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✈ CPT → PVG

16H 13M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.

Flight time
16h 13m
Distance
8,071 mi
Or
12,989 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Cape Town to Shanghai

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Pudong (PVG), China Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Shanghai?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 16 hours 13 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,071 miles (12,989 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 13m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,071 mi

12,989 km · great-circle

Avg speed

801 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Shanghai timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+6h

6 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~6d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1922 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2221 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 533 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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