ExceptionalNonstop · 3h
AMS to AGPSpain
Málaga
$81
usually $185
−56%
Most monthly lows $118–$237. Cheaper than every other month on record (9).
Flights · AMS → CPT
Amsterdam to Cape Town
Best fare, round trip
$785
−15%
below its usual $925
you keep $140
Found
- Depart
- Mon 26 Oct
- Return
- Mon 9 Nov
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 2 stops · 16h
- Airline
SAS
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $889 and $940. The drop beats 40% 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 October around $785 and peak in December near $1,135, 45% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes 2 stops and takes about 16 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under SAS, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $785 for 9,686 km each way, that works out to about $41 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 31 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Cape Town, this fare ranks 20th — 28% above the $612 from Brussels. For context, the middle fare among the 39 routes of similar length we watch out of Amsterdam is $730. The best time to be in Cape Town: Nov–Mar.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 2% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $972 then versus $991 now, across 18 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 $777, on 5 Oct.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 15 of 109 days priced, from 80 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $1.1k. Compare fares from this day.2Tuesday 3 November: $810. Compare fares from this day.4567891011121314Sunday 15 November: $913. Compare fares from this day.1617181920Saturday 21 November: $857. Compare fares from this day.2223242526Friday 27 November: $859. Compare fares from this day.282930
December 2026
123456789101112131415161718Saturday 19 December: $1.8k. Compare fares from this day.2021222324Friday 25 December: $1.6k. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
January 2027
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Oct, around $785
15% below the $925 typical fare
$785Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$810Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$1135Dec, above the usual price. Compare December fares.$925Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$889Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$1006Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$940Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$898Aug, around the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Amsterdam to Cape Town, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Schiphol (AMS) ↔ Cape Town (CPT)
- Flight time
- ≈16 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,686 km each way
- Typical price
- $925 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- SAS
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Nov–Mar
Good to know
AMS → CPT, answered.
Is $785 a good price for Amsterdam to Cape Town?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $925 round-trip and this fare is 15% 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 Amsterdam to Cape Town?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Oct 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 AMS → 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, Oct comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Amsterdam to Cape Town?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under SAS. 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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