✈ CPT → CDG

11H 54M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,817 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
11h 54m
Distance
5,817 mi
Or
9,362 km
Jet lag
None

Flight from Cape Town to Paris

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Paris?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Paris (CDG) takes about 11 hours 54 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,817 miles (9,362 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 54m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,817 mi

9,362 km · great-circle

Avg speed

787 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Paris timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Paris

Time difference

Same

Same time zone

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1386 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1601 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 384 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.