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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Jeddah
Jeddah1 stopR8 310
Medina
Medina2 stopsR10 873
Riyadh
Riyadh1 stopR11 158
Jeddah
Jeddah1 stopR8 310
Medina
Medina2 stopsR10 873
Riyadh
Riyadh1 stopR11 158

Book Cheap Saudi Arabia Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Saudi Arabia 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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Recent return flight deals to Saudi Arabia

Tue, Jan 27 - Mon, Feb 2
Ethiopian Air Logo
14:30 - 2:40
JNB
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JED
11h 10m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
4:40 - 13:05
JED
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JNB
9h 25m1 stop
R8 310Ethiopian Air
Fri, Jan 30 - Fri, Feb 6
Ethiopian Air Logo
23:00 - 13:30
JNB
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JED
13h 30m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
15:20 - 3:55
JED
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JNB
13h 35m1 stop
R8 327Ethiopian Air
Mon, Jan 19 - Sun, Jan 25
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 23:35
JNB
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JED
12h 45m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
5:55 - 8:20
JED
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JNB
27h 25m1 stop
R8 779Etihad Airways
Mon, Dec 29 - Tue, Jan 13
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 - 23:35
JNB
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JED
12h 45m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
19:20 - 8:20
JED
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JNB
14h 00m1 stop
R8 930Etihad Airways
Sat, Feb 28 - Wed, Mar 11
Qatar Airways Logo
12:25 - 10:50
DUR
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MED
21h 25m2 stops
Qatar Airways Logo
12:20 - 10:55
MED
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DUR
23h 35m2 stops
R10 873Qatar Airways
Wed, Feb 4 - Tue, Feb 10
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:05 - 2:40
CPT
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JED
15h 35m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:40 - 17:30
JED
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CPT
13h 50m2 stops
R11 108Multiple Airlines
Wed, Apr 1 - Tue, Apr 14
Qatar Airways Logo
19:30 - 18:20
CPT
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JED
21h 50m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
19:20 - 17:20
JED
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CPT
23h 00m1 stop
R11 259Qatar Airways
Sun, Feb 1 - Sun, Feb 8
Multiple Airlines Logo
20:25 - 23:35
CPT
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JED
26h 10m2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
19:20 - 18:40
JED
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CPT
24h 20m2 stops
R11 811Multiple Airlines
Fri, Jan 30 - Thu, Feb 5
Emirates Logo
19:10 - 3:10
DUR
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MED
31h 00m1 stop
Emirates Logo
4:50 - 17:10
MED
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DUR
13h 20m1 stop
R11 895Emirates
Fri, Feb 20 - Tue, Mar 3
Emirates Logo
19:10 - 16:10
DUR
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MED
20h 00m1 stop
Emirates Logo
4:50 - 17:10
MED
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DUR
13h 20m1 stop
R12 381Emirates
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to Saudi Arabia

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to Saudi Arabia to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from South Africa to Saudi Arabia?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from South Africa to Saudi Arabia, 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 South Africa to Saudi Arabia is February, when tickets cost R6 886 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and August, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is R10 371 and R10 052 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from South Africa to Saudi Arabia?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Saudi Arabia, 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 South Africa to Saudi Arabia, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 20% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 16 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonMay
Cheapest flightR5 160
Best time to beat the crowds (2% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 2% lower on average.
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FAQs - booking Saudi Arabia flights

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

    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 South Africa to Saudi Arabia.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from South Africa to Saudi Arabia 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 South Africa to Saudi Arabia?

    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 South Africa to Saudi Arabia 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 South Africa to Saudi Arabia?

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

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to Saudi Arabia?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Saudi Arabia is Monday when return tickets can be as cheap as R12 970. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Thursday, when return prices are R13 680 on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Saudi Arabia?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Saudi Arabia is generally at night, when retur flights cost R7 129 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Saudi Arabia is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R12 068.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Saudi Arabia

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Saudi Arabia flight deals.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying to Saudi Arabia

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from South Africa to Saudi Arabia? 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 3440 reviews
8,1Boarding
8,3Crew
7,9Food
8,2Entertainment
8,0Comfort
Airline reviews

There is an issue with A380 when it arrives in Munich, because a business class passengers like me have to wait for the first class passengers to disembark, which takes some time while you are also offloading economy passengers this causes an issue at customs where your business class passengers end up behind a large bulk of economy passengers This is a frustration and the early dislocation should be and is supposed to be a benefit of business class

8,0 ExcellentEden, Dec 2025
DUR - DXB
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There is an issue with A380 when it arrives in Munich, because a business class passengers like me have to wait for the first class passengers to disembark, which takes some time while you are also offloading economy passengers this causes an issue at customs where your business class passengers end up behind a large bulk of economy passengers This is a frustration and the early dislocation should be and is supposed to be a benefit of business class

The food options were excellent for Economy. It was difficult to find the lounge after clearing security and boarding was clunky

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.

