What are the cheapest airlines to fly from Rome to South Africa one-way?

The cheapest airline one-way is Etihad Airways, with whom users have recently found tickets for as low as R5 438. However, be on the lookout for offers from Turkish Airlines and SWISS, as they are both options that can get you from Rome to South Africa for a low price.

What are the most popular routes from Rome to South Africa?

When deciding which route to take from Rome to South Africa, consider Rome Fiumicino - Johannesburg OR Tambo, Rome Fiumicino - Cape Town Intl or Rome Ciampino - Cape Town Intl, as they are the most popular.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Rome to South Africa?

To save up to 64% on this flight, we recommend booking at least 10 days prior to travel. The price may fluctuate and will likely increase closer to your departure date. Users on Cheapflights have found tickets from Rome to South Africa from R9 015 1-2 weeks out and tickets from R18 140 for flights departing within the next 72 hours.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Rome to South Africa?

Due to multiple factors, expect to potentially pay more when booking in December. For low rates, October can be a great choice for travel to South Africa. Flights to South Africa from Rome in October are about R12 635 on average during October, but can be found for as low as R9 346.

Can I find deals for flights from Rome to South Africa that include hotel bookings?

Yes. In addition to deals on Rome to South Africa flights, Cheapflights offers holiday packages that include both flights and hotel.

How can I find direct flights from Rome to South Africa?

After entering your origin and destination, apply the non-stop filter on the search result page to find direct flights from Rome to South Africa.

Can I find deals for business class flights from Rome to South Africa?

Yes. Cheapflights offers flight deals from Rome to South Africa by cabin class. In addition to browsing deals, you can also filter by cabin class on the search results page after making a search.

R13 186+ Flights from Rome to South Africa

Cheap flight deals from Rome to South Africa

Round-trip from	R8 886
One-way from	R5 438
Popular in	December
Cheapest in	October
Average price	R10 692

Ethiopian Air
19/4-26/4
2 total stops
26h 35m total
Rome to South Africa

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Etihad Airways
11/3
1 total stop
21h 40m total
Rome to South Africa

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Highest demand for flights based on searches. 14% potential increase in price (R40 399 potential increase over avg. return price).

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Cheapest flight prices on average. 6% potential price decrease (R14 997 potential savings vs. average return price).

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Explore the most affordable flight options available from Rome to South Africa. Find the lowest fares from popular airlines and budget airlines, with prices last updated on 21 February 2025.

