✈ DXB → CPT
9H 51M. DUBAI TO CAPE TOWN. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.
Flight from Dubai to Cape Town
From Dubai International (DXB), UAE Middle East → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Dubai
How long is the flight from Dubai to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Dubai (DXB) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 9 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,750 miles (7,644 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 51m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,750 mi
7,644 km · great-circle
Avg speed
776 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Dubai timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
-2h
2 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.4d
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.
Flights from Dubai
Nearest destinations
- Dubai → Abu Dhabi
- Dubai → Doha
- Dubai → Mumbai
- Dubai → Tel Aviv
- Dubai → Delhi
- Dubai → Cairo
- Dubai → Istanbul
- Dubai → Athens
- Dubai → Bucharest
- Dubai → Nairobi
Long-haul from Dubai
- Dubai → Santiago
- Dubai → Mexico City
- Dubai → Auckland
- Dubai → Buenos Aires
- Dubai → Cancun
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Las Vegas
- Dubai → San Francisco
- Dubai → Dallas
- Dubai → Miami
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Flights to Cape Town
Nearest origins
- 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
- Santiago → Cape Town