Cape Town (CPT) to Addis Ababa (ADD): 3,250 miles (5,230 km) great-circle, about 7h 00m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $956 round-trip on South African Airways, with 1 stop, departing May 25, 2026.
$956 round-trip, South African Airways SA366, departing 2026-05-25 at 19:35, returning 2026-06-04. The recorded itinerary left on a Monday, returning on a Thursday 10 nights later; the fare was observed 30 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $956, it ranked 23rd of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from CPT (median $794). That is 29.4 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), close to the CPT median of 28.3 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from CPT of similar length: Port Louis (2,559 mi) at $754 and Sao Paulo (3,947 mi) at $811.
South African Airways had the cheapest fare on 2 of 30 CPT routes. It is the 17th longest of the 30 routes we track from CPT.
Of 4 departure airports with a fare to Addis Ababa, Cape Town (CPT) ranked 3rd at $956. Lowest: $564 from Johannesburg (JNB); highest: $1448 from Phoenix (PHX); 1 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Ethiopian (1), Etihad (1), South African Airways (1) and United Airlines (1).
The reverse, Addis Ababa (ADD) to Cape Town (CPT), was $708 round-trip on Ethiopian, 1 stop, departing May 16, 2026. Addis Ababa to Cape Town flights.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Africa/Johannesburg, Africa/Addis_Ababa; flight time is our estimate.