£162 Find Cheap Flights from South Africa to the United Kingdom

1 adult

KAYAK searches hundreds of travel sites at once for deals on flights to the United Kingdom

Travellers love KAYAK
41,299,237 searches in the past 7 days on KAYAK

Save 26% or moreCompare multiple travel sites with one search.

Track pricesNot ready to book? Create a price alert for when prices drop.

Free to useThere are no hidden charges or fees.

Filter your dealsChoose cabin class, free Wi-Fi and more.

Useful Info
Useful Info

KAYAK's insights & trends for flights to the United Kingdom

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

What is the cheapest flight to the United Kingdom?

These are the best return prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.

The cheapest ticket to the United Kingdom from South Africa found in the last 72 hours was to London Gatwick Airport, at £206 return. The most popular route is Cape Town (CPT) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was £206.

How much is a flight to the United Kingdom?

The average and cheapest price for all round-trip flights to the United Kingdom from each origin found by users searching on KAYAK in the last month.

A flight to the United Kingdom costs £551 on average. The cheapest price found on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks was £139 for the route Cape Town (CPT) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW). The most popular routes on KAYAK are Cape Town to London which costs £569 on average, and Johannesburg to London, which costs £683 on average.

See prices from:

What is the cheapest month to fly from South Africa to the United Kingdom?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from South Africa to the United Kingdom, 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 South Africa to the United Kingdom is February, when tickets cost £437 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are August and September, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is £683 and £663 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from South Africa to the United Kingdom?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to the United Kingdom, 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 South Africa to the United Kingdom, you should book around 14 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in the United Kingdom?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in the United Kingdom is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), with an average flight price of £261.


Good to know - Cheap tickets from South Africa to the United Kingdom

Low seasonFebruary
High seasonDecember
Cheapest flight£162
Best time to beat the crowds (17% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (4% more expensive on average)
Flight from Cape Town to London Gatwick Airport

FAQs for booking flights from South Africa to the United Kingdom

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from South Africa to the United Kingdom?

    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 South Africa to the United Kingdom.

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

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

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from South Africa to the United Kingdom?

    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 South Africa to the United Kingdom 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 South Africa to the United Kingdom?

    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 South Africa to the United Kingdom 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 the United Kingdom?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to the United Kingdom is Monday when return tickets can be as cheap as £612. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, when return prices are £661 on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to the United Kingdom?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to the United Kingdom is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost £644 on average. Morning departures are around 17% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to the United Kingdom is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is £845.

Top 5 airlines serving from South Africa to the United Kingdom

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from South Africa to the United Kingdom? 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.
8.0
EmiratesOverall score based on 3216 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.3Crew
7.8Food
8.2Entertainment
8.0Comfort
Airline reviews

First time and very memorable, the finest flying experience ive ever had

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Mar 2025CPT - DXB
Read more Emirates reviews

First time and very memorable, the finest flying experience ive ever had

Except for the uncleaned tray, and the delay in serving food for our section (which may have been due to the location of our row) everything else was good. The crew were very professional and responded to our requests promptly throughout the flight. We as a family were not disappointed by Emirates.

Very bad groud crew taking bags less than 7kg Bad food Old plane

Amazing and great experience, crew was available and took great care of my parents. Food was nice and so was the service. Aircraft from Dubai to Mumbai was not so great and was a big showdown of the aircraft service

Loved everything! This flight had premium economy and I didn't see an option to upgraded to premium economy OR buy premium economy tickets. How come?

We had to deboard using stairs. Why didnt you have the aero-bridge?

We was missed the flight They doesn’t lest us fly next flight without payment They charge me 606 hundred dollars What is very unacceptable,our first fight ticket was almost 2000 dollars, again paid 700 it’s hurt … airlines need to do something please

Business class on this plane was adequate, service, amenities, swag, and crew was amazing!

Worst flight I ever had I payed for special seats with underpriced which I never recieved. I will like you to make sure that I am refunded my 134.00 dollars that I paid for the seats that I never received. I am looking forward for Kayak to look into this issue with underpriced because they took my money and never booked the seats for me with the airline.

I wish Emirates had lights to Philadelphia (PHL) in USA.

The flight was generally good but was delayed departure meant a very late arrival for a connecting flight.

They didn't give us Nothing to eat, come on..... 1 package of chips and a glass of soda won't do anything to the company

The cushion of the seats are old and very thin. The food can be more tasty or come with salt packages

PLEASE DONT TAKE FORCEFULLY(SIZE APPROPRIATE) CARRY ONS FROM PASSENGERS WHO FOR SOME REASON NEED TO KEEP IT

It was great. My seat was comfortable. The bathrooms were clean . The service was superb . I travel a lot and I have been in 64 counties. I wish I could fly first class, even though I could , but I prefer to budget my yearly travelling expense on actual visiting , not on flight. Anyway, my point is that your economy was far much better than other airlines as good as Air France. The flight attendants and all crew were polite and very helpful and respectful. Thank you for making my long trip tolerable.

