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✈ BCN → CPT

10H 55M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
10h 55m
Distance
5,305 mi
Or
8,538 km
Jet lag
None

Flight from Barcelona to Cape Town

From El Prat (BCN), Spain Europe  →  Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Barcelona

How long is the flight from Barcelona to Cape Town?

A nonstop flight from Barcelona (BCN) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 10 hours 55 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,305 miles (8,538 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 55m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,305 mi

8,538 km · great-circle

Avg speed

782 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Barcelona timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Madrid

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Time difference

Same

Same time zone

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1264 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1460 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 350 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.

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