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✈ CPT → TPE

15H 48M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
15h 48m
Distance
7,852 mi
Or
12,637 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Cape Town to Taipei

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Taoyuan (TPE), Taiwan Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Taipei → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Taipei?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Taipei (TPE) takes about 15 hours 48 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,852 miles (12,637 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

15h 48m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,852 mi

12,637 km · great-circle

Avg speed

800 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Taipei timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Taipei

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 1870 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2161 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 518 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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