Sat 1/36:00FCO - JNB

1 stop13h 00mEthiopian Air

Fri 14/38:20JNB - FCO

1 stop13h 10mEthiopian Air

Deal found 20/2R8 830

Sat 8/36:10FCO - JNB

1 stop14h 50mMultiple Airlines

Sun 16/319:40JNB - FCO

1 stop22h 45mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 20/2R9 144

Mon 28/412:45FCO - JNB

1 stop32h 35mKLM

Sun 18/523:15JNB - FCO

1 stop23h 30mKLM

Deal found 20/2R9 328

Thu 13/1121:45FCO - JNB

1 stop33h 50mEtihad Airways

Thu 20/1110:00JNB - FCO

1 stop21h 05mEtihad Airways

Deal found 21/2R9 697

Sat 8/312:50FCO - JNB

2 stops32h 10mAir France

Sun 16/319:40JNB - FCO

1 stop28h 05mAir France

Deal found 20/2R10 065

Sun 23/220:00FCO - CPT

1 stop24h 30mMultiple Airlines

Sat 8/38:30CPT - FCO

1 stop25h 30mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 20/2R11 024

Sun 15/610:25FCO - CPT

1 stop34h 45mKLM

Mon 21/723:00CPT - FCO

1 stop36h 45mKLM

Deal found 20/2R11 116

Sun 23/26:00FCO - CPT

2 stops31h 30mAir France

Sat 8/38:30CPT - FCO

1 stop25h 30mAir France

Deal found 20/2R11 485

Mon 24/223:00FCO - CPT

1 stop14h 30mEthiopian Air

Tue 11/315:20CPT - FCO

1 stop14h 15mEthiopian Air

Deal found 20/2R12 241

Sun 9/313:20FCO - JNB

2 stops19h 10mLufthansa

Thu 13/310:10JNB - FCO

2 stops23h 45mLufthansa

Deal found 21/2R12 517

Sun 2/323:00FCO - DUR

2 stops18h 05mEthiopian Air

Thu 6/38:10DUR - FCO

2 stops21h 25mEthiopian Air

Deal found 21/2R12 572

Tue 12/814:00FCO - JNB

1 stop17h 10mEgyptair

Mon 1/921:45JNB - FCO

1 stop19h 35mEgyptair

Deal found 20/2R13 881

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Sat 19/46:55FCO - JNB

1 stop13h 15mEthiopian Air

Sat 26/48:20JNB - FCO

1 stop13h 20mEthiopian Air

Deal found 20/2R8 886

Sat 8/36:10FCO - JNB

1 stop14h 50mMultiple Airlines

Sun 16/319:40JNB - FCO

1 stop22h 45mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 20/2R9 144

Mon 28/412:45FCO - JNB

1 stop32h 35mKLM

Sun 18/523:15JNB - FCO

1 stop23h 30mKLM

Deal found 20/2R9 328

Sat 8/312:50FCO - JNB

2 stops32h 10mAir France

Sun 16/319:40JNB - FCO

1 stop28h 05mAir France

Deal found 20/2R10 065

Thu 3/411:10FCO - JNB

1 stop21h 25mEtihad Airways

Fri 18/49:50JNB - FCO

1 stop32h 55mEtihad Airways

Deal found 20/2R10 121

Sun 9/313:20FCO - JNB

2 stops19h 10mLufthansa

Thu 13/310:10JNB - FCO

2 stops23h 45mLufthansa

Deal found 21/2R12 517

Tue 12/814:00FCO - JNB

1 stop17h 10mEgyptair

Mon 1/921:45JNB - FCO

1 stop19h 35mEgyptair

Deal found 20/2R13 881

Tue 8/415:30FCO - JNB

1 stop19h 05mTurkish Airlines

Thu 10/417:50JNB - FCO

1 stop29h 40mTurkish Airlines

Deal found 20/2R14 453

Tue 29/416:10FCO - JNB

2 stops22h 10mRwandAir

Fri 16/516:50JNB - FCO

2 stops21h 25mRwandAir

Deal found 21/2R15 190

Mon 28/49:40FCO - CPT

2 stops31h 05mSWISS

Thu 15/519:00CPT - FCO

1 stop13h 50mSWISS

Deal found 20/2R15 282

Wed 30/48:55FCO - JNB

2 stops23h 40mAustrian Airlines

Fri 16/519:00JNB - FCO

2 stops25h 40mAustrian Airlines

Deal found 20/2R15 540

Tue 29/49:40FCO - JNB

2 stops47h 55mQatar Airways

Sun 18/513:55JNB - FCO

1 stop31h 00mQatar Airways

Deal found 21/2R15 688

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Sun 23/220:00FCO - CPT

1 stop24h 30mMultiple Airlines

Sat 8/38:30CPT - FCO

1 stop25h 30mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 20/2R11 024

Sun 23/26:00FCO - CPT

2 stops31h 30mAir France

Sat 8/38:30CPT - FCO

1 stop25h 30mAir France

Deal found 20/2R11 485

Mon 24/210:00FCO - CPT

1 stop34h 30mKLM

Tue 11/38:30CPT - FCO

2 stops25h 40mKLM

Deal found 20/2R11 688

Mon 24/223:00FCO - CPT

1 stop14h 30mEthiopian Air

Tue 11/315:20CPT - FCO

1 stop14h 15mEthiopian Air

Deal found 20/2R12 241

Thu 27/213:20FCO - JNB

2 stops19h 10mLufthansa

Thu 6/310:10JNB - FCO

2 stops23h 45mLufthansa

Deal found 20/2R15 467

