Cape Town (CPT) to Dubai (DXB): 4,750 miles (7,644 km) great-circle, about 10h 00m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $857 round-trip on Emirates, nonstop, departing May 25, 2026.
$857 round-trip, Emirates EK773, departing 2026-05-25 at 13:15, returning 2026-06-02. The recorded itinerary left on a Monday, returning on a Tuesday 8 nights later; the fare was observed 30 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $857, it ranked 20th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from CPT (median $794). That is 18.0 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the CPT median of 28.3 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from CPT of similar length: Colombo (4,906 mi) at $877 and Malé (4,439 mi) at $1167.
Emirates had the cheapest fare on 4 of 30 CPT routes. It is the 13th longest of the 30 routes we track from CPT.
Of 28 departure airports with a fare to Dubai, Cape Town (CPT) ranked 19th at $857. Lowest: $204 from Riyadh (RUH); highest: $1558 from Wellington (WLG); 7 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Emirates (3), Ethiopian (2), Etihad (2), Gulf Air (2), Qantas (2) and Saudia (2), plus 14 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Africa/Johannesburg, Asia/Dubai; flight time is our estimate.