Cheap flights from Istanbul to Johannesburg from £364

The cheapest month to fly to Johannesburg from Istanbul is in July. Flight prices, which tend to average around £255, are often lower during this time because this is during the off-season. If you aren’t able to travel during the month of July, then book flights to Johannesburg from Istanbul during October instead. Flights to Johannesburg in October, while not as cheap as those in July, still average around £295.

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You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Johannesburg from Istanbul when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Johannesburg for around £534 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Johannesburg from Istanbul for as low as £402 on momondo.

Historically, on average around 20% of flights between Istanbul and Johannesburg have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 239 minutes.

Generally, flights departing at night tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing in the morning have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Tuesday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Monday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, Turkish Airlines have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 20% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

As of May 2026, 2 flights take off from Istanbul and land in Johannesburg each day. The most common flight departure time for this route is 01:00, with 100% of daily flights taking off in the morning.

The number of flights available between Istanbul and Johannesburg is 18 per week as of May 2026. The most frequent departure day is Mon, with 17% of weekly flights leaving on this day.