Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:47 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €229.06, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 17m over 2,945 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €229.06, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€229.06
- 272%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Sainte-Marie
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:47First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €719.94Mon21
- about €553.56Tue22
- about €508.72Wed23
- about €619.64Thu24
- about €445.00Fri25
- about €445.59Sat26
- about €457.39Sun27
- about €284.52Mon28
- about €360.63Tue29
- about €297.50Wed30
- about €406.65Thu1
- about €421.40Fri2
- about €433.20Sat3
- about €327.59Sun4
- about €260.92Mon5
- about €229.06Tue6
- about €262.10Wed7
- about €377.74Thu8
- about €322.28Fri9
- about €301.63Sat10
- about €327.00Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Johannesburg. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Johannesburg for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €297.5090 days
- €253.2560 days
- €236.1445 days
- €193.6630 days
- €327.0021 days
- €327.5914 days
- €457.397 days
- €508.723 days
- €719.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €193.66.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 272 percent. The dearest point is €719.94, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
2,945 km
2,859 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
34,344 → 9,418,183
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
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,945 km against 2,859 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 Antananarivo, Mahébourg, Hell-Ville. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
Johannesburg is large, and the road in from JNB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Johannesburg
Settled in advance, so the ride into Johannesburg costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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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 Johannesburg Park Station
Most of the points near Johannesburg Park Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg
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 Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg?
The fastest journey from Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg takes 7h 17m door to door, of which 4h 26m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 36m, 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 Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg?
The cheapest fare from Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg is €229.06, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €379.51. 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 Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg?
The cheapest way from Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg is by flight, at €229.06 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 36m 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 Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg?
Fares from Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €193.66. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 272 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 Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg, at €284.52. 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 Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg, at €211.36 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 Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg?
Air Austral publish service areas covering both Sainte-Marie and Johannesburg, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg?
25 percent of the services we sell from Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg are direct. The rest connect at Antananarivo, Mahébourg, Hell-Ville, with about 51 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 Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg use?
Services from Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg by flight leave from Roland Garros Airport RUN and arrive at O.R. Tambo International Airport JNB. 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 Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg 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.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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 Sainte-Marie to Johannesburg on 20 September 2026: 2945 km of route against 2859 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €229.06, and 7h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Johannesburg is somebody else's catalogue.
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The two ends, compared
Sainte-Marie reaches 14 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 230 to 9,372 km. Johannesburg reaches 104 places in 45 countries, from 41 to 13,566 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sainte-Marie
- 14Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Johannesburg
Leaving Johannesburg
- 104Places you can leave for
- 45Countries
- 51Operators