Johannesburg to Hong Kong runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 14:40. One passenger pays between €805.49 and €919.36, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 17h 26m over 11,040 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€805.49 to €919.36
- 175%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Johannesburg
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:27First departure
- 14:40Last departure
- 8Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,825.01Mon21
- about €1,763.06Tue22
- about €1,712.91Wed23
- about €1,946.55Thu24
- about €1,715.27Fri25
- about €1,667.48Sat26
- about €1,753.62Sun27
- about €1,253.30Mon28
- about €1,063.32Tue29
- about €1,296.37Wed30
- about €1,328.23Thu1
- about €1,236.19Fri2
- about €1,193.71Sat3
- about €1,131.76Sun4
- about €805.49Mon5
- about €838.53Tue6
- about €829.09Wed7
- about €1,100.49Thu8
- about €1,091.05Fri9
- about €1,094.59Sat10
- about €925.26Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in Hong Kong for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Johannesburg to Hong Kong
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €1,137.6690 days
- €840.8960 days
- €768.9145 days
- €663.3030 days
- €925.2621 days
- €1,131.7614 days
- €1,753.627 days
- €1,712.913 days
- €1,825.011 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €663.30.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 175 percent. The dearest point is €1,825.01, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Johannesburg to Hong Kong and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
6 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
11,040 km
10,719 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
9,418,183 → 7,396,076
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 11,040 km against 10,719 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 Bangkok, Mumbai, Mahébourg, Singapore. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station
Most of the points near Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Johannesburg to Hong Kong
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 it take to get from Johannesburg to Hong Kong?
The fastest journey from Johannesburg to Hong Kong takes 17h 26m door to door, of which 14h 16m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 18h 30m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Johannesburg to Hong Kong?
The cheapest fare from Johannesburg to Hong Kong is €805.49, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,442.40. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Johannesburg to Hong Kong?
The cheapest way from Johannesburg to Hong Kong is by flight, at €805.49 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 17h 26m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Johannesburg to Hong Kong?
Fares from Johannesburg to Hong Kong bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €663.30. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 175 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Johannesburg to Hong Kong?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Johannesburg to Hong Kong, at €1,063.32. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Johannesburg to Hong Kong?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Johannesburg to Hong Kong, at €692.21 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Johannesburg to Hong Kong?
2 operators sell services from Johannesburg to Hong Kong across 1 mode: Cathay Pacific, South African Airways. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Johannesburg to Hong Kong?
50 percent of the services we sell from Johannesburg to Hong Kong are direct. The rest connect at Bangkok, Mumbai, Mahébourg, Singapore, with about 59 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Johannesburg to Hong Kong use?
Services from Johannesburg to Hong Kong by flight leave from O.R. Tambo International Airport JNB and arrive at Hong Kong International Airport HKG. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Johannesburg to Hong Kong?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Johannesburg to Hong Kong allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Johannesburg to Hong Kong on 20 September 2026: 11040 km of route against 10719 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €805.49, and 17h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Johannesburg reaches 104 places in 45 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 13,566 km. Hong Kong reaches 186 places in 54 countries, from 16 to 13,113 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Johannesburg
- 104Places you can leave for
- 45Countries
- 51Operators
Arriving in Hong Kong
Leaving Hong Kong
- 186Places you can leave for
- 54Countries
- 115Operators