✈ YVR → CPT
20H 21M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Vancouver to Cape Town
From YVR (YVR), Canada North America → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
How long is the flight from Vancouver to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Vancouver (YVR) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 20 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,231 miles (16,465 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
20h 21m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
10,231 mi
16,465 km · great-circle
Avg speed
809 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Vancouver timezone
UTC-7
America/Vancouver
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
+9h
9 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~9d
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.