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$420 Find Cheap Flights from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town departing on 11/12. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
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These are the airlines KAYAK users have selected most often from within our search results in flight searches from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town, as well as popular online travel agencies
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Cheapest round-trip
$739
Typical prices: $829-$1,295
KLM, Air France
Tue 11/24Mon 12/14
FRA - CPT • 2 stops
Cheapest non-stop
$804
Typical prices: $811-$1,340
Condor
Sat 11/28Sat 12/12
FRA - CPT • Non-stop
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Condor premium economy adds 36-inch legroom on this long-haul route.
Lufthansa offers FlyNet Premium and 11 special meal choices on long-haul flights.
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Cheapest • Avg $676 (round-trip)
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Cheap Flights from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town (FRA-CPT)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town 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 Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town

Tue, Nov 24 - Mon, Dec 14
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10:15 am - 5:50 am
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CPT
18h 35m
2 stops
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7:55 am - 10:05 pm
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FRA
15h 10m
1 stop
$739Multiple Airlines
Mon, Sep 28 - Mon, Dec 7
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3:10 pm - 10:10 pm
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CPT
31h 00m
1 stop
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7:55 am - 10:05 pm
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FRA
15h 10m
1 stop
$745Air France
Mon, Sep 28 - Mon, Dec 7
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3:10 pm - 10:10 pm
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CPT
31h 00m
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7:55 am - 10:05 pm
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FRA
15h 10m
1 stop
$751Air France
Mon, Nov 9 - Fri, Jan 22
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6:55 am - 10:40 pm
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CPT
14h 45m
1 stop
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7:55 am - 10:05 pm
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FRA
15h 10m
1 stop
$752Multiple Airlines
Fri, Aug 14 - Fri, Sep 4
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7:00 am - 12:40 pm
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CPT
29h 40m
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7:40 am - 9:35 am
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FRA
25h 55m
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$757KLM
Mon, Sep 7 - Sun, Sep 20
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8:30 pm - 11:55 am
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CPT
15h 25m
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5:45 pm - 6:00 am
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FRA
12h 15mnonstop
$758Multiple Airlines
Wed, Aug 19 - Fri, Sep 11
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7:00 am - 12:40 pm
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CPT
29h 40m
2 stops
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7:40 am - 9:35 am
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FRA
25h 55m
1 stop
$759KLM
Sun, Nov 29 - Thu, Dec 24
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10:20 am - 5:50 am
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CPT
18h 30m
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3:20 pm - 11:15 am
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FRA
20h 55m
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$760Multiple Airlines
Sat, Aug 1 - Mon, Aug 31
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2:15 pm - 9:25 pm
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CPT
31h 10m
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7:40 am - 1:35 pm
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FRA
29h 55m
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$763KLM
Sun, Nov 22 - Wed, Dec 9
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10:20 am - 10:40 pm
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35h 20m
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7:55 am - 10:05 pm
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15h 10m
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Frankfurt am Main Airport to Cape Town?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Frankfurt am Main Airport to Cape Town departing in November.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Frankfurt am Main Airport to Cape Town clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Cape Town on a Sunday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Thursday is the most expensive day to fly from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Wednesday and avoiding Mondays for the best deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Frankfurt am Main Airport to Cape Town?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Frankfurt am Main Airport to Cape Town, 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 Frankfurt am Main Airport to Cape Town is April, where tickets cost $805 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,172 and $1,153 respectively.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from Frankfurt am Main Airport to Cape Town?

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 $918, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Frankfurt am Main Airport to Cape Town?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Frankfurt am Main Airport to Cape Town, 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 Frankfurt am Main Airport to Cape Town, you should book around 7 weeks before departure, which saves you about 18% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 8 weeks before departure.

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Chris Dong

Chris Dong

Expert on Condor

Chris is a consumer travel reporter covering aviation, trending travel news, hotels, and loyalty programs—all for leading global publications like Travel + Leisure, The Washington Post, AFAR, and more. In addition to writing, Chris is a video host for Travel + Leisure, giving consumers an inside look at the latest in air travel.

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Jessica Macdonald

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Currently based in Scotland after living in South Africa and the United States, Jessica has been writing travel and aviation content for more than 10 years. She regularly contributes to Travel + Leisure and TripSavvy, and has had work published by Condé Nast Traveller and The Independent. She has traveled to more than 50 countries across six continents.