Fantastic service the managed to locate my checked bag on the plans as re-tagged it for my final destination.

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.

Emirates need to improve the boarding process. There is no point calling for all First and Business Class passengers plus Platinum, Gold and Silver Skywards members at one time. Further to this, try channeling all these people into one entry point with no defined lines. It was chaos. The is a common issue on the Dubai to Riyadh flight. Poor effort Emirates.

I lost my lock from my luggage, I don’t know someone took something from my bag.

One of the female staff from the cabin crew, forgot to ask us about what we want to drink and focused more on other specific people rather than treating everyone politely. I asked her about the drinks to which she said oh I forgot.

First time and very memorable, the finest flying experience ive ever had

It was little disheartening and disappointing. Although flight staff did a good job. But customer service didn’t do anything to resolve my issue.

Food was absolutely pathetic. I wasted so much food which I thought was inedible. I also loathe the inflight entertainment system which has very little content

Good. It would be great if comfort seats were available

My baggage is lost. Flight cancelled, Rebooked ticket through long routes. Mental stress, emotional hurt

My flight was delayed. I was rebooked twice and even the second flight that was additional connection in London was delayed too, so I ended up spending more than 24 hours flying between four different countries and to be honest I’m not sure whether I ever want to use this airline again. My luggage is still delete. It’s been more than 48 hours now so to be honest, I’m not even sure how to describe the level of frustration I have.

Economy travel is really hard with no room to move especially when the person sitting beside you is an XL or XXL size person who if moving could hit your face

Indigo airlines is terrible. Staff is awful and so disorganized. They are so rude and unhelpful. I will never travel on Indigo airlines again!!!!!

The Achilles heel of the experience with Qatar Airways is the Doha Airport, especially for travellers arriving into Doha and not transiting. This airport suffers from being ambitiously big and the immigration into Qatar being overly time taking. At the end of my particular flight in which my travel was ending in Doha, the plane parked at a very remote terminal, from where it took me 30 minutes to arrive just at the immigration counter, with fast paced walking and the time on a train inside the airport. Then, at the immigration counter it takes up to a minute or more to process each tourist visitor,due to time taking face and finger scanning processes and langugage barriers if there are questions or information to be exchanged verbally with the officers. If several planes have landed at the same time, it is not unusual that one has to wait 45 to 60 minutes in the immigration queue. In short, the frustration of arriving at Doha takes away all positive vibe of the airline, as the airline and the airport are heavily intertwined and are marketed together.

The American/Hollywood movies in the entertainment system lack english subtitles, they tend to have only arabic subtitles. Coupled with the low quality airplane earphones and cabin noise, it sometimes is difficult to follow the movie dialogues.

All the crew members were too slow and rude. Most of the times the registers were empty, while hundreds of customers were waiting in line, and it was impossible to get a supervisor. Despite being in line on time, I missed my freight, plus a some customers who were ahead and behind me.

I missed my flight ,staff unhelpful, they sat and watched me wait ,gangway door closed, English was a problem no announcement I was on time now I missed my month vacation ,lost 1400 bucks no refund I'm sick to my stomach

Seat space was tight and uncomfortable. There was hardly any cushioning giving me a terrible tail bone ache. Getting and out was extremely cramped. We paid for seat choices and felt totally ripped off. Food was mediocre. By the time the servers served 2 or 3 rows they ran out of this or that option as we saw on the inbound trip also. This is infuriating. Entertainment choices were extremely limited for such a long haul. The screen froze on occasion and did not switch off when the on off button was pressed. When it did it came back on its own in 5 seconds. The airlines has gone downhill since last year.

1 hour flight. No complaints. Some drinks would have been nice.

Crew was amazing as usual. Very comfortable for a 13hour flight. Check in at ATL was terrible. Ticket counter charged me $200 for a small bag. Apparently Kayak sold me a zero luggage ticket. No carry on no checked. So the check in desk charged me a bullshit $200 dollar fee for a small gym bag weighing less than 20lbs. In true 3rd party ticket buying. This will turn into a finger pointing process between Kayak and Etihad. Now I'm going to have to ship my bag back in the mail a day ahead of my return flight.

