✈ CPT → FCO

CAPE TOWN → ROME IN 10H 49M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
10h 49m
Distance
5,251 mi
Or
8,450 km
Jet lag
None

Flight from Cape Town to Rome

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Rome?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Rome (FCO) takes about 10 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,251 miles (8,450 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 49m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,251 mi

8,450 km · great-circle

Avg speed

782 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Rome timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Rome

Time difference

Same

Same time zone

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1251 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1445 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 346 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.