Rare1 stop · 7.5h
AUH to PRGCzechia
Prague
$257
usually $550
−53%
Most monthly lows $269–$564. Cheaper than every other month on record (5).
Flights · AUH → CPT
Abu Dhabi to Cape Town
Best fare, round trip
$675
−8%
below its usual $735
you keep $60
Found
- Depart
- Sat 7 Nov
- Return
- Sat 14 Nov
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 11h
- Airline
Ethiopian
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $734 and $742. The drop beats 15% of measured fares on the board, over 8 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
South AfricaCape TownTable Mountain, two oceans and winelands 40 minutes out — the long-haul that overdelivers.Best windowNov–MarAirportsCape Town (CPT)Every route into Cape TownFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $675 and peak in September near $1,158, 72% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 11 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Ethiopian, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $675 for 7,521 km each way, that works out to about $45 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 16 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Cape Town, this fare ranks 5th — 9% above the $618 from Vienna. For context, the middle fare among the 20 routes of similar length we watch out of Abu Dhabi is $590. The best time to be in Cape Town: Nov–Mar.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 7 Nov, $675
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 7% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $721 then versus $773 now, across 14 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $632, on 22 Oct.
October 2026
1314151617Sunday 18 October: $739, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1920Wednesday 21 October: $735, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Friday 23 October: $722, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $722, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $722, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2627Wednesday 28 October: $731, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.293031
November 2026
123Wednesday 4 November: $729, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Friday 6 November: $728, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $675, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $722, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 9 November: $720, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $739, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.111213Saturday 14 November: $732, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1516Tuesday 17 November: $742, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Thursday 19 November: $735, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 20 November: $733, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $741, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2223242526Friday 27 November: $817, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $810, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23456Monday 7 December: $800, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8910Friday 11 December: $891, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 12 December: $972, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 13 December: $897, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 14 December: $898, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.15Wednesday 16 December: $989, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.17Friday 18 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 19 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $1.3k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2122Wednesday 23 December: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $985, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $910, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Wednesday 30 December: $1.2k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
12Sunday 3 January: $898, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.45678910111213141516Sunday 17 January: $742, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18192021222324Monday 25 January: $735, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.262728Friday 29 January: $734, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.30Sunday 31 January: $746, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 132 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $675
8% below the $735 typical fare
$722Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$675Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$789Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$734Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$735Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$682Mar, below the usual price. Compare March fares.$742Aug, around the usual price. Compare August fares.$1158Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Abu Dhabi to Cape Town, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zayed International (AUH) ↔ Cape Town (CPT)
- Flight time
- ≈11 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈7,521 km each way
- Typical price
- $735 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ethiopian
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Nov–Mar
Good to know
AUH → CPT, answered.
Is $675 a good price for Abu Dhabi to Cape Town?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $735 round-trip and this fare is 8% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Abu Dhabi to Cape Town?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Cape Town are Nov–Mar — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book AUH → Cape Town?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 8 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Abu Dhabi to Cape Town?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Ethiopian. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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