Johannesburg to Upington

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Johannesburg to Upington. From €65.63, fastest 4h 30m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Johannesburg to Upington runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:31 and the last around 14:22. One passenger pays between €65.63 and €69.76, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 30m over 737 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 19, 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

€65.63 to €69.76

  • 212%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

  1. about €162.39Sun20
  2. about €113.42Mon21
  3. about €139.97Tue22
  4. about €104.57Wed23
  5. about €154.13Thu24
  6. about €124.04Fri25
  7. about €130.53Sat26
  8. about €88.64Sun27
  9. about €80.38Mon28
  10. about €79.20Tue29
  11. about €98.08Wed30
  12. about €96.31Thu1
  13. about €94.54Fri2
  14. about €88.05Sat3
  15. about €72.71Sun4
  16. about €65.63Mon5
  17. about €66.22Tue6
  18. about €69.17Wed7
  19. about €81.56Thu8
  20. about €79.79Fri9
  21. about €76.25Sat10

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 Upington. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Upington for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Upington Railway 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 Johannesburg to Upington

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

  1. €93.3690 days
  2. €53.8360 days
  3. €52.0645 days
  4. €56.7830 days
  5. €76.2521 days
  6. €88.0514 days
  7. €130.537 days
  8. €139.973 days
  9. €162.391 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €52.06.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 212 percent. The most expensive point is €162.39, 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.
€162.39€52.06137142130456090

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 Upington 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

737 km

715 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

9,418,18371,373

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

JohannesburgJohannesburgUpingtonUpington
The journey

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 737 km against 715 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

The fare from UTN into Upington is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Upington

Settled in advance, so the ride into Upington costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

Upington is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Upington Railway Station

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

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Questions about Johannesburg to Upington

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 Upington?

The fastest journey from Johannesburg to Upington takes 4h 30m door to door, of which 1h 23m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 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 Johannesburg to Upington?

The cheapest fare from Johannesburg to Upington is €65.63, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €103.39. 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 Upington?

The cheapest way from Johannesburg to Upington is by flight, at €65.63 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 33m 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 Upington?

Fares from Johannesburg to Upington bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €52.06. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 212 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Johannesburg to Upington?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Johannesburg to Upington, at €79.20. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 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 Upington?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Johannesburg to Upington, at €54.42 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 Upington?

No operator record names Johannesburg to Upington 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 Upington?

Every service we sell from Johannesburg to Upington is direct, with around 4 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 30m 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 Upington use?

Services from Johannesburg to Upington by flight leave from Johannesburg JNB and arrive at Upington UTN. 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 Upington?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Johannesburg to Upington 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 Upington on September 19, 2026: 737 km of route against 715 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €65.63, and 4h 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 Upington is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Upington and across South Africa

Day trips that leave Upington 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. Upington reaches 1 places in 1 countries, from 715 to 715 km.

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Leaving Johannesburg

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

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