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Best Africa Flight Deals from Dubai

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
Cairo
Cairo1 stopAED 1,138
Casablanca
Casablanca1 stopAED 1,726
Entebbe
Entebbe1 stopAED 1,432
Tunis
Tunis2 stopsAED 1,788
Alexandria
AlexandriadirectAED 1,204
Accra
Accra1 stopAED 2,563
Algiers
Algiers2 stopsAED 1,663
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa1 stopAED 1,472
Douala
Douala2 stopsAED 2,603
Lagos
Lagos1 stopAED 2,266
Harare
Harare1 stopAED 1,950
Marrakech
Marrakech1 stopAED 1,421
Johannesburg
Johannesburg1 stopAED 1,913
Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-Sheikh1 stopAED 1,113
Hurghada
Hurghada1 stopAED 1,561
Cape Town
Cape Town1 stopAED 2,497
Zanzibar
ZanzibardirectAED 1,954
Dar Es Salaam
Dar Es Salaam1 stopAED 1,362
Rabat
Rabat2 stopsAED 1,660
Cairo
Cairo1 stopAED 1,138
Casablanca
Casablanca1 stopAED 1,726
Entebbe
Entebbe1 stopAED 1,432
Tunis
Tunis2 stopsAED 1,788
Alexandria
AlexandriadirectAED 1,204
Accra
Accra1 stopAED 2,563
Algiers
Algiers2 stopsAED 1,663
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa1 stopAED 1,472
Douala
Douala2 stopsAED 2,603
Lagos
Lagos1 stopAED 2,266
Harare
Harare1 stopAED 1,950
Marrakech
Marrakech1 stopAED 1,421
Johannesburg
Johannesburg1 stopAED 1,913
Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-Sheikh1 stopAED 1,113
Hurghada
Hurghada1 stopAED 1,561
Cape Town
Cape Town1 stopAED 2,497
Zanzibar
ZanzibardirectAED 1,954
Dar Es Salaam
Dar Es Salaam1 stopAED 1,362
Rabat
Rabat2 stopsAED 1,660
Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Dubai to Africa flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Dubai to Africa to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest Dubai to Africa flight route?

The cheapest ticket to Africa from Dubai found in the last 5 days was to Cairo, at AED 1,515 return. The most popular route is from Dubai (DXB) to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport (NBO), and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was AED 1,687.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Africa?

The cheapest time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the morning, when retur flights cost AED 1,979 on average. Morning departures are around 1% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Africa is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is AED 2,307.

Can I save money by flying with a stopover from Dubai to Africa?

No, with an average price for the route of AED 2,717, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Dubai to Africa?

The cheapest month for flights from Dubai to Africa is November, when tickets cost AED 1,932 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of return tickets is AED 2,328 and AED 2,269 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Dubai to Africa?

If you are looking for a flight deal from Dubai to Africa, look for departures on Tuesdays and avoid leaving on a Friday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Africa, Wednesday is the cheapest day to fly and Sunday is the most expensive.

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

To get a below-average price on a flight from Dubai to Africa, you should book around 10 weeks before departure, which saves you about 24% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 24 weeks before departure.

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Low season

February

Cheapest flight

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Best time to beat the crowds (9% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (12% more expensive on average)
Flight from Dubai to Cairo

Flights from Dubai to Africa: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew the route from Dubai to Africa 
LeonardFlew with Emirates-Aug 2026
If flying from Dubai to Nairobi, arrive at the airport early and confirm your boarding pass, seat allocation and baggage arrangements well before boarding. If your journey has been disrupted or rebooked, do not assume that all arrangements have automatically carried over—confirm everything with Emirates staff. If you have duty-free liquids or alcohol purchased at your original departure airport, be particularly careful if a cancellation or long connection requires you to leave Dubai Airport. Ask Emirates or airport security what will happen to those purchases before exiting the transit area, as you may have to pass through security again when you return. Keep receipts and all travel documentation until your journey is complete. If you experience a cancellation, rebooking or other problem, document what happened and obtain confirmation from airline staff where possible. Finally, if you have an onboard issue such as an uncomfortable seating situation, raise it with the cabin crew early rather than waiting. Overall, Dubai is an excellent connecting airport, but during disruptions passengers should actively confirm their onward arrangements rather than assume everything has been taken care of.
ByakagabaFlew with Emirates-Jan 2025
Try to arrive at the airport at least 3hours prior to boarding. At Entebbe, luggage claim can really take a long time depending on on the number of arriving planes. There’s a few carrousels.
HaithamFlew with Emirates-Nov 2024
Morning flights are typically less crowded. Evening flights might align better with hotel check-ins in Cairo.
AHMAD THARWATFlew with Egyptair-Feb 2024
Just be before takeoff by three hours to avoid any surprises

FAQs - booking Africa flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Dubai to Africa?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Dubai to Africa.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Dubai to Africa?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from Dubai to Africa is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Dubai to Africa?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Dubai to Africa with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Dubai to Africa?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Dubai to Africa up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Africa

