Flights from Cape Town to Auckland

Make sure that you book a cheap flight from Cape Town to Auckland by:

• typing your flight details into the flight price comparison tool on the left.

• checking the prices of every airline operating flights from Cape Town to Auckland (links to their online reservation systems below)

But before you book your flight make sure that you qualify for a visa, so that money is not wasted. Click here to see the visa requirements for South Africans to get into New Zealand.

Other routes

It's sometimes cheaper to fly from Cape Town to Johannesburg, and then Johannesburg to Auckland. See our South Africa to New Zealand flights page for a comprehensive discussion of possible routes.

Airlines flying from Cape Town to Auckland

Airline	Airports	Stops
Emirates	Cape Town to Auckland Airport (AKL)	1-stops (32h40m) Dubai (DXB)
Cathay Pacific Airlines	Cape Town to Auckland Airport (AKL)	2-stops (36h30m) Johannesburg (JNB) Hong Kong (HKG)
Malaysia Airlines	Suspended from 31 January 2012
Qantas Airways	Cape Town to Auckland Airport (AKL)	2-stops (22h15m) Johannesburg (JNB) Sydney (SYD)
Singapore Airlines	Cape Town to Auckland Airport (AKL)	1-stops (24h50m) Singapore (SIN)
South African Airways	Cape Town to Auckland Airport (AKL)	2-stops (26h00m) Perth (PER) Auckland (AKL)

There are no direct flights from Cape Town to Auckland, but if there were the shortest flight path would be 11770km.

Review of Cape Town to Auckland flight

10 Feb 2010

Frances chose a (mostly) Qantas flight from Cape Town to Auckland via Johannesburg and Sydney (Australia). They only got boarding passes for the first 2 legs of the trip, and then there was "a problem getting our boarding passes for our flight to Auckland as there was no one at the transit desk". For the leg from Sydney to Auckland the flight had a Quantas flight code but it was operated on behalf of Jetstar, and she had to buy her own refreshments. Travellers will want to be aware that Frances found Auckland Airport were "very sensitive with regards to bio-security and we had to declare that we had walking boots (and stick) and what we had forgotten about was a wooden hippo we had bought in Cape Town".

Time difference between Cape Town and Auckland

It is is 10 or 11 hours later in Auckland (India) than in Cape Town (South Africa).

Cape Town   South Africa	GMT + 2
Auckland  New Zealand	GMT + 12  GMT + 13 from late Sep to early April

We suggest setting your watch to Auckland's time as soon as you board your flight (the earlier you begin acclimatising to the time zone the easier).

Map with Auckland International Airport

Auckland Airport is Auckland's International Airport.

 

Auckland's climate & weather

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg. high °C	23	24	23	20	17	15	14	15	16	18	20	22
Avg. low °C	16	16	15	13	10	8	7	8	9	11	13	14
Avg. rainfall mm	74	81	86	93	100	116	126	111	93	80	84	91

Auckland accommodation

For budget accommodation try the City Travellers Hotel. If you feel your wallet is too fat and want to send it on a diet then try the Cotter House Boutique or the Hilton Hotel. Best value is the Holiday Inn Airport or the Crowne Plaza Hotel.