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✈ EDI → CPT

12H 55M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
12h 55m
Distance
6,346 mi
Or
10,213 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Edinburgh to Cape Town

From Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe  →  Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Edinburgh

How long is the flight from Edinburgh to Cape Town?

A nonstop flight from Edinburgh (EDI) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 12 hours 55 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,346 miles (10,213 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 55m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,346 mi

10,213 km · great-circle

Avg speed

791 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Edinburgh timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Time difference

+1h

1 hour ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~1d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1512 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1746 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 419 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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