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Book Cheap South Africa Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights to South Africa 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.
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Recent round-trip flight deals to South Africa

Sun, Jan 25 - Sun, Feb 1
Etihad Airways Logo
4:50 pm - 8:20 am
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JNB
16h 30m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 am - 9:20 am
JNB
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DMM
22h 30m1 stop
1,811 ﷼Etihad Airways
Mon, Jan 26 - Tue, Feb 3
Ethiopian Air Logo
3:40 am - 2:35 pm
RUH
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CPT
11h 55m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
1:50 pm - 2:10 am
CPT
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RUH
11h 20m1 stop
1,856 ﷼Ethiopian Air
Tue, Mar 10 - Wed, Mar 25
Ethiopian Air Logo
3:05 am - 1:05 pm
DMM
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JNB
11h 00m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
8:20 am - 2:10 am
JNB
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DMM
16h 50m1 stop
1,875 ﷼Ethiopian Air
Thu, Jan 22 - Wed, Feb 4
Etihad Airways Logo
10:30 am - 8:20 am
RUH
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JNB
22h 50m1 stop
Etihad Airways Logo
9:50 am - 9:00 am
JNB
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RUH
22h 10m1 stop
1,987 ﷼Etihad Airways
Sun, Jan 18 - Sun, Jan 25
Qatar Airways Logo
5:05 pm - 5:30 pm
JED
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CPT
25h 25m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
6:55 pm - 3:10 pm
CPT
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JED
19h 15m1 stop
2,149 ﷼Qatar Airways
Thu, Feb 19 - Mon, Feb 23
Qatar Airways Logo
4:40 pm - 5:25 pm
RUH
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CPT
25h 45m1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
12:35 pm - 10:15 am
CPT
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RUH
20h 40m1 stop
2,212 ﷼Qatar Airways
Thu, Jan 22 - Wed, Feb 4
RwandAir Logo
4:40 pm - 2:20 pm
RUH
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JNB
22h 40m2 stops
RwandAir Logo
4:50 pm - 2:55 pm
JNB
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RUH
21h 05m2 stops
2,749 ﷼RwandAir
Mon, Jan 19 - Sat, Feb 7
Turkish Airlines Logo
1:35 pm - 10:50 am
MED
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JNB
22h 15m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
7:10 pm - 12:40 pm
JNB
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MED
16h 30m1 stop
2,846 ﷼Turkish Airlines
Sat, Feb 28 - Mon, Mar 2
Turkish Airlines Logo
1:35 pm - 10:50 am
MED
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JNB
22h 15m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
7:05 pm - 12:40 pm
JNB
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MED
16h 35m1 stop
2,914 ﷼Turkish Airlines
Thu, Mar 12 - Wed, Mar 25
RwandAir Logo
10:30 pm - 2:20 pm
DMM
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JNB
16h 50m2 stops
RwandAir Logo
4:50 pm - 9:20 am
JNB
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DMM
15h 30m2 stops
2,955 ﷼RwandAir
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KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to South Africa

Get data-powered insights and trends for flights to South Africa to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Saudi Arabia to South Africa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from Saudi Arabia to South Africa, 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 Saudi Arabia to South Africa is March, when tickets cost 2,059 ﷼ (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and April, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is 4,181 ﷼ and 3,191 ﷼ respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Saudi Arabia to South Africa?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to South Africa, 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 Saudi Arabia to South Africa, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 16% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 20 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 8% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 16% increase in price.

FAQs - booking South Africa flights

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

    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 Saudi Arabia to South Africa.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Saudi Arabia to South Africa 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 Saudi Arabia to South Africa?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from Saudi Arabia to South Africa 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 Saudi Arabia to South Africa?