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Dubai to the following destinations at these prices or less: Addis Ababa AED 1,135 one-way - AED 1,596 round-trip; Cairo AED 946 one-way - AED 1,656 round-trip; Nairobi AED 925 one-way - AED 1,756 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines flying from Dubai to Africa

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Dubai to Africa? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.1
EmiratesOverall score based on 3658 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.2Entertainment
7.9Food
8.4Crew
8.2Boarding
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Boarding is messy, business class no priority line Delay is departure.. hot in cabin

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Aug 2026
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Boarding is messy, business class no priority line Delay is departure.. hot in cabin

My experience with Emirates was very disappointing, particularly in how the disruption to my journey was handled. My connecting flight in Dubai was cancelled and I was provided overnight accommodation, but I was not advised that leaving the airport could affect duty-free items I had purchased at my original departure airport. When I returned for the rescheduled flight, the alcoholic beverages were confiscated. I was then initially refused boarding for my rescheduled flight, although this was eventually resolved. Onboard, I was allocated a next to a passenger who repeatedly shouted throughout the journey. I asked the senior cabin crew member to move me to vacant seats at the rear but was told they were reserved for crew. The same seats were only offered to me towards the end of the flight, when moving was of little benefit. I appreciate the hotel accommodation provided after the cancellation, but the overall handling, communication and customer service fell well below what I expected from Emirates. What began as a flight cancellation became a series of unnecessary inconveniences, financial loss and an extremely uncomfortable journey.

Good service. I wish there was more legroom. The food could be improved with additional options.

Everything is smooth and good. While cabin crew didn't wake me up for food. When I got up I asked for my meal then they simply replied I was sleep due to that reason they did not wake me up. In that case I suggest they must keep stickers to place on top wake up or DnD.

It was very exlent flight and thanks a lot kayak

As always Emirates is always dependent on the crew you get on the day and today was a good one. Everyone knew what they were doing and gracefully without hesitation . Great conversation all round even about the food and wine.

Very bad service and food variety will never come back again

Flight was cancelled without notification. Information on flight status was not available on Emirates's website.

Everything was perfect. Staff were informative and professional and flight boarding, flying and de-embarking was smooth. I would certainly travel with Emirates again.

My baby was with me it was really good experience with emirates

Were not told that carryon laggage has to be only 12 kgs but my bag was heavier asked to pay an additional $550.00. I could have upgraded to a bussiness class for that price and no one at the gate to upgrade but able to take money for the extra weight. I felt like this was a setup scam.

Forgotten Suite inside of the top compartment but went back to ask and they didn’t leave at the lost and found place. Also the checking in was so horrible. I had multi city and one of the passenger saint have visa go go go Dubai. The Ethiopian airlines never had information about requirement for US permanent resident so couldn’t go to Dubai. And when coming back to US we were told we can not use our Addis to Washington ticket and they forced us to get new ticket. Very horrible experience.

Needs improvement because some of the tvs and charging ports weren’t working

The plane was overbooked and the crew was very rude. My luggage was never put on the plane. I got to NY and waited 2 hours just to find out that my luggage was left.

I like the leg room. I did not like the plane from Chicago to Addis. It was dirty and smelly and toilet area filthy. My screen was not working and kept saying loading. The plane from Addis to Harare was clean , more modern and food looked much fresher and tasted better. Boarding at Addis was a nightmare, long queues and lots of confusion,International space has no seating are and one is standing all the time.

My suitcase 🧳 got missing we still looking for it This not good for them 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾🤦🏽‍♀️

Lost our bags. They didn’t make it to Lilongwe

Business and economy lines were common for most of the journey including check in and security control in Addis Abbeba. Food choice was fine, however there was a hair in my rice

Again, entertainment system didn't work. 50% of aircraft don't seem to have a functional entertainment system and the crew is absolutely uninterested in fixing. They just say Addis needs to fix it. Well, Addis had better get off it's butt and fix their aircraft.

The food could be better, the beef was quite tough. The crew were friendly and helpful on this flight, which has not being my experience on other Ethiopian flights.

Flight was on time. Crew was amazing, minimal announcement interruptions, clean facilities and spaces.

This one is not bad even it is late, but they apologize and every time they announced the update.

They weight duty free goods at check in and count the weight as carry on luggage. Results : for 4 bottles I had to opay $150. rip off. Be careful to avoid any duty free shopping at Dubai airport

Flight was changed 3 times, from a night flight to a day flight, and then delayed by 5h…

Excellent crew. Three problems need to be taken care of: 1. Lack of wi-fi during the flight. This prevents busy traveller's from working while onboard. 2. Why there were two very-slow security check points was more punishment that necessary. Went through thorough security at transit area, the an even slower one at Gare 19!!!! Why passports needed to be checked st least 5 times by 5 different people makes no sense. Additionally, passengers were crammed like sardines in a boarding area with no charging ports that work!! This was a boarding nightmare. 3. During my flight (seat 27C) the headset socket did not work. Watched one movie, but very difficult because of that. Had to keep my fingers on the socket for it to work!

