£28 Find Cheap Flights from Scotland to Africa – Compare and Save

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 Scotland to Africa.

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

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

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

Scotland and Africa are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are easyJet (13 flights per week), Ryanair (5 flights per week), and Jet2 (2 flights per week).

There are 308 airports in Africa. The busiest airport is OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg (JNB), with 11% of all flights arriving there.

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in Africa is Agadir Almassira Airport (AGA), with an average flight price of £41.

The cheapest ticket to Africa from Scotland found in the last 5 days was to Marrakech, at £39 return. The most popular route is Edinburgh (EDI) to Marrakech (RAK) and the cheapest return ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was £39.

The cheapest month for flights from Scotland to Africa is February, when tickets cost £194 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is £528 and £473 respectively.

To get a below-average price on a flight from Scotland to Africa, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 17% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 25 weeks before departure.

From Scotland, there are direct flights to Africa from 2 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Edinburgh, with 12 direct flights each week.

There are around 3 direct flights from within Scotland to Africa every day. Most flights (50%) depart in the afternoon.

Each week there are around 20 direct flights from within Scotland to Africa. The most common day for departures is Sunday, with 25% of flights taking off on this day.

An average direct flight from Scotland to Africa takes 14h 09m, covering a distance of 3961 miles. The shortest route is Glasgow Intl Airport (GLA) to Marrakech (RAK) with an average flight time of 3h 00m.

Each week, there are 16 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration) and 4 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration) to Africa. There aren’t any long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration).

Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Lagos (11% of total searches to Africa). The next most popular destinations are Marrakech (10%) and Zanzibar (10%). Searches for flights to Cape Town (9%), to Cairo (9%), and to Hurghada (8%) are also popular.