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Duncan Madden

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Duncan is a freelance travel writer, copywriter and book author in constant search of travel stories and the perpetual sensation of being on holiday. He’s never happier than when on a dusty trail in search of empty waves or ducking under the piste tape in search of snowbound solitude. British born, living in Germany, but happiest heading for the horizon. His first book, Found in Translation, explores the etymologies and stories of country names around the world and is out now.

Daniel Scheffler

Daniel Scheffler

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Daniel Scheffler is a travel writer, podcaster, and producer. Born in Africa, bred in Europe and now living in America he has traveled to 140 countries (and all 50 U.S. states). Plus he has stayed at over 2500 hotels across the globe. His original shows Everywhere and Without Maps (available on Spotify) showcase his beliefs, travel is about humanity and sharing that beauty. And thus it reminds you that you shouldn’t believe everything you think.

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Low seasonJune
Cheapest flight$420
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 3% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 21% increase in price.
Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town

When to book flights from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town flights

  • How many flights are there between Frankfurt am Main Airport and Cape Town per day?

    There is a maximum of 1 nonstop flight a day that takes off from Frankfurt am Main Airport and lands in Cape Town, with an average flight time of 11h 15m. The most common departure time is 10:00 pm and most flights take off at night. Each week, there are 5 flights.

  • What is the cheapest flight from Frankfurt am Main Airport to Cape Town?

    In the last 5 days, the lowest price for a flight from Frankfurt am Main Airport to Cape Town was $420 for a one-way ticket and $739 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Frankfurt am Main and Cape Town?

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Cape Town from Frankfurt am Main.

  • Which airlines offer Wi-Fi service onboard planes from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town?

    Lufthansa, South African, United Airlines, and KLM offer inflight Wi-Fi service on the Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town flight route.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town?

    The Airbus A330-900neo is the aircraft model that flies most regularly on the Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town flight route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town?

    Star Alliance is the only airline alliance operating flights between Frankfurt am Main and Cape Town.

  • On which days can I fly direct from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town?

    You can catch a nonstop flight from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town, Ethiopian Air or Lufthansa?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town are Ethiopian Air and Lufthansa. With an average price for the route of $957 and an overall rating of 7.2, Ethiopian Air is the most popular choice. Lufthansa is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $1,285 and an overall rating of 6.8.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town?

    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 Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Cape Town from Frankfurt am Main 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 Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town?

    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 to Cape Town with an airline and back to Frankfurt am Main with another airline. Booking your flights between Frankfurt am Main and CPT can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town?

    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 to Cape Town from Frankfurt am Main up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town Intl.
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Direct departures

Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town Intl

Monday

Lufthansa

Lufthansa

Wednesday

Lufthansa

Lufthansa

Thursday

Lufthansa

Lufthansa

Friday

Lufthansa

Lufthansa

Saturday

Lufthansa

Lufthansa

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Direct returns

Cape Town Intl to Frankfurt am Main

Tuesday

Lufthansa

Lufthansa

Thursday

Lufthansa

Lufthansa

Friday

Lufthansa

Lufthansa

Saturday

Lufthansa

Lufthansa

Sunday

Lufthansa

Lufthansa

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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Frankfurt am Main to Cape Town? 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.
7.2
Ethiopian AirOverall score based on 1008 reviews
6.9Food
6.7Entertainment
7.2Boarding
7.1Comfort
7.6Crew
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It was a great experience for my first time flying with this airline. I will be flying with them a lot more now. Plane crew was amazing.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Jun 2026
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It was a great experience for my first time flying with this airline. I will be flying with them a lot more now. Plane crew was amazing.

The Boeing 737 MAX on this route, flown in the middle of the night, is an UTTER FAILURE for business travellers. The whole point of business travel is to arrive alert and recover from travel quickly, and this little aeroplane with its quarter recline uncomfortable business seats does nothing for that. It’s a small step up from economy in that you have decent legroom, but that’s it. Absolute margin at the cost of the traveller.

Very bad experience flight was over 5 hours delayed 😑 not a chance to be put on another flight we had to stay at the hotel we lost 2 days on our vacation. Never again I will fligh with Ethiopian airlines.

The use of a domestic carrier without entertainment was disappointing and a let down

There where no ear phones provided and the food needs to improve.

The food needs to improve especially the fish as there where only 3 fish cubes in my plate.

My entertainment screen wasn't working and they couldn't fix it.

The food could be better, the beef was quite tough. The crew were friendly and helpful on this flight, which has not being my experience on other Ethiopian flights.

The crew were extremely unfriendly. The plane was dirty and the entertainment system did not work, so they did not even give out earphones to anyone.

