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Flights from London to Sal
Everything worth knowing before you book this route — how far it is, how long you will be in the air, whether a direct flight exists from London, and what the fare is doing.
How long is the flight from London to Sal?
The great-circle distance from London (LON) to Sal is 2,707 miles. Flown nonstop, that works out at roughly 6h 12m in the air, including taxi time at both ends.
Can you fly London to Sal direct?
Nonstop from Gatwick
From Gatwick: easyJet and TUI.
What it costs from London
The cheapest return we have measured from London to Sal is £159, flying out 23 Nov and back 2 Dec. That is this airport's own best week, found by searching it separately from the other nine — every UK airport wins on a different date. The search allows one stop, so this can be a connection rather than one of the nonstops above.
Price LON → SID on KiwiWhen to book
Sal sits twelve hundred miles south of the Canaries in open ocean, and the water around it is the whole story. The Canary Current runs past on its way to the equator, warming as it goes, so the sea here is meaningfully warmer than Tenerife on the same day — comfortable without a wetsuit through the British winter. Rain is close to theoretical: the island averages a handful of wet days a year, almost all of them in a short late-summer window when moisture occasionally reaches this far west.
Seasons, prices and the full Sal guideLanding in Sal
Barely any time-zone shift — you can plan a full first day without allowing for jet lag.
| Airport | SID, Amílcar Cabral International, beside Espargos in the middle of the island and about twenty minutes from Santa Maria. It was built as a mid-Atlantic refuelling stop and is why Sal, rather than a prettier island, became the one with flights. Small, slow and short of seating — do not arrive hours early. |
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| Currency | Cape Verdean escudo, pegged to the euro at a fixed rate, so there is nothing to time. Euros are accepted almost everywhere and change is given in escudos, usually at a rate rounded in the seller's favour. Cards work in hotels and larger restaurants and not much else; the escudo cannot be exchanged outside the country, so spend it before you fly. |
| Language | Portuguese is official and Cape Verdean Creole is what people actually speak. English is widely understood in Santa Maria and in anything to do with tourism, and thins immediately outside it. A few words of Portuguese are received warmly. |
Where to stay in Sal
Most visitors stay in Santa Maria or Elsewhere on Sal. The list below is filtered to places rated 9+ by guests and sorted by price, with dates already filled in — change them for your own trip.
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