There are 6 ways to get from Manchester to Johannesburg by plane or train
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Fly from Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane MAN - JNB
16h 14mR 7,430–15,588Train to Liverpool, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane LPL - JNB
16h 38mR 6,114–20,974Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane LHR - JNB
16h 15mR 7,050–17,367Train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane NCL - JNB
18h 35mR 7,108–22,530Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly
- Take the train from Manchester Oxford Road to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane EDI - JNB
19h 39mR 8,798–14,578Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Manchester Oxford Road to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB)plane GLA - JNB
19h 49mR 10,367–19,610
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Johannesburg is to train and fly which costs R 8 500 - R 15 000 and takes 19h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Johannesburg is to fly which takes 16h 14m and costs R 7 000 - R 16 000.
The distance between Manchester and Johannesburg is 9355 km.
It takes approximately 16h 14m to get from Manchester to Johannesburg, including transfers.
Johannesburg is 1h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 4:37 PM in Manchester and 5:37 PM in Johannesburg.
There are 4946+ hotels available in Johannesburg.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Johannesburg, South Africa?
Swiss, Air France, and four other airlines fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–18,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–20,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–18,000
Flights from Liverpool to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–20,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–18,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–20,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–19,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–18,000
Flights from Liverpool to Johannesburg International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–20,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–23,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–22,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 4,900–19,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–16,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–17,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–16,000
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Newcastle to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–20,000
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,000–18,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–20,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–20,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–18,000
- Website
- airalgerie.dz
Flights from Manchester Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Algiers
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–22,000
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–16,000
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Johannesburg International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–22,000
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Liverpool to Johannesburg International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–20,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 1,400–2,400
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 1,400–2,500
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Victoria to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 1,200–2,100
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- R 1,700–3,000
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 240–410
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- R 1,500–2,600
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 220–390
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 260–480
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- [email protected]
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 1,200–2,100
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 320–480
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
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