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Cheap Flights from Chicago to Africa

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Cairo
Cairo1 stop$526
Lagos
Lagos1 stop$842
Cape Town
Cape Town1 stop$928
Accra
Accra1 stop$841
Entebbe
Entebbe1 stop$883
Dakar
Dakar1 stop$899
Dar Es Salaam
Dar Es Salaam1 stop$958
Cairo
Cairo1 stop$526
Lagos
Lagos1 stop$842
Cape Town
Cape Town1 stop$928
Accra
Accra1 stop$841
Entebbe
Entebbe1 stop$883
Dakar
Dakar1 stop$899
Dar Es Salaam
Dar Es Salaam1 stop$958

Book Cheap Chicago to Africa Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Chicago to Africa that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Chicago to Africa

Thu, Oct 16 - Fri, Nov 14
Turkish Airlines Logo
11:25 am - 2:55 pmORD-CMN
21h 30m1 stop
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4:45 pm - 6:25 pmCMN-ORD
32h 40m1 stop
$510Turkish Airlines
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Mon, Aug 11 - Sun, Sep 7
Turkish Airlines Logo
11:45 pm - 9:20 pmORD-ALG
15h 35m1 stop
Turkish Airlines Logo
12:30 am - 10:00 pmALG-ORD
27h 30m1 stop
$513Turkish Airlines
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Tue, Jan 20 - Wed, Jan 28
United Airlines Logo
12:50 pm - 7:50 amORD-CMN
12h 00m1 stop
United Airlines Logo
9:35 am - 2:12 pmCMN-ORD
35h 37m2 stops
$570United Airlines
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Wed, Dec 3 - Fri, Feb 6
United Airlines Logo
9:05 pm - 7:50 amORD-CMN
27h 45m2 stops
United Airlines Logo
9:35 am - 6:33 pmCMN-ORD
39h 58m2 stops
$625United Airlines
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Sun, Dec 28 - Thu, Jan 8
British Airways Logo
5:10 pm - 6:15 pmORD-RAK
18h 05m1 stop
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1:10 pm - 6:45 pmRAK-ORD
36h 35m1 stop
$645British Airways
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Mon, Aug 25 - Mon, Sep 1
British Airways Logo
4:30 pm - 12:30 pmORD-RAK
14h 00m1 stop
British Airways Logo
1:10 pm - 2:15 pmRAK-ORD
31h 05m1 stop
$689British Airways
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Sun, Nov 2 - Mon, Nov 10
Ethiopian Air Logo
9:45 am - 1:10 pmORD-NBO
18h 25m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
6:00 pm - 7:40 amNBO-ORD
22h 40m2 stops
$811Ethiopian Air
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Thu, Oct 30 - Sat, Nov 8
Ethiopian Air Logo
10:15 am - 1:10 pmORD-NBO
18h 55m1 stop
Ethiopian Air Logo
6:00 pm - 7:40 amNBO-ORD
22h 40m2 stops
$840Ethiopian Air
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Fri, Sep 26 - Tue, Dec 16
Delta Logo
10:40 am - 7:15 amORD-ACC
15h 35m1 stop
Delta Logo
9:10 am - 9:31 pmACC-ORD
18h 21m1 stop
$881Delta
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Fri, Sep 26 - Tue, Dec 16
Delta Logo
10:40 am - 7:15 amORD-ACC
15h 35m1 stop
Delta Logo
11:35 am - 9:25 amACC-ORD
27h 50m2 stops
$886Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Chicago to Africa flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Chicago to Africa to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Chicago to Africa?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

No, with an average price for the route of $1,325, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Chicago to Africa?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Chicago to Africa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Chicago to Africa is February, when tickets cost $694 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and June, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,355 and $1,245 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Chicago to Africa?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Chicago to Africa clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

For Chicago to Africa, Sunday is the cheapest day to fly on average and Thursday is the most expensive. Flying from Africa back to Chicago, the best deals are generally found on Sunday, with Tuesday being the most expensive.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Chicago to Africa?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Chicago to Africa, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Chicago to Africa, you should book around 3 weeks before departure, which saves you about 15% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 12 weeks before departure.


Good to know

Low seasonApril
Cheapest flight$236
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 12% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 33% increase in price.
Flight from Chicago to Marrakech

FAQs - booking Africa flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Chicago to Africa?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Chicago to Africa.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Chicago to Africa?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Chicago to Africa is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Chicago to Africa?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from Chicago to Africa with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Chicago to Africa?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Chicago to Africa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Africa?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost $848 on average. Morning departures are around 15% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,002.

