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R12 121 Find Cheap Flights from Sydney to Cape Town

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Cheap Flight Deals from Sydney to Cape Town (SYD-CPT)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Sydney to Cape Town that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

Recent return flight deals from Sydney to Cape Town

Recommended round-trip deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Sydney to Cape Town.
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6:45 - 9:25SYD-CPT
35h 40m2 stops
10:40 - 7:40CPT-SYD
36h 00m2 stops
R18 880Singapore Airlines
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Tue, Feb 25 - Tue, Mar 25
16:10 - 9:25SYD-CPT
50h 15m2 stops
10:40 - 11:50CPT-SYD
40h 10m2 stops
R19 242Singapore Airlines
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Wed, Feb 26 - Wed, Mar 26
21:10 - 16:45SYD-CPT
28h 35m1 stop
13:40 - 6:30CPT-SYD
31h 50m2 stops
R23 047Emirates
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Wed, Feb 26 - Wed, Mar 26
15:55 - 16:45SYD-CPT
33h 50m2 stops
18:25 - 22:30CPT-SYD
43h 05m1 stop
R23 119Emirates
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Tue, Feb 25 - Tue, Mar 25
9:30 - 22:50SYD-CPT
22h 20m1 stop
20:20 - 14:15CPT-SYD
32h 55m1 stop
R23 174
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Mon, Jan 27 - Thu, Jan 30
9:30 - 23:10SYD-CPT
22h 40m1 stop
6:40 - 14:15CPT-SYD
22h 35m1 stop
R23 300
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Sat, Feb 1 - Sat, Feb 8
18:15 - 10:20SYD-CPT
25h 05m2 stops
8:55 - 22:30CPT-SYD
28h 35m2 stops
R26 236South African
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Mon, Jan 27 - Thu, Jan 30
18:15 - 18:50SYD-CPT
33h 35m2 stops
19:30 - 6:10CPT-SYD
49h 40m2 stops
R26 290South African
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Tue, Jan 21 - Wed, Feb 5
9:30 - 19:55SYD-CPT
19h 25m1 stop
6:50 - 14:15CPT-SYD
22h 25m1 stop
R30 059Qantas Airways
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Fri, Jan 10 - Sun, Feb 9
9:30 - 14:30SYD-CPT
38h 00m1 stop
6:50 - 14:15CPT-SYD
22h 25m1 stop
R48 449Qantas Airways
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Thu, Jan 16 - Thu, Jan 30

Flights from Sydney to Cape Town - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Sydney to Cape Town to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Sydney to Cape Town?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Sydney to Cape Town clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
For Sydney to Cape Town, Thursday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Wednesday is the most expensive. Flying from Cape Town back to Sydney, the best deals are generally found on Wednesday, with Saturday being the most expensive.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Sydney to Cape Town?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Sydney to Cape Town, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights from Sydney to Cape Town is February, where tickets cost R21 072 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R38 937 and R28 029 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Sydney to Cape Town?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Sydney to Cape Town, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price on the flight from Sydney to Cape Town, you should book around 5 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

July

High season

December

Cheapest flight

R12 121
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 12% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly (55% more expensive on average)
Flight from Sydney to Cape Town

When to book flights from Sydney to Cape Town

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Sydney to Cape Town based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs for booking flights from Sydney to Cape Town

  • What is the cheapest flight from Sydney to Cape Town?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Sydney to Cape Town was R669 for a one-way ticket and R1 042 for a return.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Sydney to Cape Town?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Sydney to Cape Town?

    Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam are the airline alliances operating flights between Sydney and Cape Town, with oneworld being the most commonly used for this route.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Sydney to Cape Town, Singapore Airlines or Emirates?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Sydney to Cape Town are Singapore Airlines and Emirates. With an average price for the route of R24 910 and an overall rating of 8,1, Singapore Airlines is the most popular choice. Emirates is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of R25 504 and an overall rating of 8,1.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Sydney to Cape Town?

    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 Sydney to Cape Town.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Sydney to Cape Town?

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Sydney to Cape Town?

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

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Sydney to Cape Town?

    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 to Cape Town from Sydney up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top airlines flying from Sydney to Cape Town

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Sydney to Cape Town. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Sydney to Cape Town? 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 3410 reviews
8,0Comfort
8,3Crew
8,1Boarding
7,9Food
8,2Entertainment
Airline reviews

Amazing and great experience, crew was available and took great care of my parents. Food was nice and so was the service. Aircraft from Dubai to Mumbai was not so great and was a big showdown of the aircraft service

10,0 ExcellentNikhil, Nov 2024YYZ - DXB
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Amazing and great experience, crew was available and took great care of my parents. Food was nice and so was the service. Aircraft from Dubai to Mumbai was not so great and was a big showdown of the aircraft service

Priority boarding for Silver and Premium Economy was very disorganised, in fact, non-existent.

Nothing, all that I know is that I will never travel with Emirates again Qatar is were I belong. You guys should send someone over to experience what true acomadation is, Emirates has the worst food that I ever eat on any airline ,even jetblue has better food and snacks that curry Indian garbage you guys serve just make people sick.

The crew were friendly, dressed professionally and helpful when needed. The food was good to very good. The seats were comfortable and entertainment selections were excellent.   For that long of a flight Athens to Newark Economy is a little tight and the space became uncomfortable about mid-way. Next time I would try and get a Premium Economy seat. Especially for the return flight when one can be less enthused and tired. On the way to a vacation enthusiasm can outweigh discomfort.

