ExceptionalNonstop · 3.5h
LON to RAKMorocco
Marrakech
$48
usually $130
−63%
Most monthly lows $74–$164. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · LON → CPT
London to Cape Town
Best fare, round trip
$709
−18%
below its usual $860
you keep $151
Found
- Depart
- Tue 1 Dec
- Return
- Tue 15 Dec
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 11.5h
- Airline
Norse Atlantic UK
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $738 and $872. The drop beats 50% of measured fares on the board, over 6 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 December around $709 and peak in March near $967, 36% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Norse Atlantic UK nonstop and takes about 11.5 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip. At $709 for 9,671 km each way, that works out to about $37 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 12th — 16% above the $612 from Brussels. For context, the middle fare among the 36 routes of similar length we watch out of London is $647. The best time to be in Cape Town: Nov–Mar.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 1 Dec, $709
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 2% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $897 then versus $880 now, across 20 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 $587, on 9 Oct.
October 2026
151617Sunday 18 October: $880, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.192021Thursday 22 October: $1.1k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425Monday 26 October: $945, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Wednesday 28 October: $857, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 29 October: $848, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 30 October: $858, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
November 2026
123Wednesday 4 November: $766, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.56789101112Friday 13 November: $818, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1415161718192021222324252627282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $709, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.23456789101112Sunday 13 December: $857, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14Tuesday 15 December: $948, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 16 December: $1.4k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.17Friday 18 December: $1.7k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 19 December: $1.5k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.202122Wednesday 23 December: $1.5k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $1.6k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $1.5k, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
January 2027
1Saturday 2 January: $953, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 3 January: $985, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 4 January: $865, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 5 January: $849, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 6 January: $862, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 7 January: $797, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.8910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 123 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $709
18% below the $860 typical fare
$848Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$738Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$709Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$797Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$872Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$967Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, London to Cape Town, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Heathrow (LHR) · Gatwick (LGW) · Stansted (STN) · Luton (LTN) ↔ Cape Town (CPT)
- Flight time
- ≈11.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈9,671 km each way
- Typical price
- $860 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Norse Atlantic UK
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Nov–Mar
Good to know
LON → CPT, answered.
Is $709 a good price for London to Cape Town?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $860 round-trip and this fare is 18% 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 London to Cape Town?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Dec 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 LON → 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 6 months of cached fares, Dec comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from London to Cape Town?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Norse Atlantic UK). The outbound leg runs around 11.5 hours.
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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