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When flying from Cape Town to Amsterdam, you should consider leaving on a Tuesday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Cape Town, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Saturdays.

The cheapest month for flights from Cape Town to Amsterdam is November, where tickets cost £605 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and December, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £729 and £721 respectively.

Yes, flying with a stopover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 1 stop stopover the cheapest option at £716 on average.

To get a below average price on the flight from Cape Town to Amsterdam, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 9% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 23 weeks before departure.

In the past 5 days, the cheapest return tickets from Cape Town to Amsterdam were found on Turkish Airlines (£572) and SWISS (£587).

There is just one airline that flies from Cape Town to Amsterdam direct and that is KLM. The best return deal found from KLM for the route is £664.

Weekly flights between Cape Town and Amsterdam historically see delays in approximately 8% of cases, with the average delay over the past year being 212 minutes.

Typically, flights leaving at night tend to face fewer delays, whereas flights in the morning have historically encountered delays more often.

Statistically, Wednesday is the day of the week with the fewest delays on this flight route, while Monday has typically experienced more delays than other days.

Based on our data, KLM have experienced the fewest delays on this route in the past 12 months, with only about 8% of their flights encountering any delays.

Zurich (ZRH) is the top choice – 33% of KAYAK users who clicked on one-stop flights from Cape Town to Amsterdam picked an itinerary connecting there.

Flights via Zurich (ZRH) offer the most affordable fares, with an average price of £579 for a return.

Consider flying via London (LHR) for the shortest journey. The average one-way travel time for flights connecting there is 15h 00m.

If you prefer a quick connection, London (LHR) often has the shortest stopovers from Cape Town to Amsterdam, with an average time of 2h 28m.

There are 3 cabin class options for the route. These are Business, Economy and Prem Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

Each day, there are between 1 and 2 direct flights that take off from Cape Town and land in Amsterdam, with an average flight time of 11h 40m. The most common departure time is 00:00 and most flights take off at night. Each week, there are 10 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Monday, when 20% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Tuesday.