  • How many flights are there between Chicago and Africa per day?

    There is a maximum of 1 nonstop flight a day that takes off from Chicago and lands in Africa, with an average flight time of 13h 45m. The most common departure time is 10:00 am and most flights take off in the morning. Each week, there are 7 flights.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Chicago to Africa

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Chicago to Africa? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
DeltaOverall score based on 7980 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.9Comfort
7.3Food
7.9Entertainment
8.5Crew
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Delayed and took off even later than the scheduled delay time

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jul 2025DTW - SEA
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Delayed and took off even later than the scheduled delay time

For a 69 year old with health problems I had the worse experience, no wheelchair when I entered a lady told me to sit and wait while a gentleman told me I had to walk to the Delta station, which I did. I had a carry on and a bag, and I was traveling with my service dog, which was on his carrier and the lady charged me for my carry on luggage, beside all the waiting cause of the delay, I had to walk to get my luggage cause no wheelchair showed up, I am so disappointed. I will get in touch with the company. I got home at 3:00 am, not good for my health situation.

Only issue was with seating. The economy fare we purchased did say there was no guarantee the three people in our party would be seated together, and we were not. At the gate, the agent told us more specifically, the fare we purchased meant we would be seated in middle seats only. This should just be made more obvious.

Great experience on Delta. Staff from baggage check to flight attendants were very courteous and professional. My only issue was a personal preference for pretzels instead of the chips and cookies that were offered.

There was no problems, just a little uncomfortable with seats that do not lay back a little

Always good but we must do something about people in rows ahead of you that don't put their seats back up when they are suppose to. And It's rough to not be able to even lean over to get something out of my purse.

Flight was delayed, 30+ bags had to be gate checked. Crew were very friendly!

Everything was good until we were boarding our connection flight in Atlanta, we were told to gate check our carry-on, but when we got inside the plane, there was plenty of room in the overhead.

Did not know my son and I had different seating arrangements. He was fine, but it was disappointing.

Flight was canceled, and no effort was made to help with rebooking, no hotel vouchers, no car transportation and minimal food voucher and most places for food were closed by the time the voucher was given. Waited for 3 hours for bags. Simply the worst travel experience I have ever had

It was delayed instead of departing at 9:20pm, we departed at 11pm… putting us in Columbus after 2am! It was awful. Had I known about the delay, I could have spent some time in the United Lounge… I was starving because I started my journey in Budapest… so I was exhausted and hungry. Plus I had to make new arrangements to be picked up at the airport in Columbus, instead of midnight it was 2:30 am after getting luggage and out of airport. Not feasible. I would have just stayed in Chicago for the night and gotten a morning flight.

It was great, I’m very grateful for the pilots and crew flight attendants for everything.

Evidently, my seat had the only broken TV. I couldn’t plug it in, get it to come on, or watch anything, and of course, no one could fix it while we were on the plane. The service was good and the boarding was quick

The boarding of took of late.The presentation of the food was horrable as was the tast of the food was cold and tastless.

Delay and keep changing gates. I have to run around from B to C then to E.

I was charged for my daughters bag when I am supposed to receive two free checked bags with my United Explorer card.

The schedule to Moline changed 5 times. The gate changed 6 times. That is a pathetic way to run an airline. No wonder that no one in our company flies on United Express to or from Moline. Changes happen most of the time. I learned my lesson on this trip…never again!

Flight was great. Efficient boarding. Short flight. Early arrival. Friendly flight crew. The entertainment system did not work well. Could not access it until the aircraft reached 10K feet or more. Lots of glitches.

A bit rush for transit. Food and entertainment are not available

Boarding was a little difficult. The gate area at O'Hare was very small and crowded due to multiple gates in the area. Could not hear the intercom, so had to rely on signage to see when my group was boarding and the signage was blocked by passengers standing in the gate. Flight was great and we arrived in Montreal on time.

The economy seat was so uncomfortable, had not enough leg room for 13 hours flight, front seat basket was broken and couldn’t hold anything, food quality was horrible( we got food poisoned ) we charged for logged which used to be free. We paid too much for this flight and very disappointed. Turkish air line better to make satisfy and respect people instead of find different way to scam people.

This is really the rating of two flights. JFK to IST then IST to NQZ. New York to Istanbul was good. Good crew and all positives. The flight to Astana was so bad that brought it all down. Crew was nonexistent above the minimum, seats were cramped, and it was hot on the plane. Turkish Airlines seems to be slipping down to US based carriers level.

