Johannesburg to Richards Bay runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:31 and the last around 14:22. One passenger pays between €47.93 and €50.29, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 13m over 502 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 October 5, 2026
€47.93 to €50.29
- 241%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Johannesburg
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.
- 06:31First departure
- 14:22Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €129.35Sat19
- about €99.26Sun20
- about €79.79Mon21
- about €81.56Tue22
- about €73.89Wed23
- about €108.11Thu24
- about €87.46Fri25
- about €75.07Sat26
- about €63.27Sun27
- about €57.96Mon28
- about €56.78Tue29
- about €69.76Wed30
- about €68.58Thu1
- about €67.40Fri2
- about €53.83Sat3
- about €52.06Sun4
- about €47.93Mon5
- about €47.93Tue6
- about €50.29Wed7
- about €58.55Thu8
- about €57.37Fri9
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 Richards Bay. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Richards Bay for the night the flight gets in
The search opens on Richards Bay with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Johannesburg to Richards Bay
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €60.3290 days
- €38.4960 days
- €37.9045 days
- €45.5730 days
- €57.3721 days
- €67.4014 days
- €87.467 days
- €79.793 days
- €129.351 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €37.90.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 241 percent. The most expensive point is €129.35, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Johannesburg to Richards Bay and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
502 km
487 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
9,418,183 → 252,968
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
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 502 km against 487 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from RCB into Richards Bay is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Richards Bay
Settled in advance, so the ride into Richards Bay 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.
Where to leave your bags in Richards Bay
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Johannesburg to Richards Bay
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 Johannesburg to Richards Bay?
The fastest journey from Johannesburg to Richards Bay takes 4h 13m door to door, of which 1h 3m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 16m, 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 Richards Bay?
The cheapest fare from Johannesburg to Richards Bay is €47.93, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €74.19. 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 Richards Bay?
The cheapest way from Johannesburg to Richards Bay is by flight, at €47.93 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 13m 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 Richards Bay?
Fares from Johannesburg to Richards Bay bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €37.90. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 241 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Johannesburg to Richards Bay?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Johannesburg to Richards Bay, at €56.78. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 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 Richards Bay?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Johannesburg to Richards Bay, at €40.26 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 Johannesburg to Richards Bay?
No operator record names Johannesburg to Richards Bay directly. Airlink (SAA), 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 Johannesburg to Richards Bay?
Every service we sell from Johannesburg to Richards Bay is direct, with around 4 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 13m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Johannesburg to Richards Bay use?
Services from Johannesburg to Richards Bay by flight leave from Johannesburg JNB and arrive at Richards Bay RCB. 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 Richards Bay?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Johannesburg to Richards Bay 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 Johannesburg to Richards Bay on September 18, 2026: 502 km of route against 487 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €47.93, and 4h 13m 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 Richards Bay is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Richards Bay and across South Africa
Day trips that leave Richards Bay in the morning and cover a good part of South Africa by evening.
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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. Richards Bay reaches 1 places in 1 countries, from 487 to 487 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Johannesburg
- 104Places you can leave for
- 45Countries
- 46Operators