Find flights
Deals
When to book
FAQs & Tips
Airlines

R4 509 Find cheap flights from Riyadh to South Africa

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Riyadh to South Africa departing on 4/11. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
1 adult
0 bags

Search hundreds of travel sites at once for deals on flights to South Africa

In the last 7 days, travellers have searched 41 344 971 times on KAYAK, and here's why:

Save 26% or moreCompare multiple travel sites with one search.

Track pricesNot ready to book? Create a price alert for when prices drop.

Free to useThere are no hidden charges or fees.

Filter your dealsChoose cabin class, free Wi-Fi and more.

Best South Africa Flight Deals

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Cape Town
Cape Town1 stopR10 150

Good to know

Low season

May

High season

July

Cheapest flight

R4 509
Best time to beat the crowds (24% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (4% more expensive on average)
Flight from Riyadh to Johannesburg

FAQs - booking South Africa flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Riyadh to South Africa?

    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 Riyadh to South Africa.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Riyadh to South Africa?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to South Africa from Riyadh is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Riyadh to South Africa?

    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 South Africa with an airline and back to Riyadh with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Riyadh to South Africa?

    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 South Africa from Riyadh up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

See more FAQs

Top tips for finding cheap flights to South Africa

  • On average*, there is no price difference when choosing to fly in the morning or the evening on this flight route.
*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 5 airlines serving from Riyadh to South Africa

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Riyadh to South Africa? 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 3561 reviews
8,1Boarding
8,3Entertainment
8,0Comfort
7,9Food
8,3Crew
Airline reviews

Bad Cancel the flight Came back to work only 3 days after Horrible Won’t help with hotel while we stock Horrible Don’t fly with them

2,0 MediocreIsaac, Oct 2024DXB - TLV
Read more Emirates reviews

Bad Cancel the flight Came back to work only 3 days after Horrible Won’t help with hotel while we stock Horrible Don’t fly with them

I wish Emirates had lights to Philadelphia (PHL) in USA.

‏One of the worst flights I took in My life, delays after delays, then the AC is not working and we were living in a sauna,& we were sweating like pigs. and this even before take off. Next we arrived late one hour late, baggage claims worse than the delay itself add to that one more hour to get our luggage. I am extremely disappointed and my experience is I’m never going to fly on Emirates airline. Immigration was the only good thing about this trip. It took us seven minutes to go through to the luggage claims.

When you buy Emirates you don’t expect low cost. Choice of coffee/tea vs water. Entertainment on demand. Seat distance won’t allow food tray to extend without hitting belly (and I didn’t grow lately)

Very good ..nice comfort..crew service was good..and no delays in time ..they always on time..

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

Emirates is still my favorite airline. The good, entertainment, crew, and value are excellent. Unfortunately, the flight was delayed taking off and arriving - which caused me to lose my ground transportation plan. While delays happen, more communication about the delays would be helpful.

First Class on A380 was an incredible experience with a group of very attentive crew. The only flaw of this flight was the boarding process at Concourse C of DXB where no one was managing the queue. I was at Zone A but arrived when they were already boarding Zone C & D. There was no separate gate for Zone A & B to go through.

On time take off and early arrival, what else can one want

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…….

I had first class service from them. A little late taking off, but no major problem

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

They made us deliberate waste time by holding our passports and boarding passes making us miss the flight

they give hard time at checking, they not allow computer bag or purse

Bad experience with the delay n long wait time for connecting flight after missing the connection flight from Doha.

The staff at the check in lied. I requested aisle seats he said he gave me aisle seats. In actuality he only gave me aisle seat for 2 hour Karachi to Doha flight. From Doha to Dallas flight he gave me middle seat .

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.

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.

I didn't understand why I got dropped off at departures on exiting the plane at Doha aiport. I had to find my own way to immigration/baggage reclaim which wasn't easy as staff in the departure section just tell you ti scan your boarding pass. This was very poor b qatar Airways. I spent 2 hours soyung this out and once I got to get my suitcase it was delayed. So instead of getting to the hotel at about midnight I got there at three in the morning. I wonder why I upgraded to business?

It was the terrific, I was promoted to businessman class, and the service was amazing.

Make all food options available, than running out even before mid way through the service

Make the food options available, than running out even before mid way through the service.

Very old airplane with old and seat for business class

Riyadh to Dhaka was disaster! Passengers were standing the whole flight blocking ways for using restrooms. Bathrooms were extremely dirty. Food quality was very poor. Overall Riyadh to Dhaka was extremely poor and bad experience.

Plane is very old and not the same seating as online No per seat entertainment The large shared tv wasn’t working Didn’t provide headphones No announcements of departures or arrival from captain or crew

The entertainment system on my seat didn’t work for the whole length of the flight, staff was not helpful. Horrible experience. Its so hard to go through a flight from LA to jeddah with no movies.

