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£266 Find Cheap Flights from Cape Town to Manchester

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Cape Town to Manchester departing on 13/5. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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Cheapest return fare
£553
Typical prices: £591-£736
Lufthansa
Tue 19/5Tue 23/6
CPT - MAN • 2 stops
Cheapest one-way flight
£266
Typical prices: £331-£379
Qatar Airways
Wed 13/5
CPT - MAN • 1 stop
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Cheapest • from £553 (return)
Best reviews • 8.1 score
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There are currently no direct flights between Cape Town and Manchester. You’ll need at least 1 connection.
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Cheapest • Avg £649 (return)
Shortest trip • 15h 15m (one-way)
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When to book
in advance
Our data shows that travellers who book at least 7 weeks in advance save around 10% compared to booking last minute.
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Cheapest • 17% price drop
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Cheap Flights from Cape Town to Manchester (CPT-MAN)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Cape Town to Manchester 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.
Discover the best prices for you by selecting your travel dates on KAYAK.

Recent return flight deals from Cape Town to Manchester

Tue, 19 May - Tue, 23 Jun
Lufthansa Logo
15:20 - 23:15
CPT
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MAN
32h 55m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
07:00 - 12:40
MAN
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CPT
28h 40m
2 stops
£553Lufthansa
Tue, 28 Apr - Tue, 5 May
Lufthansa Logo
15:20 - 23:15
CPT
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MAN
32h 55m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
07:00 - 10:25
MAN
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CPT
26h 25m
2 stops
£578Lufthansa
Tue, 19 May - Sat, 20 Jun
Lufthansa Logo
15:20 - 23:15
CPT
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MAN
32h 55m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
17:55 - 12:40
MAN
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CPT
41h 45m
2 stops
£586Lufthansa
Wed, 3 Jun - Wed, 17 Jun
Turkish Airlines Logo
16:35 - 09:35
CPT
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MAN
18h 00m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
17:35 - 11:50
MAN
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CPT
17h 15m
1 stop
£586Turkish Airlines
Tue, 28 Apr - Tue, 9 Jun
Lufthansa Logo
14:15 - 23:15
CPT
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MAN
34h 00m
2 stops
Lufthansa Logo
18:05 - 13:25
MAN
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CPT
18h 20m
2 stops
£588Lufthansa
Wed, 15 Apr - Wed, 29 Apr
Ethiopian Air Logo
13:50 - 08:30
CPT
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MAN
19h 40m
2 stops
Ethiopian Air Logo
18:30 - 13:00
MAN
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CPT
17h 30m
2 stops
£590Ethiopian Air
Tue, 19 May - Tue, 23 Jun
SWISS Logo
22:25 - 17:55
CPT
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MAN
20h 30m
1 stop
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18:40 - 16:45
MAN
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CPT
21h 05m
2 stops
£593SWISS
Wed, 3 Jun - Wed, 17 Jun
Qatar Airways Logo
13:00 - 06:25
CPT
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MAN
18h 25m
1 stop
Qatar Airways Logo
21:45 - 17:30
MAN
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CPT
18h 45m
1 stop
£599Qatar Airways
Wed, 15 Apr - Wed, 29 Apr
Emirates Logo
13:15 - 07:45
CPT
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MAN
19h 30m
1 stop
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14:05 - 16:40
MAN
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CPT
25h 35m
1 stop
£602Emirates
Tue, 19 May - Sun, 7 Jun
Turkish Airlines Logo
16:35 - 09:35
CPT
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MAN
18h 00m
1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
13:10 - 11:50
MAN
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CPT
21h 40m
1 stop
£602Turkish Airlines
Booking Insights

KAYAK’s insights & trends for Cape Town to Manchester flights

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

How much is a return flight from Cape Town to Manchester?

This analysis is based on the cheapest return trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Cape Town to Manchester departing in May.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Cape Town to Manchester, 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 Cape Town to Manchester is January, where tickets cost £547 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and September, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £712 and £700 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Cape Town to Manchester, 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 Cape Town to Manchester, you should book around 7 weeks before departure, which saves you about 10% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

Good to know - Cheap tickets from Cape Town to Manchester

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight£266
Best time to beat the crowds (11% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (2% more expensive on average)
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When to book flights from Cape Town to Manchester

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Cape Town to Manchester based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
Estimated return price
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FAQs for booking flights from Cape Town to Manchester

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Cape Town to Manchester was £266 for a one-way ticket and £553 for a return.

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

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

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

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

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Cape Town to Manchester, Emirates or KLM?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Cape Town to Manchester are Emirates and KLM. With an average price for the route of £680 and an overall rating of 8.1, Emirates is the most popular choice. KLM is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of £742 and an overall rating of 7.8.