The service was flawless. The trip went great. I flew from Venice, Italy to Tampa, Florida. The issue is my bag (that I checked for free when checking into the flight) was ripped along the side when I collected it from baggage claim in Tampa, last night. I thought of talking with the Tampa baggage claim employees about it and see what could be done, but my bag isn’t a very expensive bag and I didn’t want to make a big deal of it. I’m not sure if I’ll be checking a bag anymore in the future.

My luggage did not make the connection and 4 days later I still have not received it.

I like how professional, fast and good the whole experience was.

Nothing special.. they could have provided something to eat without a charge

For the price of the ticket it's probably the best service in the world

Good overall. Cannot fault the airlines. I have had better entertainment systems before ie ice in Emirates but it was not too bad. Food was decent and staff were friendly.

I did not fly by vergin atlantic from bangalore to vasco da gama

Your flight delayed at Heathrow n I almost missed my mother funeral.you idiots. I had to waste 10 hours in different airports. Thank your stars I'm not suing you.

Miami airport needs more thorough signage. It was a long walk from my transport point to the check in desk,

Flight took off an hour late. Had to stay on the tarmac for half an hour after landing. Both annoying.

We had an unfortunate experience where we had to leave the aircraft after boarding, shortly before the scheduled takeoff time, and re-board. The reason given was that a passenger felt ill and had to cancel their plans and therefor their luggage had to be found and removed.

We’ve used VA before many times the experience is always been good they have lovely staff and the food is always delicious.

Everything about the flight was amazing from check in to boarding entertainment was okay food we didn’t try.

Seats were old and dirty, for a long haul flight you expect to be able to recline and for the av to work properly. Choice for vegans was fruit….

The Virgin Atlantic crew was very good. However, the equipment was OK, the seats were OK, but her bags did not arrive with me. Two bags showed up a day later and I’m still waiting for my third back.

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

The boarding process was really slow. The air crew was amazing and the food options and the entertainment were also really great.

This is my second time to fly this year with Lufthansa and both times they dropped the ball. My ticket was very cheap and l would not be honest if l said that l had some high expectations for that price. Fly delay 6 hours. Screen in fey seats around me didn’t work. Food for dinner was ok but breakfast was so poor. We had connection in Frankfurt for Vienna. Because of delay they gave us fly with 30 min layover time. We got to Vienna but our baggage was late of course. Long story short it took us almost 24 hours to get to the final destination. Very bad experience

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

Waited on tarmac 30 min before take off everything else was fine

Mechanical problems had to be fixed after all the passengers were boarded, and kept on the plane for over close to two hours with no air conditioning. Did not have enough snacks for everyone to distribute. Also, the movie screen did not work and no-one seem to be interested in helping us fix the problem. And the last, two people from our family got severe food poisoning. Arrived Atlanta 4 hours later than estimated 2:35 pm landing time. Deeply disappointed in Lufthansa, since it has been one of our preferable air companies to fly with.

Absolutely the most awful experience in the history of service from gate agents to baggage handlers. Never will i use kayak or Lufthansa again. Ever.

Flight was cancelled. Rebooked after 5 hour delay. Pregnant daughter rebooked following day with 12 hour layover in Düsseldorf. However - I must applaud and praise the Business lounge hosts who were EXCEPTIONAL in trying to rebook and arranged for our daughter to standby for last flight of the day - which she made. The terminal B business lounge reception staff were AWESOME

Great, wonderful crew, comfortable flight. I had an excellent experience!

This was not a UA flight. This was Lufthansa. Good experience overall

Boarding was delayed and we had to get on buses to plane so group # didn't matter. No food or drinks served gratis. Seats were small, knees smashed into the seat ahead, didn't recline. Crew was excellent though.

The flight from Seattle was delayed, which made me miss my connection to Florence. I was re-booked NINE HOURS LATER!!! That’s basically a vacation day lost. British Airways needs to partner with other airlines when possible to get a more realistic travel time, if delays occur. I realize there aren’t many flights to Florence from London, so I would book differently were I to return. The actual flight from Seattle was very comfortable and the crew was great, no faults there. I enjoy British Airways, this was an anomaly.

Our original booking with Kayak -our first experience -was exactly what we wanted and worked well. Updates were friendly and reassuring as were the contacts with UnderPricer so a big win-win. We learned a lot on your reliability and will definitely put you on our organisational list for the future.

The crew could not have been more helpful, my meal was excellent, I slept peacefully until right before landing, and the BA lounge was a godsend. The only negative I encountered was the coffee both on the plane and in the lounge. Not to my taste but that’s a personal preference.

Plane and seats ok. Dinners going and coming back were not fantastic. Breakfast from Seattle to London fine with bagel, cheese and fried egg. Second meal on London to Seattle not my favorite of kind of pizza sauce in a pastry. Came with water about three different times on each of my long flights. Staff on all very friendly and helpful.

