✈ CPT → GRU
8H 19M FROM CAPE TOWN TO SÃO PAULO. JET LAG IS NOW YOUR PERSONALITY.
Flight from Cape Town to São Paulo
From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa → Guarulhos (GRU), Brazil South America
↔ Flying the other way? São Paulo → Cape Town
How long is the flight from Cape Town to São Paulo?
A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to São Paulo (GRU) takes about 8 hours 19 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,946 miles (6,351 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 19m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,946 mi
6,351 km · great-circle
Avg speed
764 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
São Paulo timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
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 → Buenos Aires
- 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 São Paulo
Nearest origins
- Rio de Janeiro → São Paulo
- Buenos Aires → São Paulo
- Santiago → São Paulo
- Miami → São Paulo
- Cancun → São Paulo
- Mexico City → São Paulo
- Johannesburg → São Paulo
- Atlanta → São Paulo
- Casablanca → São Paulo
- New York → São Paulo
Long-haul to São Paulo
- Osaka → São Paulo
- Taipei → São Paulo
- Shanghai → São Paulo
- Tokyo → São Paulo
- Manila → São Paulo
- Seoul → São Paulo
- Hong Kong → São Paulo
- Beijing → São Paulo
- Bangkok → São Paulo
- Singapore → São Paulo