Fri 28/26:00FCO - CPT

1 stop31h 30mMultiple Airlines

Fri 7/314:35CPT - FCO

2 stops17h 35mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 21/2R15 393

Sat 1/36:00FCO - JNB

1 stop13h 00mEthiopian Air

Fri 14/38:20JNB - FCO

1 stop13h 10mEthiopian Air

Deal found 20/2R8 830

Sat 1/36:00FCO - JNB

1 stop13h 00mMultiple Airlines

Fri 14/314:35JNB - FCO

2 stops17h 35mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 21/2R12 480

Sat 1/317:25FCO - JNB

1 stop15h 55mBritish Airways

Fri 14/319:25JNB - FCO

1 stop23h 35mBritish Airways

Deal found 20/2R16 296

Sat 1/322:05FCO - JNB

2 stops33h 05mQatar Airways

Fri 14/313:20JNB - FCO

2 stops28h 30mQatar Airways

Deal found 20/2R18 121

Sat 1/314:30FCO - JNB

2 stops24h 45mKenya Airways

Fri 14/312:10JNB - FCO

2 stops50h 55mKenya Airways

Deal found 20/2R21 513

Sun 2/323:00FCO - DUR

2 stops18h 05mEthiopian Air

Thu 6/38:10DUR - FCO

2 stops21h 25mEthiopian Air

Deal found 21/2R12 572

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Tue 11/39:55FCO - JNB

1 stop21h 40mEtihad Airways

Deal found 20/2R5 438

Tue 11/321:10FCO - JNB

2 stops58h 25mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 20/2R8 425

Thu 14/87:00FCO - JNB

1 stop27h 35mTurkish Airlines

Deal found 20/2R9 015

Wed 30/420:10FCO - JNB

1 stop13h 10mSWISS

Deal found 20/2R9 107

Wed 26/26:10FCO - CPT

3 stops51h 30mMultiple Airlines

Deal found 19/2R9 789

Wed 30/410:00FCO - JNB

2 stops22h 35mBrussels Airlines

Deal found 20/2R9 789

Thu 14/816:10FCO - JNB

2 stops22h 10mRwandAir

Deal found 20/2R10 010

Wed 26/215:10FCO - CPT

1 stop18h 30mQatar Airways

Deal found 19/2R10 176

Thu 10/420:10FCO - CPT

1 stop25h 20mAir France

Deal found 20/2R10 250

Thu 10/46:30FCO - CPT

2 stops27h 15mKLM

Deal found 20/2R10 932

Thu 10/414:35FCO - CPT

3 stops23h 10mKenya Airways

Deal found 20/2R13 752

Sat 3/58:00FCO - JNB

1 stop23h 50mCondor

Deal found 20/2R16 425

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Depart

Return

Price

RomeJohannesburg

FCO - JNB

FCOJNB

Rome Fiumicino

Sat 19/4

6:55-20:10

1 stop13h 15m

Johannesburg OR Tambo

Sat 26/4

8:20-21:40

1 stop13h 20m

R8 886

RomeJohannesburg

FCO - JNB

FCOJNB

Rome Fiumicino

Sat 8/3

6:10-22:00

1 stop14h 50m

Johannesburg OR Tambo

Sun 16/3

19:40-17:25

1 stop22h 45m

R9 144

RomeJohannesburg

FCO - JNB

FCOJNB

Rome Fiumicino

Mon 28/4

12:45-21:20

1 stop32h 35m

Johannesburg OR Tambo

Sun 18/5

23:15-22:45

1 stop23h 30m

R9 328

RomeJohannesburg

FCO - JNB

FCOJNB

Rome Fiumicino

Sat 8/3

12:50-22:00

2 stops32h 10m

Johannesburg OR Tambo

Sun 16/3

19:40-22:45

1 stop28h 05m

R10 065

RomeJohannesburg

FCO - JNB

FCOJNB

Rome Fiumicino

Thu 3/4

11:10-8:35

1 stop21h 25m

Johannesburg OR Tambo

Fri 18/4

9:50-18:45

1 stop32h 55m

R10 121

RomeCape Town

FCO - CPT

FCOCPT

Rome Fiumicino

Sun 15/6

10:25-21:10

1 stop34h 45m

Cape Town Intl

Mon 21/7

23:00-11:45

1 stop36h 45m

R11 116

RomeCape Town

FCO - CPT

FCOCPT

Rome Fiumicino

Tue 1/4

23:00-13:45

1 stop14h 45m

Cape Town Intl

Tue 8/4

13:50-5:45

1 stop15h 55m

R12 259

RomeCape Town

FCO - CPT

FCOCPT

Rome Fiumicino

Wed 26/3

20:00-21:30

1 stop24h 30m

Cape Town Intl

Thu 3/4

13:30-16:00

2 stops26h 30m

R12 333

RomeJohannesburg

FCO - JNB

FCOJNB

Rome Fiumicino

Sun 9/3

13:20-9:30

2 stops19h 10m

Johannesburg OR Tambo

Thu 13/3

10:10-8:55

2 stops23h 45m

R12 517

RomeCape Town

FCO - CPT

FCOCPT

Rome Fiumicino

Sun 9/3

18:20-6:30

1 stop35h 10m

Cape Town Intl

Sun 16/3

8:50-9:00

1 stop25h 10m

R12 646

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Travel insights for flights from Rome to South Africa

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What is the cheapest month to book a flight from Rome to South Africa?

