There are 7 ways to get from Cape Town to Austria by plane or train
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Fly to Vienna International Airport
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane CPT - VIE
14h 22m€357–541Fly to Munich International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane CPT - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbftrain
14h 19m€329–1,109Fly to Salzburg Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane CPT - SZG
16h 21m€413–1,117Fly to Graz Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane CPT - GRZ
14h 53m€455–1,219Fly to Linz Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Linz Airport (LNZ)plane CPT - LNZ
17h 8m€456–1,218Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CPT - ZRH
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
15h 58m€384–1,022Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane CPT - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbftrain
20h 1m€425–875
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Vienna International Airport (VIE) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Austria is to fly which costs €350 - €550 and takes 14h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Austria is to fly and train which takes 14h 19m and costs €320 - €1200.
The distance between Cape Town and Austria is 9170 km.
It takes approximately 14h 22m to get from Cape Town to Austria, including transfers.
Austria is 1h behind Cape Town. It is currently 1:25 PM in Cape Town and 12:25 PM in Austria.
There are 4609+ hotels available in Austria.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Austria?
Edelweiss Air, Austrian Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Vienna International Airport (VIE) every 4 hours.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Graz Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Graz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Linz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Linz Airport via Johannesburg, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Graz Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Munich International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Salzburg Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Munich International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Munich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Salzburg Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–700
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Linz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,200
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €18–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €18–23
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- RegioJet
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