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Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

London
London1 stopR6 469
Amsterdam
Amsterdam1 stopR11 270
Istanbul
Istanbul1 stopR9 076
Paris
Paris1 stopR7 576
Lisbon
Lisbon1 stopR7 894
Dublin
Dublin1 stopR7 763
Athens
Athens1 stopR7 763
Rome
Rome1 stopR7 876
Manchester
Manchester1 stopR6 863
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am MaindirectR7 782
Zurich
Zurich1 stopR10 144
Funchal
Funchal1 stopR8 063
Milan
Milan1 stopR8 176
Munich
Munich2 stopsR10 688
Madrid
Madrid1 stopR7 688
Berlin
Berlin1 stopR11 963
Porto
Porto1 stopR7 763
Edinburgh
Edinburgh1 stopR7 126
Brussels
Brussels1 stopR9 544

Good to know

Low season

February

High season

June

Cheapest flight

R4 669
Best time to beat the crowds (14% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (15% more expensive on average)
Flight from Cape Town to Frankfurt am Main

FAQs - booking Europe flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from South Africa to Europe?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from South Africa to Europe.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from South Africa to Europe?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from South Africa to Europe is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from South Africa to Europe?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from South Africa to Europe with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from South Africa to Europe?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from South Africa to Europe up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Europe

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Europe? 25% of our users found return tickets to Europe for the following prices or less: From Durban R10 545, from Cape Town R23 999, from Johannesburg OR Tambo R26 896
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be July and August. The cheapest month to fly from South Africa is February.
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Top 5 airlines flying to Europe

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from South Africa to Europe? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8,1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3351 reviews
8,2Entertainment
8,3Crew
8,0Comfort
8,1Boarding
7,9Food
Airline reviews

On this flight, about the last 2 hours the captain kept the cabin too hot. It appeared like the ac was off.

8,0 ExcellentDiane, Nov 2024KUL - DXB
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On this flight, about the last 2 hours the captain kept the cabin too hot. It appeared like the ac was off.

The food was amazing on our flight. So many options for movies and shows to stay entertained for 12 hours.

Worst flight I ever had I payed for special seats with underpriced which I never recieved. I will like you to make sure that I am refunded my 134.00 dollars that I paid for the seats that I never received. I am looking forward for Kayak to look into this issue with underpriced because they took my money and never booked the seats for me with the airline.

Okish. But for £550 , I’d have preferred a better experience

More leg room or a bed hahaha but in all was one of the best flys I been on

Fresh energetic and friendly crew, great food, brand new plane and non stop entertainment

Seats are not as easy to move as you would hope in premium econo Y

Emirates is good airlines. But there plane seats were very small and congested. Need to little good and big seats in economy class.

On the DXB to IAD flight, missed the snack between the meals again...

No Vegetarian options onboard, made to wait for a long time for boarding

They didn't board by zones and it was a free for all. The 16 hour flight was the most excruciating experience of my life and the seats were TINY... with no leg space and my feet were swollen immediately. The food was so bad it was inedible.

The only thing that could have been better, is that the food trays get left way to long after a meal. We had a snack 8 hrs into the trip, and they left us with the boxes and cups for way too long. It is not fun being trapped in your seat unnecessarily

There was frequent beverage ,meal and snack service. The crew was very hospitable and professional.

Moved seats, didn't accommodate requests to change seats even though other seats were available.

The rows of seats in economy class are seriously close to one another making eating and resting just about impossible - there is hardly any legroom. Anyone larger than average size would have an incredibly uncomfortable flight. I had to basically share my seat with the lady passenger next to me as she was too big to fit into her allotted seat.

Do I need to repeat my complaints about my lost carry on bag?

Being a platinum member, no attention given. No towel or tissue provided.

Between Air India and Qatar my luggage was lost for three days. I eventually found my own luggage location using the Apple Air Tag. Air India used a paper form to report my lost luggage. I could never get past getting past luggage personnel with my report number before they would hang up on me. Only after them specifically telling Air India at Chandigarh airport where my luggage was located which was right under their noses did they react. After three days I finally received my luggage. The Air India luggage folks didn’t seem proactive in finding the luggage’s rightful owner.

As gold member there is no priority checkin. Meaning you either have to board with your zone or last with business class pax. As economy pax all the baggage bays are filled by the time you arrive

I had first class service from them. A little late taking off, but no major problem

We are glinting with united , but over all very disappointed

I like how professional, fast and good the whole experience was.