The plane was bad, a lot of pressure in the cabin, I was in pain and my ear drums almost popped

This booking was as a result of stolen identity and hacking my debit account. I reported it to my bank. The thief tried to book two flights, maybe more. Hopefully, Kayak will be able to block fraudulent bookings and charges better in the future.

Very friendly and efficient staff. Would definitely fly Saudia again.

Entertainment on all 4 business class seats were terrible audio and could barley hear. The 11 hour layover in Riyadh was a nightmare and no one told us that nightmare matter what we do or what we were willing to pay there were no places to rest or sleep and nine of the lounges allow you to enter them no matter what unless you are 4 hours or less from flight time. With a 78 yearold mother with me this is ridiculous. The employees of the airline in Riyadh and of the lounge treated us like servants or lower class people. Never again

Needs better seat for business class. My seat was falling apart. Also no WiFi on that flight

Boarding catastrophic let alone have to claimb the plain rather than using jetway. 5.5 hr delay leaving had to do stop in Lgw for a new crew which further compounded the delay. Connecting flight would not wait and had to pend a night in a hotel. Curiously my seat would not go full flat.

Good. The food was very bad. Except for the chicken rice, rest of the dish went to trash.

The flight was delayed which cause me to miss my connecting flight in AbuDhsbi airport.

I did not have a good experience in both flights of Etihad. First of all, when I was booking the flight, there were two options. The first option was a cheaper flight with longer layover (9 hrs), or a more expensive flight with shorter layover (2 hrs). I booked the expensive flight with shorter layover because I wanted a more comfortable trip. A few days before the trip, Etihad informed me that the departure time of my first flight will change 7 hours earlier, leading to an 9 hour layover, without giving me another option nor reimbursing me for the extra cost. They didn’t even send me an apologetic email for this change. Regarding the flight experience, I would rate it as mediocre. This is mostly because the pilots of both flights did their best to give us the worst approach to airports that I have ever experienced. In the case of the first flight they had to aboard the landing and took off again right before touching the landing strip. The captain said that it was due to wind conditions but the second time the pilot followed the same direction as the first time to land the plane.

Seat selection screen while online check-in could include free seats to choose from and show the options before we proceed. Currently, it is auto-allocated and there are no options for free seat selections.

Long way to improve. Toilets not working. Bad handling when flight was canceled

The business class experience is fantastic. The crew were polite but often unavailable even when I tried to call them! I even found myself bringing my used dishes and cutlery up to the crew because no one had come to collect it after over an hour.

It has been a couple of years since I flew with Etihad last, after having a unpleasant experience with them coming out of the pandemic. I can say that the experience has uplifted, but I can’t really rate the service. At Barcelona airport the service was great, with their dedicated Etihad staff very helpful. The onboard experience wasn’t great, not very personalised and it really makes sense why Etihad doesn’t feature in the top 10 2023 Skytrax awards. The crew just seemed to be inattentive and almost absent from the cabin. I felt that I had to keep getting their attention. Even after I’d finished my meal, an hour went by before I had to call them to clear the tray/plate etc.

The staff was kind and polite, but it was very very hot and no ways to have some fresh air.it would be also be nice to have more time to sleep, since it was a night flight

Flight was delayed resulting in a series of unfortunate events. I ran the airport as people were yelling my flight anyone who can’t run wouldn’t have made it! Then the luggage is missing. Good company, execution needs fine tuning.

I had a full row so can't imagine how this could be better

Boarding was delayed and people were just sitting there like lost.

1. They messed up my baby food order. 2. They messed up my confirmed seats. 3. The screen on my seat was not working at all. So, it’s a horrible experience

Very bad, flying business but have no benefit of it. the crew was rude and I was not offered any food at all. I called them 3 times but none of them came. I was sick at that time and none of them helped me. an hour before landing they came to offer me food. it was too late because my stomach was already very painful and I was vomiting. I nearly can’t walk to immigration. I was forced to cancel my connecting flight and had to stay overnight in stockholm to recover my health.

I took 4 Ethiopian Airlines flights on my trip. Each flight was one of the worst experiences I have had flying. The interior was filthy on each flight, the seats, the floors, the bathrooms. All were filthy. At 5-10, my knees touched the seat in front of me. The person in front of me declined their seat, basically making eye contact with me should they look up. My seat did not recline, so I was trapped in my seat, unable to use the bathroom or get up from my seat unless I woke up the person laying in my lap. My tv and seat were broken, as well as my friends seat and tv for our 14 hr flight. The bathroom closest to us was already clogged before we took off, so the backed up bathroom smells wafted out and into our row the entire 14 hr flight. Out of 4 flights, they were out of vegetarian food options for each meal. Flight staff was fairly rude and unapologetic, finally agreeing to give me a second roll and butter instead of no substitute offered for most of the meals. Flight crew had zero control over the passengers, allowing adults to congregate by exit doors and talk loudly during sleeping hours. Children were allowed to be completely ignored as they played outside of their seats and screeched for the ENTIRE 16 hr return flight. Forcing passengers to try and shush the children. Passengers then got up and got their bags the second the flight touched down, ignoring all safety and exit protocols. I will NEVER fly another Ethiopian Airlines flight as long as I live.

