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R10 489 Find Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town

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Cheap Flight Deals from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town (WAS-CPT)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Cape Town

Recommended return deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town.
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11:00 - 13:45IAD-CPT
20h 45m1 stop
14:35 - 9:00CPT-IAD
24h 25m2 stops
R15 762Ethiopian Air
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Thu, Mar 13 - Mon, Mar 24
11:00 - 13:45IAD-CPT
20h 45m1 stop
13:50 - 8:55CPT-IAD
25h 05m1 stop
R16 444Ethiopian Air
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Sun, Mar 23 - Sun, Mar 30
22:55 - 10:20IAD-CPT
29h 25m1 stop
22:00 - 16:35CPT-IAD
24h 35m1 stop
R16 812American Airlines
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Tue, Mar 11 - Tue, Mar 18
19:59 - 21:40IAD-CPT
43h 41m2 stops
23:00 - 13:10CPT-IAD
44h 10m2 stops
R17 273
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Tue, Mar 11 - Tue, Mar 18
19:59 - 22:10IAD-CPT
44h 11m2 stops
14:30 - 19:53CPT-IAD
35h 23m3 stops
R17 292
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Tue, Apr 1 - Tue, Apr 15
15:00 - 12:00IAD-CPT
39h 00m1 stop
16:35 - 10:45CPT-IAD
24h 10m1 stop
R17 402Turkish Airlines
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Tue, Mar 25 - Tue, Apr 1
21:40 - 11:50IAD-CPT
32h 10m1 stop
16:35 - 10:45CPT-IAD
24h 10m1 stop
R18 416Turkish Airlines
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Wed, Apr 23 - Sun, Apr 27
21:20 - 11:00BWI-CPT
31h 40m1 stop
18:55 - 19:35CPT-BWI
30h 40m1 stop
R21 200American Airlines
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Sat, Jun 7 - Thu, Jun 12
19:50 - 16:10IAD-CPT
14h 20mdirect
20:00 - 5:50CPT-IAD
15h 50mdirect
R25 477United Airlines
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Thu, Mar 27 - Fri, Apr 11
16:00 - 17:00DCA-CPT
19h 00m1 stop
18:05 - 17:55CPT-DCA
29h 50m2 stops
R26 730United Airlines
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Wed, Mar 26 - Tue, Apr 1

Flights from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town - Travel Insights & Trends

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

What is the cheapest Washington, D.C. to Cape Town flight route?

The cheapest price for flight routes found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town.
Our data shows that the cheapest route for a return flight from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town cost R20 903 and was between Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl Airport (IAD) and Cape Town (CPT). On average, the best prices are found if you fly this route. The average price for a return flight for this route is R20 903.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Cape Town on a Thursday and more expensive on a Monday. On your return trip to Washington, D.C., you should consider flying back on a Thursday, and avoid Fridays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Cape Town is March, where tickets cost R24 205 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are July and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is R32 519 and R31 192 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Cape Town, you should book around 2 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 13 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

September

High season

December

Cheapest flight

R10 489
Best time to beat the crowds (4% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (13% more expensive on average)
Flight from Washington Dulles Airport to Cape Town

When to book flights from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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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 Washington, D.C. to Cape Town

  • What is the cheapest flight from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town was R569 for a one-way ticket and R855 for a return.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town?

    On your way to Cape Town, you’ll fly out from one of these Washington, D.C. airports: Washington, D.C. Reagan-National or Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl. You’ll be landing at Cape Town Intl.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town?

    The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Washington, D.C. to Cape Town flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Washington, D.C. and Cape Town.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town?

    You can catch a direct flight from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town on on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. to Cape Town.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Cape Town from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Prefer to fly direct from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town Intl?

Find which airlines fly direct from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

Washington, D.C. to Cape Town Intl

Monday

United Airlines

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Thursday

United Airlines

United Airlines

Saturday

United Airlines

United Airlines

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Direct returns

Cape Town Intl to Washington, D.C.

Tuesday

United Airlines

United Airlines

Friday

United Airlines

United Airlines

Sunday

United Airlines

United Airlines

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Top airline flying from Washington, D.C. to Cape Town

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Washington, D.C. 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 Washington, D.C. 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.
7,4
United AirlinesOverall score based on 8765 reviews
7,7Boarding
6,7Food
8,1Crew
7,3Comfort
7,1Entertainment
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I don’t understand the purpose of the orange “priority” tag on my bag. This tagged, my bag is last or near to the last bag to come down the carousel at IAH.

4,0 OkayDonald, Feb 2025EGE - IAH
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I don’t understand the purpose of the orange “priority” tag on my bag. This tagged, my bag is last or near to the last bag to come down the carousel at IAH.

The tv monitor in front of my seat was not responding. The flight crew reset it and it still didn’t work.

The agents was very rude and they charged me $50 for a carry-on bag saying that it was too big and then I saw someone going on a plane with the same size bag as me

Liked nothing. As per previous segment it was delay delay delay.

Terrible. First of all we were delayed 4 3/4 hours departing Honolulu. As we had to leave our condo and the rental car had to be returned we had to go to the airport. Even though we had a business class boarding pass to Washington, since we did not have business class to Montreal we could not access the lounge without paying a $59 fee each. This does not make sense to us. Since we could not meet our original connection United booked us to Montreal via New York LaGuardia on Air Canada. In Washington a further delay got us into LaGuardia too late to make our connection to Montreal so we were booked on another Air Canada flight 3 hours later. We were originally scheduled to arrive in Montreal at 10:40 and arrived at 19:55. A totally exhausting day, United did not offer a meal voucher or any type of compensation. Air Canada did give us a digital meal voucher. The food in United business class is poor among all meals offered. The pods look nice but are not that confortable. Overall would not fly on United again.

I completely missed my flight because the first leg was longer than planned. I had to sleep overnight in the airport because no accommodation was provided and then sent to Trinidad in the morning with an anticipated 7 hour layover before my flight to Georgetown which was now with Caribbean Airlines. I tried twice with customer service to see if they could put me on an earlier flight which had seats available but was told it wasn’t possible.

First class felt like economy, seats were horrible, food was horrible, staff inattentive

EVen warmer in the plane it think it was 24+ degrees

The flying experience was great. The flight was on time with no boarding issues during a peak travel period. The short cut baggage drop and process was not smooth and efficient at Dulles.

Fast checkin with the self serve terminal, good communication at the boarding gate.

Travelling to a place near Cape Town?

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Stellenbosch
Hermanus
Paarl
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Gordon's Bay
Franschhoek
Simon's Town
Wellington
Porterville

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