melbourne Airport to Cape Town Airport.
  • The Hotel Verde in Cape Town Airport offers a fitness centre to all passengers, including arriving passengers. The fitness centre is open to non-guests, and its available services include luggage storage, walking trails, gym, pool, and showers.
  • Baby care facilities, including baby changing areas are available at Cape Town Airport. A children’s play area is also available for passengers traveling with their little ones. The children’s play area and baby changing facilities are opposite the women’s washrooms.
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Top 3 airlines serving from Melbourne to Cape Town

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Melbourne to Cape Town. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Melbourne 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.
8,2
Singapore AirlinesOverall score based on 1369 reviews
7,7Food
8,4Boarding
8,1Entertainment
8,0Comfort
8,6Crew
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I had to change a flight date and it cost me $800.00 dollars. In the past, if there was room on the flight(which there was), Singapore Airlines simply re-booked me. This might have occurred because the office in Bali where I could interface with a human face to face is now closed since COVID. I naively figured the ability to change my flight into my decision to go with Singapore Airlines as it does cost a bit more. I will still fly on them as they are superior to the other carriers by a fairly large margin, especially for my needs.

8,0 ExcellentHugh, Jul 2024SIN - LAX
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I had to change a flight date and it cost me $800.00 dollars. In the past, if there was room on the flight(which there was), Singapore Airlines simply re-booked me. This might have occurred because the office in Bali where I could interface with a human face to face is now closed since COVID. I naively figured the ability to change my flight into my decision to go with Singapore Airlines as it does cost a bit more. I will still fly on them as they are superior to the other carriers by a fairly large margin, especially for my needs.

I was traveling with my 3 minor children, one leg I was seated two aisles behind them. On the longest leg I would have preferred sitting across the aisle from them, not behind. My youngest is 4yos. I understand airplane seating configurations are not the airlines problem but seating the one adult with a reservation apart from the minors was very difficult.

They ran out of food for breakfast They did not offer tea or coffee The staff appeared very inexperienced The cabin was very cold, even with a blanket

Crews were great but food not much selection just all tailored for Asian passengers.

Too many luggages for 1 passenger (4 bags) will make all the overhead luggage bins a challenge to fit them all. Some have oversized hand carry as in like back packer size bags shouldn’t be allowed as handcarry.

I had a great experience with Singapore airlines as always. The partner airline, Scoot was fine except my bag was misplaced during the shuffle. Ultimately, my baggage arrived intact. Attempting to inquire about my baggage was impossible.

Good flight. The food was served a bit late, hence a hurry to finish before landing. Excellent crew and service

I requested an aisle seat and got a middle seat The flight gate was changed and the flight was delayed

It was a great flight Food was great Crew was spectacular

They made me check my carry on even though there was room We un boarded in a strange way but overall it was good

We did not fly and our agent has been uncilling and uncooperative to help us rebook flight. We will never use Kayak ever again to book our flights, and we will let our network of friends know that using Kayak is equal to losing $$$$$.

The plane was very old and uncomfortable. Service was very slow!

All was good. Emirates should restart allowing fast track immigration for business class at Manchester airport. Saves a bit of time

Flight good but it was 30min late taking off. Also don’t like landing then being loaded on bus and driven around the airport like it’s a sightseeing tour.

I see I gave my review for this flight on my flight Zürich to Dubai rather than Dubai to Singapore.

very nice experience…….we had a comfortable fly with emirates…this is 6 th time flying with emirates….i recommend friends to fly with emirates…….

we bought trip insurance from you and could not use it. 'underrated' only return 50 % of trip cost. my doctor told me i have stage 4 cancer and that I might not live till the end of the month..

Flight from Dubai to Zagreb very bad cabin crew. Bad food

Had the salad which tasted awfully spat it out but still got food poisoning 1 after running to toilet crew would not let me sit near toilets I was stuck in window seat

The individual attention the crew gives to passengers is commendable and I find them positively helpful.

Do I need to repeat my complaints about my lost carry on bag?