Excellent. They canceled our flight & put us up for the night. Then upgraded us. We are impressed

My flight from Nairobi to nyc. My seat made noise and moved around. The two toilets in the back didn’t work well cause you didn’t know if someone was in there cause the light didn’t work. The bathroom doors didn’t lock well either, so I walked in on someone. The crew wasn’t quick or super helpful. When I went to get something they were chatting and they would look at me, continue on with their conversation and finally I would interrupt to get a drink.

The flight attendants on this flight were incredible! One even gave me her own dinner when my special meal order wasn’t transferred due to a flight delay! She insisted and I was so grateful. That is going above and beyond! The issue I had with the flight was with Lufthansa support. I missed my connection due to a flight delay and they wouldn’t rebook online, only in person. This took a lot of time and visits to the airport waiting for a Lufthansa agent to arrive 5 hours later than posted and almost paying full-fare price for the new flights and refusal to add my special meal orders. It made for a challenging journey home and I didn’t feel valued as a customer.

I enjoyed the courtesy of the staff, and their professionalism. The food was pretty good and they took great care of us throughout the trip!

Our experience was terrible. Much of our itinerary was missing when we tried to reconfirm or when we arrived at the airport, even though the Kenya Airways App had us listed. By the time, it was sorted out, our flight from Livingstone to Nairobi was full. To meet our commitments (and get home), we had to find ground transport to Lusaka, purchase a one-way ticket for each of us to Nairobi, book an extra hotel night in both Lusaka and Nairobi, plus the cost of extra meals. For the 2 of us, we incurred over $1500 in extra expense. I filed a concern with the airline October 19, received a incident report number, but have not heard back as of November 2. It was a challenging and disappointing experience.

If the flight was full I would have been more uncomfortable as the space was small. The seat in front of me was very close, I wear transition lenses and it was too close for a comfortable viewing experience. The foot room was not the best either. The row was empty so I had shoulder width space. The foot space in my opinion could be better, I am just 6ft tall, medium built and found the space mediocre. The AC on the flight could have been cooler. We were delaed on the tarmac and the air con was warm. Even in the air, it could have been cooler. Apart from that excellent service crew, we were delayed on the tarmac and water was offered to us which was of good temperature. The snacks offered were acceptable. Thanks for a safe and smooth journey.

Boarding from T3 is a nightmare for the transfer to the aircraft.

BEST air crew in the industry and service delivery takes it to the next level from great to AMAZING!!!

No TVs are working, in my local busses also not work sometimes. Is the both are same,,

The timing for this flight is really odd.. at 4.45AM If it was 1AM or 8AM it would be great. I guess its probably for European connecting flights with Emirates? Anyway, for a budget airline, the business class product in FlyDubai is quite decent. You even get Champagne, although 4AM is an off time to have it. The Throne seat for me while is great for privacy, sleeping isn't great for the foot extension. This flight is great for me due to its direct nature but if Emirates did it, I would choose that.

The quality is worse and worse , this business ticket pricing is overpriced !!!!

The Plane was very small.. domestic route will perfect not international

The only highlight on this flight was the taste of the food, which was surprisingly good. Everything else was below average, and the cabin crew service especially stood out for being slow and inattentive. We were surrounded by toddlers/babies and it made our 4 hour flight feel like 10 hours. Granted, that's not the airline's fault, but it added to the overall subpar experience.

מלון חבל על הזמן השאר יום יומיים סבבה אבל בחוץ חום כלבים

Boarding was almost an hour late but there was no communication. Cabin crew did nothing to ensure people kept masks on and even with seat belt sign on people were wondering around the plane.

Airport entrance was working with one single opened location , hall was extremely crowded and insisted on closing boarding with above circumstances to oblige you to rebook.

The food was horrible and the service was even worse, the entertainment was broken and missing control stick, even boarding was unorganised unprofessional, even the seats was loose, 5 hrs delay going and almost 3hrs delay coming back, the only thing is direct flight but with all the delays I can get a lot better airline for cheaper and a lot better service.

Website for Egyptair Plus needs to be refined or go back to the old one...!

Our flight was delayed for more than three hours due to mechanical issues. Please compensate.

The plane was old and several things were broken including my seat. The sinks in the restrooms didn’t drain. The armrest on my seat was broken so the seat was constantly reclined. The tray table was broken. The fabric was coming off the seats. The overhead bin doors wouldn’t stay locked. The hotel accommodation was disgusting.

Boarding was a nightmare. Still the B773s don’t have WIFI and are a something from the 90s in terms of comfort.

I have been traveling for over 30 years, and this was THE worst experience ever. The guy that was checking in at Dubai, didn’t have any professionalism or curtesy. During the flight, You had to wait a while just to get something to drink. They didn’t transfer all my luggage, even after they made me pay $155 extra for one small gallon of Zamzam water, and that luggage is still missing after three days of my arrival. NEVER AGAIN..,

The flight was cancelled with very little info at the airport. Absolutely mess with no option to reschedule flights without paying fortune for business class.

Despite paying business class, the angle seat was uncomfortable. The crew was just ok. The baggage checkin was a mess at JNB.

Too difficult to indicate and receive vegetarian food. And staff was rude about it. Other passengers felt sorry for me.

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