✈ CPT → ZRH
11H 36M FROM CAPE TOWN TO ZURICH. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Cape Town to Zurich
From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa → Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Zurich → Cape Town
How long is the flight from Cape Town to Zurich?
A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Zurich (ZRH) takes about 11 hours 36 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,661 miles (9,110 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 36m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,661 mi
9,110 km · great-circle
Avg speed
786 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Zurich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Zurich
Time difference
Same
Same time zone
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 → Dubai
Long-haul from Cape Town
- Cape Town → San Francisco
- Cape Town → Vancouver
- Cape Town → Seattle
- Cape Town → Los Angeles
- Cape Town → Las Vegas
- Cape Town → Tokyo
- Cape Town → Osaka
- Cape Town → Dallas
- Cape Town → Mexico City
- Cape Town → Chicago
More flights to Europe
Flights to Zurich
Nearest origins
- Milan → Zurich
- Munich → Zurich
- Frankfurt → Zurich
- Paris → Zurich
- Brussels → Zurich
- Prague → Zurich
- Amsterdam → Zurich
- Vienna → Zurich
- Berlin → Zurich
- Rome → Zurich
Long-haul to Zurich
- Auckland → Zurich
- Sydney → Zurich
- Melbourne → Zurich
- Bali (Denpasar) → Zurich
- Santiago → Zurich
- Buenos Aires → Zurich
- Manila → Zurich
- Singapore → Zurich
- Kuala Lumpur → Zurich
- Mexico City → Zurich