    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 Saudi Arabia to South Africa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to South Africa?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to South Africa is Saturday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as 2,687 ﷼. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, where round-trip prices are 3,335 ﷼ on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to South Africa?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to South Africa is generally in the evening, when round-trip flights cost 2,667 ﷼ on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to South Africa is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is 2,740 ﷼.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to South Africa

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest South Africa flight deals.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying to South Africa

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Saudi Arabia to South Africa? 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 3438 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.3Crew
8.2Entertainment
8.0Comfort
7.9Food
Airline reviews

Warm staff, very responsive service. Well furnished cabin and comfortable seat and amenities. Excellent onboard wifi connection and very large comfortable restrooms.

10.0 ExcellentNaveen, Nov 2025
DXB - ZRH
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Warm staff, very responsive service. Well furnished cabin and comfortable seat and amenities. Excellent onboard wifi connection and very large comfortable restrooms.

The 2 sockets near me didjt work i had my phone by end of the flight on low bat and had issues to book uber thereafter Electrical sockets should work if emirates does not allow batteries Baggage claim in zurich took very long

the seat is quite narrow compared to others. entertainment and food were very good

We travelled in economy, were very satisfied with the comfort and keg space of the seats. Food was great compared to other airlines, the crew were very helpful and friendly. Since i was travelling with kids, i needed assistance multiple of times. Will be definitely taking long flights with Emirates from now on.

One of the female staff from the cabin crew, forgot to ask us about what we want to drink and focused more on other specific people rather than treating everyone politely. I asked her about the drinks to which she said oh I forgot.

Everything I was good except food quality is very poor

We arrived in line for check in at 6:15 p.m. but did not check in until 8:00 p.m. The line for economy check in was very long, and all of the desks 03-13 were not open, although most of them opened sporadically. The crew on board were very nice and helpful, friendly and kind. It has been many years since we flew Emirates (at least 17 years), and we notice that foot rests are no longer available in economy, but we were lucky enough to fly in the upper deck and appreciate your opening some of your flights to economy passengers in the upper deck. We will definitely fly on emirates more often! Thank you.

It was great, a little more leg room would have been better particularly since we were in premium economy

Good flight overall. Good options of food on NY-Dubai-Mumbai leg. Not that good reversing back. The flight crew is courteous and professional as always. The seating was much more comfortable going into Mumbai than coming back. Cheers!

The plane was clean and well maintained the crew members were professionals and friendly and the food was good

Initial booking was confusing and had to get new CC issued.

Food was absolutely pathetic. I wasted so much food which I thought was inedible. I also loathe the inflight entertainment system which has very little content

It never happened. Me flight from Doha to São Paulo was lated and the time of waiting for the luggage arrives when we arrived in São Paulo was about 1 hour and half. So it took a lot of time just waiting the luggage of flight that was already late, consequently we lost the flight to Recife with Latam Airlines and had to go to the Qatar office to arrange another flight to us to Recife, that one with Azul Airlines. It was more 4 hours waiting to this other flight to knows that this other flight was delayed too, total of 5 hours more at the airport to waiting to go home :/

The flight was operated by IndiGo and not Qatar, which is a budget airline from India. Nevertheless, the flight was uneventful.

Awful plane to Tashkent. Not even possible to sleep. In business class does not even recline fully

The American/Hollywood movies in the entertainment system lack english subtitles, they tend to have only arabic subtitles. Coupled with the low quality airplane earphones and cabin noise, it sometimes is difficult to follow the movie dialogues.

The space was tight, hardly any leg room and the crew surprisingly were busy and did not take the time to attend to passengers, felt rushed. There was a delay for check in since the systems were down the airport staffs were accommodating

Worst air experience in whole life . Boarding and checking was hassle as they did 3 times. Crew team was clueless about passengers need. Despite of passengers raising hand , they were resetting the program

Aircraft was spacious compared to American Airlines, food was great, entertainment was much better with a wide variety of options, and the crew was very polite.