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

The staff were very friendly and helpful. The seats were very comfortable and spacious. The entertainment was amazing, and so was the food!

We did not fly and our agent has been uncilling and uncooperative to help us rebook flight. We will never use Kayak ever again to book our flights, and we will let our network of friends know that using Kayak is equal to losing $$$$$.

Food was good, great communication by Pilot and Co Pilot, Crew very friendly. Slow beginning drink and meal service - over 2hrs into flight which disrupted overnight flight sleep. Entertainment systems was 3 Stars, my wife's was nonfunctional and had to call attendant 3 times to get it reset, mine the headphones and jack we're twitchy and keep going to muted volume.

The plane was very old and uncomfortable. Service was very slow!

It was an average flight. I would have expected more from this airline. Food, seats, service, etc was just average. I just give them some extra points for offering free WiFi on board with just a Krisflyer account.

Check in was easy through self-check-in kiosks just like domestic flights. Staff onboard were fantastic. Some "book the cook" good options weren't great, others really good. Entertainment options a bit limited to what I've experienced on Qantas. Overall a good flight though, especially for the price.

The food options and quality could use some more excitement and variety.

Overall, very good. The food was better than expected with the exception of the pork and potatoes dinner at the end of the flight. My family all selected that dish and did not set it. I tried a bite also and it was honestly terrible. Also, it would be helpful to know when the snacks in the back of the plane are available.

Everything was good except food , food choices was very less. Washrooms were closed.overall good experience.

On time boarding I would like to see ground hostess to help transit customers to direct them to the right terminal and boarding gate. Last night, all the transit customers on SQ484 arriving Singapore had to merry go round to look for terminal and boarding gate to board SQ128 transit to KL Malaysia. We went to Terminal 3 taking the Skytrain to T3 and back to T3 to get out to look for different Skytrain to T2. On arrival t2, we had to go round to ask which boarding gate to KL. We only had 5 minutes to make to the boarding time at 6:55pm but we already spent more than 30 minutes running around to find the boarding gate. We were late at the boarding gate.

This flight was 16 hours and they made it very tolerable. Seats were comfortable and the staff very accommodating. I had plenty of inflight entertainment. Food was very good.

Could not really fault anything. We had a really short time between flights (about 45 mins), and had to get across the other side of the terminal. But we made it and crew were helpful. Food was good and service for the kids was great.

On time, friendly staff and decent food. Would definitely recommend.

A 16 hour flight from Singapore to Los Angeles had only 2 meals. It would be great to have 3 meals.

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Recent one-way flight deals

 
Only flying one-way? Below are some of the best one-way flight deals from Sydney to Cape Town found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
7/5Wed
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
30h 25mSYD-CPT
R12 121
11/5Sun
2 stopsSingapore Airlines
33h 30mSYD-CPT
R12 230
22/3Sat
3 stops
34h 45mSYD-CPT
R12 955
20/3Thu
1 stopQantas Airways
22h 20mSYD-CPT
R13 462
7/2Fri
3 stops
35h 15mSYD-CPT
R13 752
5/5Mon
1 stopQantas Airways
21h 20mSYD-CPT
R14 114
8/2Sat
1 stopVirgin Australia
28h 45mSYD-CPT
R14 332
8/2Sat
2 stopsVirgin Australia
35h 25mSYD-CPT
R16 180
22/3Sat
1 stopQatar Airways
45h 50mSYD-CPT
R17 484
11/5Sun
1 stopQatar Airways
46h 05mSYD-CPT
R20 836

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Last minute flights from Sydney to Cape Town

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

 
These last-minute flight deals are the cheapest flights found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours for flights from Sydney to Cape Town that are departing in the next 10 days.
20/12Fri
multi-stop
35h 05mSYD-CPT
27/12Fri
multi-stop
22h 35mCPT-SYD
R37 216
22/12Sun
multi-stop
19h 10mSYD-CPT
24/12Tue
multi-stop
33h 15mCPT-SYD
R38 611
22/12Sun
multi-stop
22h 40mSYD-CPT
24/12Tue
multi-stop
40h 15mCPT-SYD
R41 129
22/12Sun
multi-stop
35h 10mSYD-CPT
24/12Tue
multi-stop
40h 15mCPT-SYD
R54 356
22/12Sun
multi-stop
32h 45mSYD-CPT
24/12Tue
multi-stop
40h 15mCPT-SYD
R55 570
20/12Fri
multi-stopQatar Airways
50h 10mSYD-CPT
27/12Fri
multi-stopQatar Airways
48h 30mCPT-SYD
R74 685
20/12Fri
multi-stopQatar Airways
50h 10mSYD-CPT
27/12Fri
multi-stopQatar Airways
45h 15mCPT-SYD
R89 705
20/12Fri
multi-stopKLM
48h 35mSYD-CPT
27/12Fri
multi-stopKLM
45h 31mCPT-SYD
R91 154
22/12Sun
multi-stopQatar Airways
34h 15mSYD-CPT
24/12Tue
multi-stopQatar Airways
38h 20mCPT-SYD
R100 630
20/12Fri
multi-stop
28h 00mSYD-CPT
3/1Fri
multi-stop
25h 40mCPT-SYD
R130 363

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