✈ DEL → CPT
11H 48M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,768 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Delhi to Cape Town
From Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Delhi
How long is the flight from Delhi to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Delhi (DEL) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 11 hours 48 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,768 miles (9,282 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 48m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,768 mi
9,282 km · great-circle
Avg speed
787 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Delhi timezone
UTC+5:30
Asia/Kolkata
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
-3.5h
3h 30m behind
Jet lag (rough)
~2.4d
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.
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Long-haul from Delhi
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Nearest origins
- Johannesburg → Cape Town
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- Rio de Janeiro → Cape Town
- São Paulo → Cape Town
- Buenos Aires → Cape Town
- Cairo → Cape Town
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- Tel Aviv → Cape Town
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Long-haul to Cape Town
- San Francisco → Cape Town
- Vancouver → Cape Town
- Seattle → Cape Town
- Los Angeles → Cape Town
- Las Vegas → Cape Town
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- Osaka → Cape Town
- Dallas → Cape Town
- Mexico City → Cape Town
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