There are 7 ways to get from Cape Town to Rotterdam by plane or train
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Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane CPT - AMS
14h 39m€349–762Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane CPT - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain
18h 24m€322–1,279Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane CPT - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
16h 11m€354–897Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CPT - DUS
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain
17h 50m€362–891Fly to Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)plane CPT - RTM
17h 7m€446–1,607Fly to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane CPT - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
16h 10m€401–937Fly to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane CPT - FMO
- Take the train from Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof to Hengelotrain
- Take the train from Hengelo to Goudatrain
20h 53m€530–1,434
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Rotterdam is to fly and train which costs €350 - €900 and takes 16h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Rotterdam is to fly which takes 14h 39m and costs €340 - €800.
The distance between Cape Town and Rotterdam is 9766 km.
It takes approximately 14h 39m to get from Cape Town to Rotterdam, including transfers.
Rotterdam is 1h behind Cape Town. It is currently 1:00 PM in Cape Town and 12:00 PM in Rotterdam.
There are 825+ hotels available in Rotterdam.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Rotterdam, Netherlands?
KLM, Edelweiss Air, and three other airlines fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) every 4 hours.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Zurich, London City
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Rotterdam The Hague Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, London City
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,600
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €380–900
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €360–700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–700
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Brussels Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Brussels Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Brussels Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–750
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,300
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–31
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–31
- 1st Class
- €41–46
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussels Airport-Zaventem to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–90
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–95
Train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €30–50
- 1st Class
- €65–120
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €65–100
- 1st Class
- €130–230
Train from Hengelo to Gouda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–85
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €26–40
- 1st Class
- €50–85
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €95–140
- Comfort
- €110–160
- Premium
- €140–190
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Ibbenbüren, Bahnhof to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
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