Cape Town to Delhi runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €767.73, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 17h 30m over 10,020 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €767.73, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€767.73
- 216%Moves across the booking window
216%When it runs, leaving Cape Town
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
3
0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €2,136.53Thu24
- about €1,861.59Fri25
- about €1,555.38Sat26
- about €1,593.14Sun27
- about €1,382.51Mon28
- about €1,263.92Tue29
- about €1,117.60Wed30
- about €1,265.10Thu1
- about €1,242.68Fri2
- about €1,256.25Sat3
- about €1,122.91Sun4
- about €909.33Mon5
- about €1,105.80Tue6
- about €919.36Wed7
- about €1,082.20Thu8
- about €1,087.51Fri9
- about €1,143.56Sat10
- about €891.04Sun11
- about €822.60Mon12
- about €767.73Tue13
- about €816.11Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Delhi. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Delhi for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Cape Town to Delhi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €827.3290 days
- €676.8760 days
- €874.5245 days
- €885.7330 days
- €816.1121 days
- €919.3614 days
- €1,117.607 days
- €1,555.383 days
- €2,136.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €676.87.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 216 percent. The most expensive point is €2,136.53, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Cape Town to Delhi and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
3.5 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
10,020 km
9,308 km as the crow flies, 8% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
4,772,846 → 11,034,555
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
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 10,020 km against 9,309 km in a straight line, a detour of 8 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Dubai. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 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.
Delhi is large, and the road in from DEL can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Delhi
Settled in advance, so the ride into Delhi costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand 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.
Baggage storage near New Delhi railway station
Most of the points near New Delhi railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Cape Town to Delhi
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Cape Town to Delhi?
The fastest journey from Cape Town to Delhi takes 17h 30m door to door, of which 13h 34m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 18h 40m, 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 Cape Town to Delhi?
The cheapest fare from Cape Town to Delhi is €767.73, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,208.46. 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 Cape Town to Delhi?
The cheapest way from Cape Town to Delhi is by flight, at €767.73 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 17h 38m 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 Cape Town to Delhi?
Fares from Cape Town to Delhi bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €676.87. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 216 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Cape Town to Delhi?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Cape Town to Delhi, at €909.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Cape Town to Delhi?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cape Town to Delhi, at €686.31 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 service from Cape Town to Delhi?
4 operators sell services from Cape Town to Delhi across 1 mode: Emirates, Ethiopian Airlines, IndiGo Airlines, Kenya 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 Cape Town to Delhi?
0 percent of the services we sell from Cape Town to Delhi are direct. The rest connect at Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Dubai, with about 54 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 Cape Town to Delhi use?
Services from Cape Town to Delhi by flight leave from Cape Town International Airport CPT and arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport DEL. 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 Cape Town to Delhi?
0 of the 4 operators we sell from Cape Town to Delhi 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 labeled 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 Cape Town to Delhi on September 23, 2026: 10020 km of route against 9309 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €767.73, and 17h 30m 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 Delhi is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Delhi and across India
Day trips that leave Delhi in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Cape Town reaches 77 places in 27 countries on services we hold, over distances from 40 to 13,715 km. Delhi reaches 448 places in 65 countries, from 20 to 13,315 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Cape Town
- 77Places you can leave for
- 27Countries
- 25Operators
27
25Arriving in Delhi
Leaving Delhi
- 448Places you can leave for
- 65Countries
- 80Operators