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

    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 Cape Town to Manchester.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Manchester from Cape Town 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 Cape Town to Manchester?

    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 Manchester with an airline and back to Cape Town with another airline.

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

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

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Cape Town to Manchester

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Cape Town to Manchester. 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 Cape Town to Manchester? 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.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3543 reviews
8.2Entertainment
8.3Crew
8.1Boarding
7.9Food
8.0Comfort
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Flight and entertainment great. Food needs to be improved, only one choice on the menu. Staff worked well throughout.

8.0 ExcellentRoy, Feb 2026
DXB - STN
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Flight and entertainment great. Food needs to be improved, only one choice on the menu. Staff worked well throughout.

Very good from the beginning to the end. Amazing experience

The main issue was that the flight from trivandrum to Dubai was delayed which resulted in arriving late in Dubai. Coincidentally the flight leaving out of Dubai to jfk was also delayed for different reason. Despite we reached the gate ( through wheel chair assistance) along with 10 other passengers we were not let in. The gate was open and yet was refrained from entering. We were then requested to flight the next morning. Meal vouchers were provided but the hotel reservations were not made and took a lot longer to receive that. If Emirates knew about the delay and was certain the passengers will not be able to board the next flight shouldn't they have prepared these ahead of time?

The plane was old so the entertainment system was difficult to operate. The crew did advise earlier. The plane was landed and parked away from the gates, which added 20+ mins to the overall arrival

There is an issue with A380 when it arrives in Munich, because a business class passengers like me have to wait for the first class passengers to disembark, which takes some time while you are also offloading economy passengers this causes an issue at customs where your business class passengers end up behind a large bulk of economy passengers This is a frustration and the early dislocation should be and is supposed to be a benefit of business class

Love that you can walk directly to your gate from the Emirates Business class lounge, very convenient

Crew were excellent and the bar service and chat fantastic. Cheese board delicious. Amenity kit good, very disappointing not getting pyjamas on this leg of the flight and needed to reuse from earlier flight.

This was my first time flying with Emirates. Overall, the experience was very good. I thought the seats in economy would have been a bit more comfortable, but, they seem to be on par with other airlines. The food was excellent and very satisfying. If you can afford it, I would definitely suggest upgrading to at lest premium economy seats for long haul flights.

Hospitality is good. Should improve on buggage handling because l lost a suitcase. Layover in Dubai was too long , 6 hours

Delayed and missed connecting flight. But Emirates took care until next day flight. Thank you

It was really nice experience by flying this klm flight.I personally recommend everyone to please try this klm flight

It was really nice journey i personally recommend klm flight

The crew were unprofessional with a racist element. I was physically abused as well from one of the crew members

Empty seats next to me - wish it had been for a longer flight!!

I’m grateful for the KLM Air France shuttle bus service to Ottawa. However due to construction and other issues related to the chaotic Uber pickup system at YUL, it’s a challenge to find the Kelios bus service to Ottawa. The signs are not clear or even available. No staff to guide passengers. It’s a stressful experience.

Flight was on time, staff are friendly and helpful onboard.

Terrible last row seats many seats available but no offer to move to better seat

Delay on my previous leg, had to run to catch my flight. But that happens. Overall ok.

Delay and had to run between flight to get my connection due to this delay but besides that the overall experience was ok. I arrived with just an hour of delay.

Flight was ok but lack of communication cost me to literally beg to be put on another flight as connecting flight had departed

The local Turkish Airlines staff in Helsinki isn’t not aware of immigration laws of Singapore and wanted to refuse even our first boarding and threatened us with deportation on our own from Singapore. We had the next connection to Istanbul and then Singapore. The airline’s online check in system is requesting the visa to download and doesn’t have any option for 96 hrs VFTF passengers. So in general we made the complaint to the airline, as the boarding experience was awful due to unprofessional staff that doesn’t check or want to check the exceptions in the global system.

Surprised for charged $341.00 FOR my luggage. THY opportunist, taken advantage of the people not knowing luggage must be paid.. I flew 7 months ago with Lufthansa same place to Los Angeles my family lives and work in L.A. no luggage PAYS BIG zero .. I WILL NEVER TAKE ANY FLIGHTS ✈️ FROM TURKISH AIRLINES EVER AGAIN 😒 Please Don't recommend TURKISH Airlines to nobody.. I am a retired person. With very limited S.S. check for a month..$341.00 is my kitchen expenses for at list 5 weeks i am a vegetarian salads and sandwiches.. thank you very much for your investigation asking my experience about the flight with ROTTEN Airlines 😀

Excellent staff despite some trying passenger situations. Very impressed with their good attitudes and kindness.

