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Hong Kong to Johannesburg

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Hong Kong to Johannesburg. From €805.49, fastest 17h 26m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Hong Kong to Johannesburg runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €805.49 and €1,047.98, 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.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

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 October 5, 2026

€805.49 to €1,047.98

  • 144%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Hong Kong

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:27First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 6Services per day
  • 33%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €1,747.13Mon21
  2. about €1,786.07Tue22
  3. about €1,390.77Wed23
  4. about €2,040.95Thu24
  5. about €2,066.91Fri25
  6. about €1,702.88Sat26
  7. about €1,281.03Sun27
  8. about €1,124.68Mon28
  9. about €1,100.49Tue29
  10. about €1,168.34Wed30
  11. about €1,531.78Thu1
  12. about €1,188.99Fri2
  13. about €1,301.68Sat3
  14. about €944.73Sun4
  15. about €805.49Mon5
  16. about €843.84Tue6
  17. about €824.96Wed7
  18. about €1,131.76Thu8
  19. about €1,117.60Fri9
  20. about €1,065.68Sat10
  21. about €1,048.57Sun11

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 flight gets you into Johannesburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Johannesburg for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Johannesburg Park Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Hong Kong to Johannesburg

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €1,141.7990 days
  2. €840.8960 days
  3. €785.4345 days
  4. €716.9930 days
  5. €1,048.5721 days
  6. €944.7314 days
  7. €1,281.037 days
  8. €1,390.773 days
  9. €1,747.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €716.99.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 144 percent. The most expensive point is €1,747.13, 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.
€1,747.13€716.99137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Hong Kong to Johannesburg and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

6 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

11,040 km

10,719 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

7,396,0769,418,183

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Hong KongHong KongJohannesburgJohannesburg
The journey

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
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% 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, Singapore, Mahébourg, Mumbai. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 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 taxi stand outside an airport terminal

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 cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Johannesburg Park Station

Most of the points near Johannesburg Park Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Hong Kong to Johannesburg

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 Hong Kong to Johannesburg?

The fastest journey from Hong Kong to Johannesburg takes 17h 26m door to door, of which 14h 42m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 18h 35m, 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 Hong Kong to Johannesburg?

The cheapest fare from Hong Kong to Johannesburg is €805.49, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,412.60. 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 Hong Kong to Johannesburg?

The cheapest way from Hong Kong to Johannesburg is by flight, at €805.49 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 17h 52m 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 Hong Kong to Johannesburg?

Fares from Hong Kong to Johannesburg bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €716.99. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 144 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Hong Kong to Johannesburg?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Hong Kong to Johannesburg, at €1,048.57. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Hong Kong to Johannesburg?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Hong Kong to Johannesburg, at €767.14 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 Hong Kong to Johannesburg?

No operator record names Hong Kong to Johannesburg directly. Cathay Pacific, South African Airways publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Hong Kong to Johannesburg?

33 percent of the services we sell from Hong Kong to Johannesburg are direct. The rest connect at Bangkok, Singapore, Mahébourg, Mumbai, with about 53 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 Hong Kong to Johannesburg use?

Services from Hong Kong to Johannesburg by flight leave from Hong Kong HKG and arrive at Johannesburg 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 Hong Kong to Johannesburg?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Hong Kong 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 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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Hong Kong to Johannesburg on September 20, 2026: 11040 km of route against 10719 km in a straight line, 6 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.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Johannesburg is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Johannesburg and across South Africa

Day trips that leave Johannesburg in the morning and cover a good part of South Africa by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Hong Kong reaches 187 places in 55 countries on services we hold, over distances from 16 to 13,113 km. Johannesburg reaches 104 places in 45 countries, from 41 to 13,566 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Hong Kong

  • 187Places you can leave for
  • 55Countries
  • 115Operators

Arriving in Johannesburg

Leaving Johannesburg

  • 104Places you can leave for
  • 45Countries
  • 46Operators

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