The 2 agents on the check in counter were super nice , helpful and very polite. Boarding was like a 1 2 3, I would recommend Turkish airlines for your next trip.

Everything was very good, except that the plane was an hour and a half late

flight with heavy turbulence old boeing 777 rest wasnt clean dashboard doesn’t work

Light and recline did not work on my seat. Very uncomfortable and could not read in the dark

Bad experience; they are not good anymore. They charge too much for luggage seat are so uncomfortable, Flight delays which may miss your next flight, they don’t care if you miss the flight or not. Zero customer services for front desk representatives Istanbul's airport I’m not using this airline any more.

I’ve been traveling for 20 years. I tried Turkish airline for the first time horrible horrible service and it would be my last time even if I get offer for a free ticket, I will not accept it. They have races and the worst Flight attendant

It wasn't good. I didn’t understand. They changed 320 dollars for 2 luggage. My ticket was regular and I paid almost 1200.00 dollars. Why they did charge? I want my money back.. thanks Yılmaz polat

Very punctual, the onboard staff was friendly and correct, the flight was fortunately very calm, the toilets were clean, in short, an excellent experience Thanks

Lost suite case and pillow that’s used by senior and they didn’t leave it at the airport

I had a comfortable seat that makes my trip wonderful. I appreciate the Ethiopia crew, they were very helpful

worst was delayed luggage. could see luggage was still in Singapore but they insist I wait till all luggage are unloaded before filing a report. took 2 days to arrive and I had to collect it myself from the airport

United was best airlines I have seen since I got there choose united airlines

It was wonderful best Air lines covert and all very happy with their service they have been very helpful and friendly

No Asian Vegetarian food was available on this sector but only fish and chicken and pasta were offered.

For Vegetarian Food was very poor. Though we had opted for Asian Vegetarian Food they didn’t serve but only what was available was served. We were offered Smoked Salmon!

It was very bad experience with Ethiopian airlines . The flight was delayed in both ways . On the way coming back one of the crews dropped hot coffee on my whole body and other crew dropped used dirty glasses on top of me . The same crew that dropped hot coffee on me hit me with the food trolley on my knee while I was sleeping . I couldn’t sit properly due to the pain on my knee caused by those irresponsible crews . Very unprofessional airlines

Flight was delayed an hour. Also, I bought an extra legroom seat online; but the actually plane was a different configuration so I didn't get what I paid for . This happened on the Addis to Lusaka leg of my trip.

My experience was great. The flight attendants were very helpful and nice, and the food was very good.

My experience with British Airways is excellent, thanks for all 🫶🏻✈️

Old tired plane, Uncomfortable business class seat. Breakfast dreadful and meagre. At least flight was on time!

Safe arrival. Improvement on Time efficiency Effective Communication will be great.

The crew is very friendly and helpful. The food is good for airplane food. The flight is long and hard to sleep. The leg space is great. The plane arrived in plenty of time.

A good flight back to Tampa and thankfully although we had a 90 minute delay because of thunder storms from Charlotte to bottom iof Florida, it was a prudent to avoid these for a comfortable flight as opposed to being tossed around with turbulence.

They removed our booking without telling us. Cost us thousands to book last minute

Enjoyable flight, helpful crew everything was organized to accommodate passengers.

Captain sick. Unable to get replacement so delayed me 30 hours, many others delayed 54 hours. TOTALLY DESTROYED ALL MY PLANS, including lost my rental car which would now cost over 5 times what I paid so stuck with buses n trains... lost hotel reservations.... HORRIBLE!!!

The international flight from PHL to Lisbon was one of the worst I’ve experienced, ever. What was really disappointing was the entire experience of comfort and service in the coach cabin after takeoff. The food was inedible and the wine served with dinner was such low quality - it tasted of petrol. I couldn’t eat more than a bite or two of the chicken entree, being worried it would make me ill. The service took so long to reach the entire coach cabin, I ended up having the lights turned off on me as though I had to rush though dinner (though as I mentioned, it wasn’t as if I ate much - only the salad). Most of the attendants seemed generally annoyed and were not friendly or polite. While there was some turbulence, it wasn’t too uncomfortable and I know that is just a chance. The temperature of the cabin was so warm, even a friend a row or two up and on the other side of the plane felt like this. To top it all off, the seat was so uncomfortable and flattened/overused, I had back pains for DAYS afterward.

They’ve lost my bag and I have no way of really getting in touch with anyone and have received no updates.

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