Trip cost
Durban from Johannesburg: trip cost
For 2 travellers sharing a room, a 7-day trip to Durban from Johannesburg comes to about $1,236 (about $1,323 with a 7% buffer), including flights, stay, food, local transport and activities. Flights are the typical observed range, $93 to $104 per person, last observed 29 Oct 2026.
Complete trip estimate, 7 days, 2 travellers
Shown for a default of 7 days and 2 travellers sharing one room. Those are our defaults, not your plans: change them above.
- Flights, Johannesburg and back TYPICALTypical observed, last observed 29 Oct 2026: $93 to $104 per person over 17 observation days · Typical fare per person across the usable months; the month table below shows each month.
- ~$196
- Stay, 6 nights About $45 a night for one mid-range room, our model's estimate. Hotel observations replace this as they arrive.
- about $270estimate, refreshed 29 Oct
- Food About $28 per person per day, our model's estimate.
- about $392estimate, refreshed 29 Oct
- Local transport About $12 per person per day for buses, metro, taxis and transfers, our model's estimate.
- about $168estimate, refreshed 29 Oct
- Activities About $15 per person per day, our model's estimate.
- about $210estimate, refreshed 29 Oct
About R 20 541 at the 30 Oct 2026 rate.
About R 21 979 at the 30 Oct 2026 rate. Your bank's rate will differ a little.
The buffer is a default for the things a plan leaves out, not a fee. It is never folded into the estimate above.
Other trip lengths for 2: 3 days about $616, 5 days about $926, 10 days about $1,701.
Flights, Johannesburg to Durban and back, are the observed range where we hold one and our distance estimate otherwise; stay, food, local transport and activities are planning figures from the destination's daily costs. Nothing here is a quote. How we calculate.
Typical fares by month, Johannesburg to Durban
Round trip, per person, from fares observed on different days in the last 30 days. The cheapest usable month is Nov 2026. Prices last refreshed 29 Oct 2026.
| Travel month | Typical fare, per person | Days sampled | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | $98 to $113 | 17 | TYPICAL |
| Nov 2026cheapest | $93 to $105 | 17 | TYPICAL |
| Dec 2026 | $126 to $142 | 11 | TYPICAL |
| Jan 2027 | $128 to $143 | 17 | TYPICAL |
| Feb 2027 | $136 to $143 | 13 | TYPICAL |
| Apr 2027 | $145 to $151 | 8 | TYPICAL |
| Jun 2027 | $147 to $153 | 7 | TYPICAL |
| Jul 2027 | $156 to $156 | 4 | TYPICAL |
| Aug 2027 | $154 to $154 | 3 | TYPICAL |
| Sep 2027 | $144 to $156 | 7 | TYPICAL |
2 more months are not observed yet.
Often forgotten
- Airport transfer · Arriving by air
The local transport line budgets getting around, not a private transfer. Check whether your stay includes one.
- Tips and service charges · Any trip
Customs differ by country; restaurants and drivers may expect them.
- Souvenirs and gifts · Any trip
Outside the activities line, which budgets what you do, not what you bring home.
A checklist, not a price list: we show an amount only where a named source has published one.
Best months to visit Durban
September, October, November, December, January, February, March and April, from the destination's own record. The fare table above shows which of the coming months is cheapest to fly.
About Durban
South Africa's warmest coastal city, on the Indian Ocean in KwaZulu-Natal. King Shaka International Airport serves it. The base for Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, the Drakensberg and the Sani Pass into Lesotho.
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