Cheapest€695.75
- Norse Atlantic Airways UK NA231206:2913h 46m21:15London LHRCape Town CPT
Door to door 16h 56mCO2 1474.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
London to Cape Town flight
Flights from London to Cape Town start at €695.75 and take 16h 7m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price London to Cape Town on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from London to Cape Town starts at €695.75 and takes 16h 7m door to door, run by 4 operators over 9,961 km, with around 23 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 16h 7mDoor to door
- 12h 57mMoving
- €904.61 to €1,807.31From
- 06:11 to 19:36First and last departure
- 23Per day
- 1474.2 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€904.61 to €1,807.31 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,770.14Fri18
- about €1,807.31Sat19
- about €1,365.99Sun20
- about €1,206.10Mon21
- about €1,131.76Tue22
- about €1,288.11Wed23
- about €1,252.71Thu24
- about €1,229.11Fri25
- about €1,177.78Sat26
- about €1,114.06Sun27
- about €936.47Mon28
- about €904.61Tue29
- about €973.64Wed30
- about €973.64Thu1
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Fastest€821.42
- South African Airways SA503510:0312h 57m00:00London LHRCape Town CPT
Door to door 16h 7mCO2 1474.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 British Airways | €776.58 | 16h 4m |
 South African Airways | €716.40 | 16h 3m |
 Virgin Atlantic Airways | €717.58 | 16h 3m |
| Norse Atlantic Airways UK | €695.75 | 16h 3m |
The flight gets you into Cape Town. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Cape Town for the night the flight gets in
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When to book London to Cape Town
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €773.6390 days
- €597.2260 days
- €694.4445 days
- €732.9430 days
- €940.0121 days
- €973.6414 days
- €1,244.997 days
- €1,365.993 days
- €1,770.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €597.22.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 196 percent. The dearest point is €1,770.14, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €1,114.06Sun
- €936.47Mon
- €904.61Tue
- €973.64Wed
- €973.64Thu
- €1,229.11Fri
- €1,177.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
London
Air
- LHR
- LGW
- STN
- LTN
- LCY
- SEN
Cape Town
Air
- CPT
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 9,961 km against 9,671 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Frankfurt am Main, Luanda, Paris, Zürich. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves London at 06:11 and the last at 19:36, across 23 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about London to Cape Town
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from London to Cape Town take?
The Flight from London to Cape Town takes 16h 7m door to door, of which 12h 57m is spent moving. The route runs 9,961 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from London to Cape Town cost?
The Flight from London to Cape Town starts at €695.75 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €887.50. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from London to Cape Town?
4 operators run the Flight from London to Cape Town: British Airways, South African Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Norse Atlantic Airways UK. Between them they file around 23 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from London to Cape Town use?
The Flight from London to Cape Town leaves from London LHR and arrives at Cape Town CPT. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from London to Cape Town?
Fares for the Flight from London to Cape Town bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €597.22. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 196 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from London to Cape Town produce?
The Flight from London to Cape Town produces about 1474.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 9961 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for London to Cape Town on 17 September 2026: 9961 km of route against 9671 km in a straight line, 23 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €695.75, and 16h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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A car waiting when you land in Cape Town
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