Terrible plane small airbus good for a 1 hr trip I booked business as it is. A night flight and 4hrs trip it was an ordinary economy seat with no one next to me what a joke what a stupid decision to buy business

For the price of the ticket it's probably the best service in the world

better announcing at the gate prior to boarding and better organization of various gps

This time, I traveled in the economy, and it was surprisingly better than the eco-premium (food, comfort, and crew were noticeably worse in premium!)

Lots of water brought around by staff which is very important to stay hydrated on a long flight. There provided swiss chocolate icecream! The attention to detail is obvious. They really want to make their passengers entertained and comfortable.

I would recommend flying SWISS to anyone. Very impressed by the quality of food. The staff was extremely kind and accommodating. They arranged a shuttle to help a group of passengers make connecting flights when there was a delay.

Excellent Airline. Food, crew and comfort was perfect. Entertainment screens were old. Didn’t like them.

Crew was wonderful, snacks were so good and quite a variety for free, food was mediocre, big selection of movies and they kept lavatories pretty clean throughout the flight

Terrible experience. Should be a short simple flight from San Francisco to Palm Springs. Disgusting insult that United Air doesn’t have a cabin crew ready to receive a plane that’s already an hour plus late in departure. Lots of misinformation along the way from cockpit and crew. Definitely unimpressed with both union and management.

I have flown with many airlines. My first time was several years ago. Now I remember why I avoided them for so long. Lufthanza is the only airline who has ever raised a size/weight issue with my modest standard size carry on. I had to repack three times to meet their carry-on weight criteria. (Apparently the rules of physics apply differently on Lufthansa flight than on other airlines.) In the meantime their staff was quite rude, repeating meaningless phrases like "Rules are Rules." And ignoring the additional fact that weight is also weight, whether it is in found in your carry on or in your suitcase. They eventually acknowledged that customer service and satisfaction is, for them, a low priority. Never choosing Lufthansa again.

Sorry, I’m not a fan of United. The seats are just too cramped and uncomfortable if you are traveling very far.

The agent, who took my mother to her gate, kept talking with one of her male coworkers and treating my mother like a sack of potatoes. She was ignoring my questions because she was too busy flirting with her male colleague. This was a very unprofessional behavior. We also had to wait for close to half an hour for an agent to arrive.

Rushed due to connecting Lufthansa flight delay Seating very tight and uncomfortable with poor leg room Long lines for rest room

Boarding was easy and well organized, Breakfast was not very good.

Good flight. Entertainment equipment was sub-par - old-style 2-prong jack headphones that don't fir ears well. Entertainment software interface was slow and glitchy to navigate.

Wonderful I upgraded from premium economy to business and it was totally worth it. The crew was fantastic. Very attentive positive. They made me feel right at home. We were on a 747 business class second story seat and it was fantastic.

Slightly delayed but still a more comfortable experience to take a real airline instead of a budget one.

They separated me from my kids We were checked in to fly from Vienna to Frankfurt and Washington DC final destination but separated my wife and kids sent them to Barcelona instead then Washington DC They end up traveling for 26 hours Horrible experience Never Austrian Airlines/Lufthansa again!

It was just ok. Half the bathrooms were broke on the flight.

Nice flight. Legroom was good. Food was good. Staff was friendly and helpful. Plane was modern and clean. Seats and headrests were comfortable. Entertainment system was good and modern, with a bright LCD screen and many appealing choices.

If they wouldn't have canceled the flight WITHOUT informing me until I looked at my ticket and saw I had 2 extra layovers in 2 different cities than the ones I paid for? That would have been nice.

Poor BA get a lot of stick and have some problems getting your bags to the same destination BUT the whole experience is very much 5 star and probably due to excellent, helpful and sooo British staff. We travelled in economy plus.

The luggage is still in transit and the ground staff at Heathrow airport very rude and uncooperative. If I was you, I would fire them straight away. Bunch of incompetent folks.

The seats were uncomfy and the food tasteless, crew clueless

The seats of the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner were ridiculously uncomfortable. I was on 10 flights during this vacation and this plane was super uncomfortable both times I was on one whereas all of the others were perfectly fine. Additionally, these planes do not have any air vents that passengers can control, the climate is entirely controlled by the crew which made for an extremely uncomfortable temperature for the duration. The flight attendants tried to make everyone happy with the temperature but several people you could tell were excessively warm and just wanted a bit of airflow.

I only took two Europe trip with BA, 100% are delayed. Today’s delay caused missed next flight, they booked next flight for me but we had to wait at the airport for 6 hours. The trip to Berlin, same experience, delayed for 3 hours for no reason. Will not treat with BA anymore.