I staff or crew they were very friendly and humbly, they done theirs service very well, I appreciate them and thank you to the company or Qatar 🇶🇦 Government for providing as good service in their flight ,once again, thank you 😊 🙏 😀 😉 👍

I found it weird that the quality of the flight different from Australia to Doha than the Doha to Berlin leg. The quality of the toiletries pack (was in a box from Australia) and then a proper bag from Doha. The biggest variation was the inflight entertainment, which had a significantly shorter amount of content compared to the Doha flight. My QSuite seat was also broken and did not recline all the way flat. Wasn’t the best and I wouldn’t be happy if I’d paid cash for the flight.

The flight was good but my neighbor had the vent open full power for the whole flight and because the air was blowing from the side instead of from the top and I got very cold and ended up with a sore throat.

The crew was great and the food and liquor offerings were good. Seats were a bit cramped. Flight arrived early at destination. That's a plus.

They have misplaced my one checked bag which I have not received in Philadelphia and have lodged complaint with American Airlines, the staff of Indigo was rude with us, at the checking counter, I think she purposely withheld my one of the checked bag, because the American Airlines staff told me that bag was not received at Doha airport. Kindly help me with one of my checked bag to get it. My flight was from Mumbai to Doha and then Doha to Philadelphia.

Too many boarding protocols. Never experienced with other international flights.

Food and entertainment was very very bad. Also, Doha airport is very bad. Entertainment was same for last 1 month....no change. Old movies. Food quality was sub par.

Crews are very rude and unhelpful. Cramped seats in economy. Foods are useless

Okay not so good or great. The flight operated by Indigo is worst from boarding to luggage handling and food. Damaged one luggage and delayed another luggage. Still did not get it, since 2 days.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Melbourne to Cape Town found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
28/7Sun
3 stops
51h 25mMEL-CPT
R12 922
27/11Wed
3 stops
48h 25mMEL-CPT
R12 995
26/11Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
33h 55mMEL-CPT
R13 378
26/11Tue
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
25h 45mMEL-CPT
R13 652
27/11Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
45h 00mMEL-CPT
R14 181
30/11Sat
2 stopsVirgin Australia
32h 45mMEL-CPT
R16 426
30/11Sat
1 stopVirgin Australia
27h 25mMEL-CPT
R19 018
28/11Thu
2 stopsEmirates
41h 15mMEL-CPT
R19 620
2/12Mon
2 stopsEmirates
37h 35mMEL-CPT
R19 894
27/7Sat
1 stopSingapore Airlines
71h 00mMEL-CPT
R20 624

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Last minute flights from Melbourne 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 from Melbourne to Cape Town that are departing in the next 10 days.
27/7Sat
multi-stop
35h 25mMEL-CPT
21/9Sat
multi-stop
31h 40mCPT-MEL
R27 979
27/7Sat
multi-stop
35h 25mMEL-CPT
21/9Sat
multi-stop
33h 35mCPT-MEL
R29 329
26/7Fri
multi-stop
29h 55mMEL-CPT
13/8Tue
multi-stop
32h 50mCPT-MEL
R29 366
23/7Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
43h 30mMEL-CPT
11/8Sun
multi-stopQatar Airways
26h 30mCPT-MEL
R35 827
23/7Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
27h 45mMEL-CPT
11/8Sun
multi-stopQatar Airways
26h 30mCPT-MEL
R39 148
26/7Fri
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
47h 00mMEL-CPT
13/8Tue
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
25h 55mCPT-MEL
R44 624
26/7Fri
multi-stopEmirates
41h 10mMEL-CPT
21/9Sat
multi-stopEmirates
32h 30mCPT-MEL
R45 208
26/7Fri
multi-stopEmirates
41h 10mMEL-CPT
21/9Sat
multi-stopEmirates
51h 15mCPT-MEL
R45 226
27/7Sat
multi-stopKLM
47h 00mMEL-CPT
21/9Sat
multi-stopKLM
52h 00mCPT-MEL
R63 477
26/7Fri
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
25h 45mMEL-CPT
31/7Wed
multi-stopSingapore Airlines
39h 10mCPT-MEL
R112 317

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Melbourne - Cape Town Flights

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Melbourne (MEL)Australia

Destination:

Cape Town (CPT)South Africa

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Cape Town - Melbourne

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