✈ CPT → EZE
8H 57M FROM CAPE TOWN TO BUENOS AIRES. JET LAG IS NOW YOUR PERSONALITY.
Flight from Cape Town to Buenos Aires
From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa → Ezeiza (EZE), Argentina South America
↔ Flying the other way? Buenos Aires → Cape Town
How long is the flight from Cape Town to Buenos Aires?
A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Buenos Aires (EZE) takes about 8 hours 57 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,279 miles (6,886 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 57m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,279 mi
6,886 km · great-circle
Avg speed
770 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Buenos Aires timezone
UTC-3
America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
Time difference
-5h
5 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~3.5d
Westward — easier
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 Cape Town
Nearest destinations
- Cape Town → Johannesburg
- Cape Town → Nairobi
- Cape Town → Rio de Janeiro
- Cape Town → São Paulo
- Cape Town → Cairo
- Cape Town → Doha
- Cape Town → Abu Dhabi
- Cape Town → Tel Aviv
- Cape Town → Dubai
- Cape Town → Santiago
Long-haul from Cape Town
Flights to Buenos Aires
Nearest origins
- Santiago → Buenos Aires
- São Paulo → Buenos Aires
- Rio de Janeiro → Buenos Aires
- Cancun → Buenos Aires
- Miami → Buenos Aires
- Mexico City → Buenos Aires
- Atlanta → Buenos Aires
- Johannesburg → Buenos Aires
- Dallas → Buenos Aires
- New York → Buenos Aires
Long-haul to Buenos Aires
- Shanghai → Buenos Aires
- Seoul → Buenos Aires
- Beijing → Buenos Aires
- Taipei → Buenos Aires
- Osaka → Buenos Aires
- Hong Kong → Buenos Aires
- Tokyo → Buenos Aires
- Manila → Buenos Aires
- Bangkok → Buenos Aires
- Kuala Lumpur → Buenos Aires