Currently, January is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight from Rome to South Africa (average of R89). Flying from Rome to South Africa in September is currently the most expensive (average of R123). There are several factors that can impact the price of a flight, so comparing airlines, departure airports and flight times can provide users with more options.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly from ROM to ZA?

When flying from Rome to South Africa, the time of day you decide to fly out makes little to no difference towards the overall price you’ll pay on tickets.

Rainfall in South Africa by month

In terms of precipitation, rainfall in South Africa ranges from 0.0 - 120.0 inches per month. January is typically the wettest month, when rainfall can reach 120.0 mm. June is typically the driest time to visit South Africa when rainfall is around 0.0 mm.

Temperature in South Africa by month

If weather is an important factor for your trip to South Africa, use this chart to help with planning. For those seeking warmer temperatures, January is the ideal time of year to visit, when temperatures reach an average of 20.0 C. Travellers hoping to avoid the cold should look outside of June, when temperatures are typically at their lowest (around 10.0 C).

Reviews of airlines servicing South Africa

Get a feel of what it's like to fly with Emirates, KLM and Austrian Airlines from Rome to South Africa by reading reviews from past customers. You can also see how each airline compares in terms of entertainment options, comfort, food, crew/service, and boarding process.

Emirates

8,1

Very Good

3 276 reviews

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Reviews

1 / 20

6,0

Good

Anonymous,Jun 2024

IAH - DXB

The seats were very uncomfortable. I along with maybe 4 other passengers were never given our breakfast meal. The attendant completely forgot about us. For such a long flight the seats should be made with more comfort in mind. Just because it is economy doesn’t mean we don’t deserve comfort.

Emirates

8,1

Very Good

3 276 reviews

Emirates

8,1

Very Good

3 276 reviews

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Reviews

1 / 20

6,0

Good

Anonymous,Jun 2024

IAH - DXB

KLM

7,8

Good

1 333 reviews

Emirates

8,1

Very Good

3 276 reviews

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Reviews

1 / 20

6,0

Good

Anonymous,Jun 2024

IAH - DXB

Austrian Airlines

7,6

Good

773 reviews

Emirates

8,1

Very Good

3 276 reviews

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Reviews

1 / 20

6,0

Good

Anonymous,Jun 2024

IAH - DXB

SWISS

7,5

Good

1 568 reviews

Emirates

8,1

Very Good

3 276 reviews

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Reviews

1 / 20

6,0

Good

Anonymous,Jun 2024

IAH - DXB

Qatar Airways

7,4

Good

3 609 reviews

Emirates

8,1

Very Good

3 276 reviews

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Reviews

1 / 20

6,0

Good

Anonymous,Jun 2024

IAH - DXB

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What are the cheapest airlines to fly from Rome to South Africa one-way?
The cheapest airline one-way is Etihad Airways, with whom users have recently found tickets for as low as R5 438. However, be on the lookout for offers from Turkish Airlines and SWISS, as they are both options that can get you from Rome to South Africa for a low price.
What are the most popular routes from Rome to South Africa?
When deciding which route to take from Rome to South Africa, consider Rome Fiumicino - Johannesburg OR Tambo, Rome Fiumicino - Cape Town Intl or Rome Ciampino - Cape Town Intl, as they are the most popular.
Can I find deals for flights from Rome to South Africa that include hotel bookings?
Yes. In addition to deals on Rome to South Africa flights, Cheapflights offers holiday packages that include both flights and hotel.
How can I find direct flights from Rome to South Africa?
After entering your origin and destination, apply the non-stop filter on the search result page to find direct flights from Rome to South Africa.
Can I find deals for business class flights from Rome to South Africa?
Yes. Cheapflights offers flight deals from Rome to South Africa by cabin class. In addition to browsing deals, you can also filter by cabin class on the search results page after making a search.
What is the cheapest month to book a flight from Rome to South Africa?
Currently, January is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight from Rome to South Africa (average of R89). Flying from Rome to South Africa in September is currently the most expensive (average of R123). There are several factors that can impact the price of a flight, so comparing airlines, departure airports and flight times can provide users with more options.

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Top 2 airlines flying from Rome to South Africa

Airline	Cheapest	Average	Flexibility	On-time
Ethiopian Air	CheapestR8 759	AverageR16 011	FlexibilityNo cancel fee	On-time72%	Search Ethiopian Air flights
Lufthansa	CheapestR11 141	AverageR11 480	FlexibilityNo cancel fee	On-time76%	Search Lufthansa flights

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