✈ YYZ → CPT
16H 23M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Toronto to Cape Town
From Pearson (YYZ), Canada North America → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Toronto
How long is the flight from Toronto to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Toronto (YYZ) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 16 hours 23 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,163 miles (13,137 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
16h 23m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,163 mi
13,137 km · great-circle
Avg speed
802 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Toronto timezone
UTC-4
America/Toronto
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
+6h
6 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~6d
Eastward — worse
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.
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