Cheap flights from Cape Town to New York from $646

The cheapest month to fly to Newark Airport from Cape Town is in October. Flight prices, which tend to average around $1,022, are often lower during this time because this is during the off-season. If you don’t want to visit Newark Airport in October, then you should wait until January to fly from Cape Town, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of $1,027.

The cheapest day to depart on your flight to Newark Airport is on a Tuesday when prices can be found for as low as $990. This is often the case because there is less demand to fly during this day of the week. When flying out on a Sunday, the most expensive travel day of the week, you can expect to see flight prices from Cape Town to Newark Airport for around $1,578.

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You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Newark Airport from Cape Town when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Newark Airport for around $1,139 when searching weeks out. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Newark Airport from Cape Town for as low as $1,013 on momondo.

You could potentially save up to 46% on your flight if you consider stops on a Cape Town to Newark Airport flight.

Historically, on average around 12% of flights between Cape Town and Newark have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 201 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the early afternoon tend to experience fewer delays. Flights in the evening have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Sunday is statistically the day of the week which experiences the fewest number of delays on this flight route. Thursday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, United Airlines have had the least number of delays on this route over the last 12 months; with about 12% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.