RareNonstop · 1h
DXB to DOHQatar
Doha
$180
usually $315
−43%
Most monthly lows $243–$345. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · DXB → JNB
Dubai to Johannesburg
Best fare, round trip
$455
−17%
below its usual $545
you keep $90
Found
- Depart
- Sun 1 Nov
- Return
- Sat 14 Nov
- Stay
- 13 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 9.5h
- Airline
Ethiopian
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $506 and $550. The drop beats 47% of measured fares on the board, over 10 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
South AfricaJohannesburgAfrica’s busiest airport and the road to Kruger — most people connect, some stay for the best museums on the continent.Best windowMar–May · Sep–NovAirportsO. R. Tambo (JNB) · Lanseria (HLA)Every route into JohannesburgFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $455 and peak in September near $617, 36% dearer, across the 10 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 9.5 hours outbound, on a 13-night trip — ticketed under Ethiopian, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $455 for 6,420 km each way, that works out to about $35 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Of the 7 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Johannesburg, this is the cheapest right now — 18% under the next one, Abu Dhabi. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 37 routes of similar length we watch out of Dubai, where the middle fare is $484. The best time to be in Johannesburg: Mar–May · Sep–Nov.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 1 Nov, $455
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The median cached fare across this calendar is unchanged since tracking began on 8 Aug — $538 then versus $538 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 $455, on 1 Nov.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $459, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $489, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.192021Thursday 22 October: $509, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2324252627Wednesday 28 October: $507, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 29 October: $517, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.30Saturday 31 October: $507, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $455, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $458, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $517, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $507, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Friday 6 November: $519, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.78Monday 9 November: $524, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $517, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1112131415161718Thursday 19 November: $514, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2021222324Wednesday 25 November: $486, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.262728Sunday 29 November: $544, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 30 November: $542, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
1234Saturday 5 December: $578, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.6Monday 7 December: $546, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 8 December: $544, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9Thursday 10 December: $656, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 11 December: $596, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.121314151617181920212223Thursday 24 December: $632, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Saturday 26 December: $637, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Monday 28 December: $613, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $580, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $579, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
12Sunday 3 January: $601, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Tuesday 5 January: $544, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.678910Monday 11 January: $538, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12Wednesday 13 January: $502, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14151617Monday 18 January: $539, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.192021Friday 22 January: $547, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 23 January: $544, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24252627Thursday 28 January: $542, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 146 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $455
17% below the $545 typical fare
$459Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$455Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$544Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$502Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$547Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$547Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$555Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$537May, around the usual price. Compare May fares.$550Jun, around the usual price. Compare June fares.$617Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Dubai to Johannesburg, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- DXB · Al Maktoum (DWC) ↔ O. R. Tambo (JNB) · Lanseria (HLA)
- Flight time
- ≈9.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈6,420 km each way
- Typical price
- $545 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ethiopian
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Good to know
DXB → JNB, answered.
Is $455 a good price for Dubai to Johannesburg?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $545 round-trip and this fare is 17% 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 Dubai to Johannesburg?
Across 10 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Johannesburg are Mar–May · Sep–Nov — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book DXB → Johannesburg?
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 10 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 Dubai to Johannesburg?
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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