I don’t understand why a reputable airline like BA would delegate their London flights to AA. Makes no sense to me, as most domestic carriers do such a poor job these days. Terminal 3 at LHR is a total dump

We ordered kids meals - which were not kid friendly at all! (the breakfast that is - scrambled eggs on a bed of spinach and asparagus?)

Uncomfortable seats. Crazy seat assignments separating families when they could easily have put them together. Good communication from pilot about arrival time after delay in departure. Toilet ran out of water in sink. Snack box poor for flight of this length.

The bed in Club class was not very comfortable, everything else was good.

Cancelled flight minutes before boarding. Rescheduled flight was two days later

Book cheap flights from South Africa to the United Kingdom

Cheapest flights to the United Kingdom from South Africa found in 2025

Recent return flight deals

8/6Sun
2 stops
18h 40mJNB-STN
16/6Mon
2 stops
23h 25mSTN-JNB
£370
3/6Tue
2 stops
17h 55mJNB-STN
23/6Mon
2 stops
24h 15mSTN-JNB
£374
18/6Wed
1 stopSWISS
23h 20mJNB-LGW
24/6Tue
1 stopSWISS
13h 45mLGW-JNB
£426
21/5Wed
1 stopLufthansa
13h 40mJNB-LHR
4/6Wed
1 stopLufthansa
15h 05mLHR-JNB
£433
18/6Wed
1 stopSWISS
23h 20mJNB-LGW
25/6Wed
1 stopSWISS
13h 45mLGW-JNB
£444
21/5Wed
1 stopLufthansa
13h 40mJNB-LHR
4/6Wed
2 stopsLufthansa
20h 45mLHR-JNB
£451
28/5Wed
directBritish Airways
11h 15mJNB-LHR
18/6Wed
directBritish Airways
10h 55mLHR-JNB
£544
10/10Fri
directBritish Airways
11h 15mJNB-LHR
1/11Sat
directBritish Airways
11h 05mLHR-JNB
£546
5/6Thu
1 stopEmirates
24h 30mJNB-STN
19/6Thu
1 stopEmirates
18h 20mSTN-JNB
£552
9/6Mon
1 stopEmirates
21h 25mJNB-STN
17/6Tue
1 stopEmirates
22h 40mSTN-JNB
£563

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Recent one-way flight deals

28/10Tue
directNorse Atlantic UK
11h 35mCPT-LGW
£162
15/6Sun
1 stopEtihad Airways
22h 10mJNB-LHR
£210
19/5Mon
1 stopEmirates
24h 30mJNB-STN
£296
9/8Sat
1 stopEmirates
27h 30mJNB-LGW
£296
30/6Mon
directBritish Airways
11h 10mJNB-LHR
£349
13/5Tue
directBritish Airways
11h 10mJNB-LHR
£352
18/5Sun
1 stopSWISS
14h 15mJNB-LCY
£352
21/9Sun
1 stopSWISS
14h 15mJNB-LCY
£357
30/5Fri
1 stopLufthansa
14h 35mCPT-LHR
£433
8/7Tue
1 stopLufthansa
15h 05mCPT-LCY
£441

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Last minute flights to the United Kingdom

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

5/5Mon
multi-stopEgyptair
35h 55mJNB-LHR
4/11Tue
multi-stopEgyptair
15h 10mLHR-JNB
£540
6/5Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
23h 05mJNB-LHR
3/6Tue
multi-stopLufthansa
14h 05mLHR-JNB
£546
6/5Tue
multi-stopSWISS
21h 50mJNB-LHR
2/6Mon
multi-stopSWISS
13h 40mLHR-JNB
£557
6/5Tue
multi-stopSWISS
23h 55mJNB-LHR
11/5Sun
multi-stopSWISS
26h 20mLHR-JNB
£580
6/5Tue
directBritish Airways
11h 15mJNB-LHR
11/5Sun
directBritish Airways
11h 00mLHR-JNB
£599
6/5Tue
directBritish Airways
11h 15mJNB-LHR
13/5Tue
directBritish Airways
10h 55mLHR-JNB
£625
4/5Sun
multi-stopEmirates
39h 35mJNB-STN
4/11Tue
multi-stopEmirates
31h 20mSTN-JNB
£686
5/5Mon
multi-stopEmirates
39h 35mJNB-STN
4/11Tue
multi-stopEmirates
18h 20mSTN-JNB
£693
6/5Tue
directVirgin Atlantic
11h 05mJNB-LHR
4/11Tue
directVirgin Atlantic
11h 00mLHR-JNB
£945
2/5Fri
directVirgin Atlantic
11h 05mJNB-LHR
6/5Tue
directVirgin Atlantic
11h 05mLHR-JNB
£1,314

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Everything you need to know for your flight to the United Kingdom

Cabin class types available on flights to the United Kingdom

Cabin classes available on flights to the United Kingdom. Prices are the lowest found on KAYAK over the last 7 days. Price and availability is not guaranteed.

Not what you’re looking for? Find thousands of other hotels, flights, car hires and package deals with KAYAK.