Was downgraded from business to economy due to a faulty seat in business class. However when I boarded the plane there were no less than 5 free business class seats. Will never fly Qatar Airways again

I missed my flight ,staff unhelpful, they sat and watched me wait ,gangway door closed, English was a problem no announcement I was on time now I missed my month vacation ,lost 1400 bucks no refund I'm sick to my stomach

Seat space was tight and uncomfortable. There was hardly any cushioning giving me a terrible tail bone ache. Getting and out was extremely cramped. We paid for seat choices and felt totally ripped off. Food was mediocre. By the time the servers served 2 or 3 rows they ran out of this or that option as we saw on the inbound trip also. This is infuriating. Entertainment choices were extremely limited for such a long haul. The screen froze on occasion and did not switch off when the on off button was pressed. When it did it came back on its own in 5 seconds. The airlines has gone downhill since last year.

I paid 44 $ for seat upgrade (22D) and my seat was stack in high position for all the 6 hours of flight. I don't recommend the upgrade. I am looking to get my upgrade payment back

The flight from Abu Dabhi to Bangalore was terrible. The plane was an order model with no onboard entertainment. The beverage selection were very limited.

excellent, the staff was kind and the boarding process was with no issues or hassle

More leg space than other flights, but *maybe* narrower seats

Etihad charged me for 2 check in bags. On Kayak search results price was showing 2 check in bags were included. Kayak need to reimburse me for these additional charges and metal agony and distress. Thanks.

I am a larger than average person and in my opinion i don't think it's fair to allocate a window seat to anyone who is my size or larger, i was seated between 2 large passengers on a full aircraft. The guy in the window seat also occupied a portion of the middle seat (my seat) which made my experience of flying with etihad very cramped and uncomfortable, i was flying from Abu Dhabi to Bangkok. Had this been a airbus 380 it would have been better as the seats are larger but unfortunately it wasn't so i had to endure the 6+hrs unable to get any rest

Stewardess was attentive and was actively roamin to check the passengers on the biz class

The check-in has been the very best so far I didn't get to use my priority access which made me feel like a paid a higher price with no benefit for that I loved the food Very tasty and hot The staff friendliness, empathy could be better as it was not linear amongst the whole crew Otherwise, no complaints. I'd still fly again via Etihad Great prices despite the long 6h of waiting time

I had a memorable experience. I dont have any comments at this time regarding waht could be better.

I have my baggage left either in Jeddah or Addis and undelivered to Abuja

The Boeing 737 MAX on this route, flown in the middle of the night, is an UTTER FAILURE for business travellers. The whole point of business travel is to arrive alert and recover from travel quickly, and this little aeroplane with its quarter recline uncomfortable business seats does nothing for that. It’s a small step up from economy in that you have decent legroom, but that’s it. Absolute margin at the cost of the traveller.

The food was terrible and the seating was uncomfortable, but the airline did a great thing letting us board in Abbis Ababa on our connecting flight after our original flight was very delayed.

Checking in wasn't organized, too many so-called diplomats were jumping line while everyone was waiting in line. They should have their own line not to impede on other passengers that was also waiting to be served. We all paid money and there should be no discrimination because everyone's money should have the same value diplomat or not! If they want to give diplomats some special treatment then let them create their own check in desk and not treat other passengers some that are (elderly, some with children, pregnant women) making them stand longer in line than necessary just because people are jumping line 😡

The hygiene was super bad. Smells bad and air refreshment is highly advisable. The crew made some one else sit in my spot and no one is checking seat number and people are jumping to sit on other people’s allocated seat.

worst was delayed luggage. could see luggage was still in Singapore but they insist I wait till all luggage are unloaded before filing a report. took 2 days to arrive and I had to collect it myself from the airport

The flight itself was fine. The exception is that my luggage was destroyed, and I filed a claim that I haven't heard from anyone.

Im if Ethiopian can allow customers to use their mileage for in flight connexion it will be great.

It was wonderful best Air lines covert and all very happy with their service they have been very helpful and friendly

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