Wish the flight attendants were more attentive in serving food

My baggage was not boarded and is still missing. I was only carring one piece of luggage and that is misplaced now I am stuck at mumbai without luggage. I had an onward journey from here

I was charged $604 for a bag that weighed 17 kg. I was given three different prices until they landed on the most expensive one and didn't budge a penny. It's ironic and a bit enraging because the total cost of my ticket was $468. I've traveled the world and never experienced these kind of prices for only one piece of checked luggage.

Etihad charged me for 2 check in bags. On Kayak search results price was showing 2 check in bags were included. Kayak need to reimburse me for these additional charges and metal agony and distress. Thanks.

Surprised at the lower quality of seats on the Boeing 777 in Business Class. Seats are tight and the whole Business class section is jam packed with seats. It doesn’t feel like Business Class at all. Also the way the tray tables are placed with a huge bulky solid metal hinge at knee level makes it so uncomfortable and always anxious that one will accidentally bang their knee on it. Quality of amenities has also declined. Over priced tickets with diminished quality of the entire experience.

It was OK as the seat which we paid for doesn’t have any window. We paid $120 for 3 seats but it’s for nothing. Crew could not help. None of the ports worked so all our phones went dry

Check in took over an hour because printer was not working. Attendant did not know how to give free layover Addis Ababa hotel vouchers or update frequent flyer number. After repeated attempts, got voucher emailed. However hotel wanted printed voucher hence more delay. Bus time from hotel back to airport was printed 4:50 hours, but hotel reception called at 3 pm saying bus will leave at 4 pm. Then hotel reception called again saying 4:15 pm. We rushed at 4:15 pm and bus was not ready until 4:40 pm. Many audio outlets were not working in planes.

It is nice and great but the houstees crew are all the way back arguing with customers and behavior issues same of the crew i saw that also all the trips were very much butter!

Need to do a lot of improvement on service and cleaness

The Boeing 737 MAX on this route, flown in the middle of the night, is an UTTER FAILURE for business travellers. The whole point of business travel is to arrive alert and recover from travel quickly, and this little aeroplane with its quarter recline uncomfortable business seats does nothing for that. It’s a small step up from economy in that you have decent legroom, but that’s it. Absolute margin at the cost of the traveller.

Good. Crew do seem to be less friendly- management are clearly limiting them or not empowering them as they used to.

POSITIVES The hostesses were mostly pleasant, NEGATIVES The full flight wifi was horrible, hardly able to use it. My charger port was not working which made me use my neighbour's port which resulted in an accident which ruined her flight. During dinner, meat ran out when the cart got to us forcing us to eat vegetarian which was not great. We watched everyone around us eating meat. My wifi did not transfer to the second leg of my trip as they promised as they changed the plane. I was thrown off the window seat I booked for the 2nd leg of my journey as they changed planes, all done at my expense. This was not a cheap flight ($2600) which i hurriedly had to book to attend my mother's funeral who passed away suddenly. I was honestly disappointed with the whole saga as I heard Ethiopian Airlines was one of Africa's best.

The food was terrible and the seating was uncomfortable, but the airline did a great thing letting us board in Abbis Ababa on our connecting flight after our original flight was very delayed.

Delays delays making us miss or next connection to IAD hence having to stay additional 24 hrs in Addis Ababa

Were not told that carryon laggage has to be only 12 kgs but my bag was heavier asked to pay an additional $550.00. I could have upgraded to a bussiness class for that price and no one at the gate to upgrade but able to take money for the extra weight. I felt like this was a setup scam.

I had a comfortable seat that makes my trip wonderful. I appreciate the Ethiopia crew, they were very helpful

The worst experience ever, me and my little daughter suffered a lot on this trip. If there is zero or below-zero evaluation, definitely, I will give them.

Website for Egyptair Plus needs to be refined or go back to the old one...!

The flight was late 1 hr in amman with no ac

I lost my bad at Cairo’s airpor… it wasn’t shipped with me on the plane

Has upgraded from inside from leather sets to new version of touch screens ,,thank u

There is no respect or customer service whatsoever in Egypt airline extremely poor customer service never fly again. Find ticket with adjective airline. It’s like throwing money in the trash.

The plane was falling apart. Screens didn't work. My chair didn't work. My tray didn't work. It makes me nervous about the maintenance of vital functions for flight. The food is horrible. We never eat it.

Our flight was delayed for more than three hours due to mechanical issues. Please compensate.

Made to check carryon and had more than 500 dollars stolen buy airline

flight was late, after landing they made us stay 30 min-hour on the plane, very uncomfortable and not clean at all. Trash all over the plane very unsanitary

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