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✈ CPT → BOM

10H 33M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,115 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
10h 33m
Distance
5,115 mi
Or
8,232 km
Jet lag
3.5h

Flight from Cape Town to Mumbai

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Chhatrapati Shivaji (BOM), India Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Mumbai → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Mumbai?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Mumbai (BOM) takes about 10 hours 33 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,115 miles (8,232 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 33m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,115 mi

8,232 km · great-circle

Avg speed

780 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Mumbai timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Time difference

+3.5h

3h 30m ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~3.5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1218 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1408 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 338 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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