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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 349 connecting flights from San Francisco to Cape Town. You can compare airfare deals from 20 airlines and multiple travel sites from $598, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out SFO-CPT flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from San Francisco to Cape Town Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from San Francisco to Cape Town with the lowest price of $598. Take a look at the list of flights with layovers from San Francisco to Cape Town from $598. There’re no direct flights. The fastest connecting flight – 21h 10m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $727 Find flight	14:45 San Francisco San Francisco	17:25+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	40h 40m layover 15h 25m - Doha	Qatar Airways	QR738 QR1371
from $868 Find flight	19:25 San Francisco San Francisco	07:20+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	25h 55m layover 3h 25m - Zurich	SWISS International Air Lines	LX39 LX8086
from $885 Find flight	20:35 San Francisco San Francisco	07:40+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	25h 5m layover 2h 50m - Munich	Lufthansa	LH459 LH574
from $598 Find flight	23:20 San Francisco San Francisco	13:45+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	28h 25m layover 2h 32m - Washington D.C. 1h 0m - Addis Ababa	Ethiopian Airlines	ET1359 ET501 ET847
from $753 Find flight	22:59 San Francisco San Francisco	09:50+3 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	48h 51m layover 16h 3m - Las Vegas 9h 55m - London	Frontier Airlines	F91850 Z0778 Z0795
from $769 Find flight	19:00 San Francisco San Francisco	10:30+3 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	53h 30m layover 18h 41m - Los Angeles 7h 55m - Doha	Frontier Airlines	F94594 QR740 QR1369
from $781 Find flight	11:25 San Francisco San Francisco	12:05+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	38h 40m layover 5h 30m - Hong Kong 2h 5m - Johannesburg	Cathay Pacific	CX879 CX749 FA119
from $781 Find flight	11:25 San Francisco San Francisco	12:20+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	38h 55m layover 5h 30m - Hong Kong 2h 20m - Johannesburg	Cathay Pacific	CX879 CX749 FA210
from $781 Find flight	11:25 San Francisco San Francisco	12:35+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	39h 10m layover 5h 30m - Hong Kong 2h 35m - Johannesburg	Cathay Pacific	CX879 CX749 FA800
from $781 Find flight	11:25 San Francisco San Francisco	13:50+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	40h 25m layover 5h 30m - Hong Kong 3h 50m - Johannesburg	Cathay Pacific	CX879 CX749 FA212
from $781 Find flight	11:25 San Francisco San Francisco	19:00+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	45h 35m layover 5h 30m - Hong Kong 9h 5m - Johannesburg	Cathay Pacific	CX879 CX749 FA303
from $781 Find flight	11:25 San Francisco San Francisco	20:20+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	46h 55m layover 5h 30m - Hong Kong 10h 20m - Johannesburg	Cathay Pacific	CX879 CX749 FA624
from $781 Find flight	11:25 San Francisco San Francisco	20:25+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	47h 0m layover 5h 30m - Hong Kong 10h 30m - Johannesburg	Cathay Pacific	CX879 CX749 FA109
from $781 Find flight	11:25 San Francisco San Francisco	20:50+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	47h 25m layover 5h 30m - Hong Kong 10h 55m - Johannesburg	Cathay Pacific	CX879 CX749 FA127
from $781 Find flight	11:25 San Francisco San Francisco	22:00+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	48h 35m layover 5h 30m - Hong Kong 12h 5m - Johannesburg	Cathay Pacific	CX879 CX749 FA319
from $788 Find flight	11:25 San Francisco San Francisco	14:35+2 дня Cape Town Cape Town Int.	41h 10m layover 5h 30m - Hong Kong 4h 35m - Johannesburg	Cathay Pacific	CX879 CX749 FA290

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on January 15, 2025

Flight Schedule San Francisco (California) to Cape Town

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from San Francisco to Cape Town. You can also specify the concrete flights and airlines on the route and how long the flight actually is. Use the calendar for today, tomorrow or other specific date as some flights are available only on certain days of the week.

Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
07:15 — 18:00 +1 day	07:15 — 15:41 UA1900 United Airlines San Francisco — Newark 4h 58m stop 20:40 — 18:00 UA1122 United Airlines Newark — Cape Town	24h 45m including layover	Find flight from$1168
08:25 — 16:10 +1 day	08:25 — 16:25 UA717 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C. 2h 22m stop 18:50 — 16:10 UA1011 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Cape Town	21h 45m including layover	Find flight from$1417
10:45 — 18:00 +1 day	10:45 — 19:26 UA1054 United Airlines San Francisco — Newark 1h 14m stop 20:40 — 18:00 UA1122 United Airlines Newark — Cape Town	21h 15m including layover	Find flight from$1168
10:50 — 18:00 +1 day	09:00 — 17:20 UA1149 United Airlines San Francisco — Newark 1h 28m stop 20:40 — 18:00 UA1122 United Airlines Newark — Cape Town	21h 10m including layover	Find flight from$1168
12:50 — 08:00 +2 days	12:50 — 07:25 LH9375 Lufthansa San Francisco — London 11h stop 18:25 — 08:00 BA43 British Airways London — Cape Town	33h 10m including layover	Find flight from$6420
12:50 — 10:20 +2 days	12:50 — 07:25 LH9375 Lufthansa San Francisco — London 13h 15m stop 20:40 — 10:20 BA45 British Airways London — Cape Town	35h 30m including layover	Find flight from$6420
13:10 — 12:00 +2 days	13:10 — 13:25 TK290 Turkish Airlines San Francisco — Istanbul 12h 30m stop 01:55 — 12:00 TK44 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Cape Town	36h 50m including layover	Find flight from$1003
13:35 — 07:40 +2 days	13:35 — 09:50 LH7996 Lufthansa San Francisco — Munich 9h 35m stop 19:25 — 07:40 LH574 Lufthansa Munich — Cape Town	32h 5m including layover	Find flight from$902
14:45 — 17:25 +2 days	14:45 — 17:15 QR738 Qatar Airways San Francisco — Doha 15h 25m stop 08:40 — 17:25 QR1371 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	40h 40m including layover	Find flight from$727
14:45 — 10:30 +2 days	14:45 — 17:15 QR738 Qatar Airways San Francisco — Doha 8h 30m stop 01:45 — 10:30 QR1369 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	33h 45m including layover	Find flight from$754
15:40 — 11:40 +2 days	15:40 — 19:25 EK226 Emirates San Francisco — Dubai 8h 25m stop 03:50 — 11:40 EK772 Emirates Dubai — Cape Town	34h including layover	Find flight from$1111
15:40 — 16:45 +2 days	15:40 — 19:25 EK226 Emirates San Francisco — Dubai 13h 45m stop 09:10 — 16:45 EK770 Emirates Dubai — Cape Town	39h 5m including layover	Find flight from$1111
16:40 — 07:55 +2 days	16:40 — 10:55 VS20 Virgin Atlantic Airways San Francisco — London 7h 25m stop 18:20 — 07:55 VS478 Virgin Atlantic Airways London — Cape Town	29h 15m including layover	Find flight from$1179
17:30 — 08:00 +2 days	17:30 — 12:00 IB3625 Iberia San Francisco — London 6h 25m stop 18:25 — 08:00 BA43 British Airways London — Cape Town	28h 30m including layover	Find flight from$1630
17:30 — 08:00 +2 days	17:30 — 12:00 BA284 British Airways San Francisco — London 6h 25m stop 18:25 — 08:00 BA43 British Airways London — Cape Town	28h 30m including layover	Find flight from$5815
18:50 — 12:00 +2 days	18:10 — 17:15 TK80 Turkish Airlines San Francisco — Istanbul 6h 55m stop 01:55 — 11:20 TK44 Turkish Airlines Istanbul — Cape Town	31h 10m including layover	Find flight from$1003
18:50 — 10:55 +2 days	18:50 — 14:55 LH9407 Lufthansa San Francisco — Frankfurt 7h 20m stop 22:15 — 10:55 LH576 Lufthansa Frankfurt — Cape Town	30h 5m including layover	Find flight from$1636
19:25 — 07:20 +2 days	19:25 — 15:30 LX39 SWISS International Air Lines San Francisco — Zurich 3h 25m stop 09:30 — 21:55 LX8086 SWISS International Air Lines Zurich — Cape Town	25h 55m including layover	Find flight from$868
20:35 — 07:40 +2 days	20:35 — 16:35 LH459 Lufthansa San Francisco — Munich 2h 50m stop 19:25 — 07:40 LH574 Lufthansa Munich — Cape Town	25h 5m including layover	Find flight from$885
20:35 — 07:40 +2 days	20:35 — 16:35 UA8882 United Airlines San Francisco — Munich 2h 50m stop 19:25 — 07:40 UA9513 United Airlines Munich — Cape Town	25h 5m including layover	Find flight from$1357
22:45 — 16:10 +2 days	22:45 — 06:52 UA1849 United Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C. 11h 58m stop 18:50 — 16:10 UA1011 United Airlines Washington D.C. — Cape Town	31h 25m including layover	Find flight from$1168
11:25 — 12:05 +2 days	11:25 — 19:00 CX879 Cathay Pacific San Francisco — Hong Kong 5h 30m stop 00:30 — 07:40 CX749 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong — Johannesburg 2h 5m stop 09:45 — 12:05 FA119 Safair (FlySafair) Johannesburg — Cape Town	38h 40m including layover	Find flight from$781
11:25 — 12:20 +2 days	11:25 — 19:00 CX879 Cathay Pacific San Francisco — Hong Kong 5h 30m stop 00:30 — 07:40 CX749 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong — Johannesburg 2h 20m stop 10:00 — 12:20 FA210 Safair (FlySafair) Johannesburg — Cape Town	38h 55m including layover	Find flight from$781
19:00 — 10:30 +3 days	19:00 — 20:29 F94594 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Los Angeles 18h 41m stop 15:10 — 17:50 QR740 Qatar Airways Los Angeles — Doha 7h 55m stop 01:45 — 10:30 QR1369 Qatar Airways Doha — Cape Town	53h 30m including layover	Find flight from$769
22:59 — 09:50 +3 days	22:59 — 00:42 F91850 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Las Vegas 16h 3m stop 16:45 — 10:35 Z0778 Z0 Las Vegas — London 9h 55m stop 20:30 — 09:50 Z0795 Z0 London — Cape Town	48h 51m including layover	Find flight from$753
23:20 — 13:45 +2 days	22:50 — 07:01 ET1359 Ethiopian Airlines San Francisco — Washington D.C. 2h 32m stop 11:00 — 07:15 ET501 Ethiopian Airlines Washington D.C. — Addis Ababa 1h stop 08:15 — 13:45 ET847 Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa — Cape Town	28h 25m including layover	Find flight from$598