The seats were quite uncomfortable despite having good legroom. The 350s are quite nice but the problem is on the old 777 aircraft. Special meal requests are not catered for as they should. They never had any ice for drinks.

Cancelled - booked on train; and then flights started running! I spent 5 hours with 2 changes on train while flights started and is 50 min

Lufthansa has a bag policy unique to Lufthansa. We all had a small carry on and a backpack (personal item) that we carried with us through multiple other connecting flights, no problem. With Lufthansa we were charged 80 euros each for the carry on at the gate, for this one flight. When asked they said they made an announcement… problem being that we had just arrived to the gate from a connecting flight and didn’t hear an announcement. While we were standing at the counter paying the ridiculous fee several other people were stopped, while countless others boarded with the same type of luggage and were not stopped. Crazy. Good news though, when we got on the plane half of the overhead bins were empty! After an already horrible experience the lady at the counter was also terrible, so that helped round things out.

We missed our connecting flight in Frankfurt do to security and all hell ensued then.we got rebooked to Washington got there round 10 am ish didn't find out till 630 we were rerouted to United!! Then we started getting updates

Boarding arrangement at Frankfurt was terribly managed with no proper guidance and the flight was parked far away from the gate. In flight entertainment device (touch screen) was not working at all throughout the flight. And on top of all this two of the checked in bags were found to be missing when we landed at Chennai. All this mismanagement at a very high fare of about $2300 per ticket is unacceptable.

Water in bottle and a piece of chocolate were given. We did have movies to watch.

Too tight connection. Lufthansa staff pulled 12 of us out of passport control that had tight connections and took us about 1/3 mile AWAY from our gates and put us in another slow, long line. Needless to say all of us missed our flights and the Customer “Service” staff was rude and not helpful at all. Was rebooked from a direct flight to one w a 6hr layover. Asked about an other option that was on my app and was told to book it myself online (which would be $300 extra pp!!). Got rebooked again w a tight connection which was also missed. Rebooked into middle seats that didn’t recline for 9 hr flight!! No compensation (and we paid for seats!) Ended up taking 26hrs to get home from Europe to North Carolina! No longer a fan of Lufthansa—2nd time having these kind of issues w them!

The crew were excellent, smiling and kind. The seats were good for economy though my seat back got a bit sticky from getting out of the reclining position. The food was good for a Kosher meal, better than usual. Entertainment was okay, but there was no Wi-fi available the entire flight. Overall the flight was fine for an overnight flight. The flight attendant in my section was absolutely delightful.

Staff are really not attentive. Seem rather disinterested in attending to the customers in general.

Food was OK.. nothing to rave about but it was tasty enough. Many choices to choose from for entertainment. Seats tight but comfortable. Flight attendants cheerful & helpful.

The flight was smooth and on time. Check-in and boarding was very efficient. The flight was very comfortable and there was good entertainment and food on offer.

Very nice flight very quick staff were really good. They speaking to me in German a lot when I’m English again if you’re the taller person I would pay extra for the legroom more comfortable.

One of the female flight attendants had an attitude. The snack toward the end was pretty bad. My husband and I were both sick the next two days.

Awful! Rude attendants at gate. We were rushed along just to wait on hot bus to board plane and waited an hour extra to take off. My luggage was and still is lost and it’s been stressful and inconvenient and a big waste of time trying to track it down!

It was freezing cold, the flight delayed and then I got rebooked to a different connecting flight with a four hour waiting time even though I would have easily made my initial connection

As I am 6 foot four and a large frame seek comfort was not very good hardly any legroom which I couldn’t enjoy my food

Absolutely the worst food I ever had on any flight. Half of passengers simply didn't eat their meals, as I noticed.

Crew was very responsive to give soft drinks etc.. At Frankfurt Airport Special Assistance did a great job for us. The seat cushions were simply bad and not up to the mark for Premium Economy which we chose. All the cushions from Business to Economy were poor. Also, any snack besides lunch and breakfast, you have to purchase including chips and chocolate. It is simply cheap. I don't think I will fly Condor anytime soon

The boarding process is a nightmare. They put you on a bus for 30 minutes with no air flow. The process was extremely slow and we were behind schedule so they auto rebooked us on a flight for our layover. The new flight was 4 hours later in the day, we landed an hour and 45 minutes before our layover flight so this was completely unnecessary. When I called to get us back on the original flight the support staff was useless

They made us walk thru entire Frankfurt Airport, which at this age. With very less time, we had to run. It was unacceptable.

Upgraded to premium economy at the gate. Well worth it!

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