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✈ CPT → ATH

CAPE TOWN → ATHENS IN 10H 17M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
10h 17m
Distance
4,980 mi
Or
8,014 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Cape Town to Athens

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Athens → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Athens?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Athens (ATH) takes about 10 hours 17 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,980 miles (8,014 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 17m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,980 mi

8,014 km · great-circle

Avg speed

779 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Athens timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Athens

Time difference

+1h

1 hour ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~1d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1186 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1370 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 329 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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