✈ CPT → DXB
9H 51M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Cape Town to Dubai
From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa → Dubai International (DXB), UAE Middle East
↔ Flying the other way? Dubai → Cape Town
How long is the flight from Cape Town to Dubai?
A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Dubai (DXB) takes about 9 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,750 miles (7,644 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 51m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,750 mi
7,644 km · great-circle
Avg speed
776 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Dubai timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Time difference
+2h
2 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~2d
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 Cape Town
Nearest destinations
- Cape Town → Johannesburg
- Cape Town → Nairobi
- Cape Town → Rio de Janeiro
- Cape Town → São Paulo
- Cape Town → Buenos Aires
- Cape Town → Cairo
- Cape Town → Doha
- Cape Town → Abu Dhabi
- Cape Town → Tel Aviv
- Cape Town → Santiago
Long-haul from Cape Town
Flights to Dubai
Nearest origins
- Abu Dhabi → Dubai
- Doha → Dubai
- Mumbai → Dubai
- Tel Aviv → Dubai
- Delhi → Dubai
- Cairo → Dubai
- Istanbul → Dubai
- Athens → Dubai
- Bucharest → Dubai
- Nairobi → Dubai
Long-haul to Dubai
- Santiago → Dubai
- Mexico City → Dubai
- Auckland → Dubai
- Buenos Aires → Dubai
- Cancun → Dubai
- Los Angeles → Dubai
- Las Vegas → Dubai
- San Francisco → Dubai
- Dallas → Dubai
- Miami → Dubai