Movie channels was great. Air hostess could be a little more caring

I still cannot find my luggage. I need my luggage.

I did not receive my luggage This airline is not good. My luggage is missing please you guys need to find my luggage. It’s been three days now I cannot get my luggage. This is not a good business I

Business and economy lines were common for most of the journey including check in and security control in Addis Abbeba. Food choice was fine, however there was a hair in my rice

Book cheap flights from Riyadh to South Africa

Recent return flight deals

26/10Sat
1 stopEgyptair
34h 00mRUH-JNB
8/11Fri
1 stopEgyptair
28h 20mJNB-RUH
R8 409
27/10Sun
1 stopEgyptair
28h 05mRUH-JNB
10/11Sun
1 stopEgyptair
28h 20mJNB-RUH
R8 583
26/3Wed
1 stopEthiopian Air
11h 50mRUH-CPT
12/4Sat
1 stopEthiopian Air
11h 20mCPT-RUH
R10 150
27/10Sun
1 stopEthiopian Air
11h 05mRUH-CPT
10/11Sun
1 stopEthiopian Air
11h 20mCPT-RUH
R10 237
29/10Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
12h 00mRUH-JNB
13/11Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
13h 40mJNB-RUH
R10 429
30/10Wed
1 stopQatar Airways
13h 50mRUH-CPT
3/11Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
13h 30mCPT-RUH
R12 361
26/12Thu
1 stopEtihad Airways
23h 10mRUH-JNB
10/1Fri
1 stopEtihad Airways
22h 10mJNB-RUH
R14 851
28/10Mon
1 stopEmirates
25h 30mRUH-JNB
2/11Sat
1 stopEmirates
28h 25mJNB-RUH
R15 112
23/12Mon
1 stopEmirates
20h 15mRUH-JNB
2/1Thu
1 stopEmirates
12h 00mJNB-RUH
R21 693
26/10Sat
2 stopsEtihad Airways
22h 05mRUH-JNB
15/11Fri
1 stopEtihad Airways
16h 15mJNB-RUH
R53 746

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Recent one-way flight deals

4/11Mon
1 stopEgyptair
34h 10mRUH-JNB
R4 509
11/11Mon
2 stopsEgyptair
43h 40mRUH-CPT
R5 937
7/12Sat
1 stopEthiopian Air
11h 50mRUH-CPT
R6 146
3/11Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
11h 55mRUH-JNB
R6 477
4/11Mon
2 stops
24h 30mRUH-JNB
R6 529
3/11Sun
2 stops
44h 15mRUH-CPT
R6 633
9/11Sat
2 stops
59h 50mRUH-CPT
R6 651
4/11Mon
1 stopEthiopian Air
11h 50mRUH-CPT
R6 999
3/11Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
13h 50mRUH-CPT
R8 583
2/11Sat
1 stopEmirates
32h 45mRUH-CPT
R13 737

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Last minute flights from Riyadh to South Africa

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

9/10Wed
multi-stopEtihad Airways
23h 30mRUH-JNB
4/11Mon
multi-stopEtihad Airways
22h 10mJNB-RUH
R9 976
10/10Thu
multi-stopEthiopian Air
10h 40mRUH-JNB
25/10Fri
multi-stopEthiopian Air
10h 40mJNB-RUH
R11 090
8/10Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
17h 50mRUH-JNB
4/11Mon
multi-stopQatar Airways
20h 40mJNB-RUH
R11 195
9/10Wed
multi-stop
41h 55mRUH-JNB
4/11Mon
multi-stop
16h 15mJNB-RUH
R12 448
9/10Wed
multi-stopEthiopian Air
10h 40mRUH-JNB
26/10Sat
multi-stopEthiopian Air
10h 40mJNB-RUH
R12 988
9/10Wed
multi-stop
29h 55mRUH-JNB
5/11Tue
multi-stop
35h 05mJNB-RUH
R13 023
10/10Thu
multi-stopQatar Airways
12h 10mRUH-JNB
26/10Sat
multi-stopQatar Airways
12h 30mJNB-RUH
R14 102
9/10Wed
multi-stopKenya Airways
28h 45mRUH-JNB
3/11Sun
multi-stopKenya Airways
21h 30mJNB-RUH
R17 672
8/10Tue
multi-stopEmirates
26h 55mRUH-CPT
12/10Sat
multi-stopEmirates
22h 10mCPT-RUH
R26 742
10/10Thu
multi-stopEmirates
32h 10mRUH-CPT
14/10Mon
multi-stopEmirates
22h 40mCPT-RUH
R28 449

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Everything you need to know for your flight from Riyadh to South Africa

Information on your arrival and departure airports