There are 7 ways to get from Nuremberg to Cape Town by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Nuremberg Airport
best- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane NUE - CPT
17h 22mR 8,295–30,358Train to Frankfurt, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane FRA - CPT
16h 33mR 6,065–15,924Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane MUC - CPT
15h 38mR 6,351–21,725Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane STR - CPT
18h 57mR 9,001–15,917Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane PRG - CPT
19h 42mR 7,201–13,968Train, train to Dresden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane DRS - CPT
19h 57mR 10,670–36,942Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Augsburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Augsburg Hbf to Buchloetrain
- Take the train from Buchloe to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane ZRH - CPT
19h 33mR 7,443–21,367
Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nuremberg to Cape Town is to bus and fly which costs R 7 000 - R 14 000 and takes 19h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Nuremberg to Cape Town is to train and fly which takes 15h 38m and costs R 6 000 - R 22 000.
The distance between Nuremberg and Cape Town is 9336 km.
It takes approximately 17h 22m to get from Nuremberg to Cape Town, including transfers.
There are 7949+ hotels available in Cape Town.
What companies run services between Nuremberg, Germany and Cape Town, South Africa?
Lufthansa, Air France, and two other airlines fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) 4 times a day.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–23,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–24,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–24,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–22,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–33,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–21,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–32,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–33,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Cape Town International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Cape Town International Airport via Munich International Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–37,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–36,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–39,000
- Website
- flysaa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–26,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–25,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–30,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–31,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–26,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–26,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Cape Town International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–30,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–31,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–21,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–15,000
- Website
- taag.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport via Luanda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–24,000
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–15,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 550–1,200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 800–1,700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- R 650–1,400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- R 1,000–2,200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 390–800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- R 470–950
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Buchloe to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- R 500–1,100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 500–2,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 330–1,400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- R 400–1,600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Augsburg Hbf to Buchloe
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 110–470
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Augsburg Hbf to Buchloe
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 150–220
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 600–900
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- R 180–230
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 486
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Nuremberg central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 450–700
- Website
- Flixbus
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