There are 6 ways to get from Southampton to Cape Town by plane or train
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Fly from Southampton Airport
best- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane SOU - CPT
23h 37mR 9,147–31,221Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Southampton Central to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane LHR - CPT
15h 26mR 6,603–19,231Train to London City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane LCY - CPT
17h 59mR 12,002–34,259Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane LGW - CPT
15h 31mR 7,047–13,192Train to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane BRS - CPT
19h 49mR 6,920–22,617Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane MAN - CPT
20h 44mR 11,393–21,046
Southampton Airport (SOU) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Southampton to Cape Town is to train and fly which costs R 7 000 - R 14 000 and takes 15h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Southampton to Cape Town is to train and fly which takes 15h 26m and costs R 6 500 - R 20 000.
The distance between Southampton and Cape Town is 9669 km.
It takes approximately 23h 37m to get from Southampton to Cape Town, including transfers.
Cape Town is 1h ahead of Southampton. It is currently 9:46 PM in Southampton and 10:46 PM in Cape Town.
There are 7646+ hotels available in Cape Town.
What companies run services between Southampton, England and Cape Town, South Africa?
KLM, easyJet, and three other airlines fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–31,000
Flights from Southampton Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–31,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–22,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–31,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–21,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–28,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–29,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cape Town International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–24,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–34,000
Flights from London City Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–32,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–23,000
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Geneva, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 13,000–32,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–28,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London City Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–36,000
Flights from London City Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–38,000
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–23,000
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–26,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Cape Town International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–23,000
- Website
- flynorse.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–18,000
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–23,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–22,000
- Website
- taag.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Lisboa, Luanda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–26,000
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 490–1,100
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 700–1,600
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 650–1,600
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 750–1,500
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Southampton Central to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 2,700–3,800
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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