Business class in Club Europe is basically a slightly larger seat, with the middle seat blocked off. Not really business class, except for the free food/drink - which was also delicious!

Food made us sick for the rest of the day. Terrible passenger in front of me kept reclining and banging his seat, it hurt my knee multiple times. I kindly asked the attendant to intervene, she would not. Way too many sick people coughing on the flight without wearing a mask. Sick passengers should not be allowed to fly unless they wear a mask. I hope we don't get sick for our 2 week vacation

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Recent return flight deals

4/2Tue
1 stopSWISS
14h 15mCPT-LHR
19/2Wed
1 stopSWISS
13h 55mLHR-CPT
R6 469
2/2Sun
1 stopSWISS
18h 25mJNB-LHR
9/2Sun
1 stopSWISS
13h 35mLHR-JNB
R6 469
28/1Tue
1 stopLufthansa
15h 25mCPT-LHR
13/11Thu
2 stopsLufthansa
20h 10mLHR-CPT
R8 607
16/2Sun
1 stopLufthansa
14h 45mJNB-LHR
23/2Sun
1 stopLufthansa
32h 50mLHR-JNB
R8 813
30/1Thu
1 stopBritish Airways
16h 05mJNB-LIN
5/2Wed
1 stopBritish Airways
18h 55mLIN-JNB
R12 076
11/2Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 45mJNB-LGW
21/2Fri
1 stopQatar Airways
22h 25mLGW-JNB
R12 113
9/5Fri
1 stopBritish Airways
18h 05mJNB-LIN
16/5Fri
1 stopBritish Airways
19h 50mLIN-JNB
R12 113
27/2Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 45mJNB-LGW
4/3Tue
1 stopQatar Airways
22h 35mLGW-JNB
R12 357
27/1Mon
1 stopEmirates
38h 00mJNB-BGY
3/2Mon
1 stopEmirates
31h 30mBGY-JNB
R12 376
13/3Thu
1 stopEmirates
24h 40mJNB-STN
21/3Fri
1 stopEmirates
18h 20mSTN-JNB
R13 595

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23/1Thu
directCondor
12h 10mCPT-FRA
R4 669
22/1Wed
1 stop
27h 05mJNB-LGW
R4 932
23/1Thu
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 35mJNB-LGW
R5 082
3/2Mon
1 stopQatar Airways
18h 45mJNB-LGW
R5 100
15/3Sat
1 stopEmirates
21h 25mJNB-STN
R7 501
23/1Thu
1 stopEmirates
21h 25mJNB-STN
R7 519
2/2Sun
1 stopLufthansa
15h 50mJNB-LCY
R8 813
8/2Sat
2 stopsSWISS
27h 45mCPT-LHR
R9 076
2/2Sun
1 stopSWISS
14h 55mJNB-LCY
R9 226
22/1Wed
1 stopLufthansa
15h 50mJNB-LCY
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21/1Tue
multi-stopSWISS
14h 15mCPT-LHR
23/3Sun
multi-stopSWISS
14h 25mLHR-CPT
R7 557
21/1Tue
multi-stopSWISS
24h 35mCPT-LHR
23/3Sun
multi-stopSWISS
14h 25mLHR-CPT
R8 138
19/1Sun
multi-stopLufthansa
16h 50mJNB-LHR
26/1Sun
multi-stopLufthansa
33h 50mLHR-JNB
R10 070
19/1Sun
multi-stopLufthansa
14h 45mJNB-LHR
25/1Sat
multi-stopLufthansa
19h 35mLHR-JNB
R10 107
21/1Tue
directBritish Airways
11h 20mJNB-LHR
26/1Sun
directBritish Airways
11h 05mLHR-JNB
R12 657
21/1Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
18h 45mJNB-LGW
23/1Thu
multi-stopQatar Airways
22h 45mLGW-JNB
R12 676
21/1Tue
directBritish Airways
11h 20mJNB-LHR
24/1Fri
directBritish Airways
11h 05mLHR-JNB
R12 676
22/1Wed
multi-stopQatar Airways
18h 45mJNB-LGW
24/1Fri
multi-stopQatar Airways
35h 50mLGW-JNB
R12 807
18/1Sat
multi-stopEmirates
22h 55mJNB-BGY
8/2Sat
multi-stopEmirates
21h 05mBGY-JNB
R13 876
21/1Tue
multi-stopEmirates
18h 50mJNB-LGW
24/1Fri
multi-stopEmirates
22h 45mLGW-JNB
R14 364

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