Crew were unfriendly, touch screen for movies didn't work very well, seats were tight and uncomfortable

Turkish Airlines was great. My new layover was over 18 hours due to inclement weather back home in Washington DC and the airlines provided me with a hotel room and dinner voucher during my layover

You charged me for luggage although the airline does not- you charged me for seat when customers can pick their own seat at checkout in I travel to Europe slot and I will not use kayak again

I had issue with my boarding pass. When I arrived in London Gatwick Airport. My e-ticket wasn't scanning and had to do a lot of back and forth with Air Transit I order to board my flight, which I almost missed as a result of this.

Very bad experience with turkish airline tk 0001. Very uncomfortable seats and food ran out and crew was not helpful

I am elderly and needed wheelchair assist. The ground crew assisting me with that part of my journey was rude, disrespectful and very hungry for money; the begging was distasteful and disrespect for females and the elderly was atrocious. Maybe they need to get a raise...I was out of small bills by time I reached home. As an american I am not use to the impoliteness. The ground crew make your wonderful airline appears poor in performance...a lot to be desired.

Horrible, hated every part of it. They do not have business class- just tried to make one row. Boarding was a mess- felt like hungry people fighting for food. Will never ever travel in Indigo

Lufthansa cancelled our flight from Los Angeles to Naples Italy on March 10 for scheduled flight on March 12 Very stressful experience trying to arrange alternatives. Will never fly again with Lufthansa

Terrible. Both flights were significantly delayed, no luggage, made me check my small bag when many, many others had much larger carry-ons, not even a bottle of water . . . I will not fly Discover Airlines again.

Very good. Comfortable and I felt well taken care of from start to finish

We just made it to our connecting flight. A long, long speed walk!

A bit more space? Not practical, I know. I felt squished in but part of that could have been the man sitting next to me.

Excellent once on board. Security staff at Johannesburg rude and aggressive.

It was good, but I felt a little cramp on the plane whether I was in Economy or not.

Nearly every flight was delayed, I missed a connection at one point and the solution was unbearable. Added nearly 12 hours of travel time to my itinerary and was given no recompense.

It was my first experience in business class. It was everything I expected and more. Service was impeccable, food was delicious and I felt rested once I arrived to London

I liked everything excepct the noise of the engine inside de airplane was a little bite higher.

Very please with the seating that the Kayak staff booked for us!

I liked the movie selection and the speed getting the luggage. I did not like the fact that for premium they did not have a personal kit with toothpaste, I travel all the time in premium economy and bussiness and althought the kit might bot be the same at least you have the smalles kit in premium economy. I did not like either that because i was in the last row of premium economy nothing made it to my seat. They run out of the food I wanted ( it is a surprise because there were only 6-7 rows. They would run out of orange jouice were thy were passing water/orange juice around, they run out of some alcohol. I am undertand running out of it but I don’t understand why mot getting kore. The service I received in row 11 was different from the service in rows 7,8…. Also the screen on my tv was broken. It did not respond to touch. So, in conclusion, if I compare my flight going to Europe with an American airline plane in premium and the one with British, British expereince was significantly much worse. This company is declining fast.

The crew on the flight were not particularly pleasant and fluid restriction was an issue. I was not allowed to fill my water bottle. Crew didn't check on passengers other than meal service.

BA is a fine airline. The problem lies with XCOVER INSURANCE, that KAYAK uses. Very poor service from insurance. No telephone number to contact XCOVER. Their replies are inadequate & overall very bad insurance. I wish kayak uses standard insurance company., such as AIG.

British Airways offers amenities subpar with all other airlines flying internationally. Sharing tis based on my experience with flying at least five other airline between IAD-DEL in the last six months.

The worst parts were not BA’s fault. The chaos of passport control etc was totally unnecessary. One of the Officers who was stamping passports (remember that) told me that if I had a problem, I should contact Boris Johnson! Secondly, the distance from the Lounge to the Gate was beyond acceptable. All in all, the issues with immigration and emigration and the hikes within the airport mean I won’t be returning anytime soon

Worth every penny to upgrade to BC. Treated and felt more like First Class

I missed my flight because I was sick and the medicine the chemist provided made me sleepy. I had to pay $3500 to get home because you classified me as a no-show and would not listen to me otherwise. In addition you wanted to route me through Dubai, which was under siege by the time I arrived home and would’ve been in trouble. Had I taken that route

Limited entertainment. Music - very limited variety of music. Suggest more options in Hindi, Telugu, English for flights leaving from Hyderabad.

Good service, food and comfort in World Traveller Plus. Entertainment was poor - no wifi on the way out and barely working on the way back. Not a great choice of entertainment on the seat back tv.

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