✈ CUN → SYD
17H 39M FROM CANCUN TO SYDNEY. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.
Flight from Cancun to Sydney
From Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America → Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania
↔ Flying the other way? Sydney → Cancun
How long is the flight from Cancun to Sydney?
A nonstop flight from Cancun (CUN) to Sydney (SYD) takes about 17 hours 39 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,817 miles (14,189 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
17h 39m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,817 mi
14,189 km · great-circle
Avg speed
804 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cancun timezone
UTC-5
America/Cancun
Sydney timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Sydney
Time difference
+15h
15 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~15d
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.
Flights from Cancun
Nearest destinations
- Cancun → Miami
- Cancun → Mexico City
- Cancun → Atlanta
- Cancun → Dallas
- Cancun → Chicago
- Cancun → New York
- Cancun → Toronto
- Cancun → Boston
- Cancun → Las Vegas
- Cancun → Los Angeles
Long-haul from Cancun
- Cancun → Bali (Denpasar)
- Cancun → Singapore
- Cancun → Kuala Lumpur
- Cancun → Bangkok
- Cancun → Mumbai
- Cancun → Manila
- Cancun → Melbourne
- Cancun → Hong Kong
- Cancun → Delhi
- Cancun → Taipei
More flights to Oceania
Flights to Sydney
Nearest origins
- Melbourne → Sydney
- Auckland → Sydney
- Bali (Denpasar) → Sydney
- Manila → Sydney
- Singapore → Sydney
- Kuala Lumpur → Sydney
- Taipei → Sydney
- Hong Kong → Sydney
- Bangkok → Sydney
- Osaka → Sydney
Long-haul to Sydney
- Lisbon → Sydney
- Casablanca → Sydney
- Madrid → Sydney
- Dublin → Sydney
- Barcelona → Sydney
- London → Sydney
- Manchester → Sydney
- Paris → Sydney
- Edinburgh → Sydney
- Brussels → Sydney