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on January 15, 2025

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from San Francisco to Cape Town depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between San Francisco and Cape Town is 16497 miles. Time difference between the cities is 10h. Airplanes depart 06:00 to 23:35 from 3 San Francisco airports and arrive 06:00 to 23:35 to 1 Cape Town airport. Average flight time is 35h 55m.

The fastest flight 21h 10m
Average flight time 35h 55m
The earliest flight 06:00
The latest flight 23:35
Distance 10251 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Cape Town are january (from 598 $), november (from 728 $), february (from 753 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 1 376 $), february (from 753 $), november (from 728 $).

What is the lowest airfare San Francisco to Cape Town?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $598. This airfare is for economy class on one-way ET1359 flight by Ethiopian Airlines for January 19, 2025 which leaves San Francisco in San Francisco at 23:20 am and arrives at Cape Town Cape Town Int. at 13:45.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight San Francisco — Cape Town is served by 20 regular airlines and 2 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Qatar Airways - 72 departures per week at the price of from $ 727 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Emirates airline - from $ 9710.

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Connecting Flights

There are 349 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is UA1149 by United Airlines takes 21h 10m and the cheapest is ET1359 by Ethiopian Airlines for $598.

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AC - Air Canada

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EI - Aer Lingus

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OS - Austrian Airlines

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EK - Emirates

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OZ - Asiana Airlines

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LX - SWISS International Air Lines

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UA - United Airlines

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ET - Ethiopian Airlines

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AS - Alaska Airlines

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F9 - Frontier Airlines

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CX - Cathay Pacific

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Airports

You can fly from San Francisco to Cape Town from 3 airports (San Francisco, Embarkadero, China Basin Heliport).

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Cape Town airports

Cape Town Int.-CPT

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Airplanes

There are flights to Cape Town from San Francisco by 20 airlines that use 2 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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