✈ JNB → CUN
16H 45M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Johannesburg to Cancun
From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa → Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Cancun → Johannesburg
How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Cancun?
A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Cancun (CUN) takes about 16 hours 45 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,355 miles (13,446 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
16h 45m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,355 mi
13,446 km · great-circle
Avg speed
802 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Cancun timezone
UTC-5
America/Cancun
Time difference
-7h
7 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.9d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Johannesburg
- Johannesburg → Cape Town
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- Johannesburg → Dubai
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- Johannesburg → Mumbai
- Johannesburg → Athens
- Johannesburg → Rio de Janeiro
- Johannesburg → São Paulo
- Johannesburg → Istanbul
- Johannesburg → Casablanca
- Johannesburg → Rome
- Johannesburg → Bucharest
- Johannesburg → Barcelona
- Johannesburg → Delhi
- Johannesburg → Madrid
- Johannesburg → Buenos Aires
- Johannesburg → Lisbon
Flights to Cancun
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- Seattle → Cancun
- Vancouver → Cancun
- Santiago → Cancun
- São Paulo → Cancun
- Rio de Janeiro → Cancun
- Buenos Aires → Cancun
- Lisbon → Cancun
- Dublin → Cancun
- Edinburgh → Cancun