✈ JNB → MEX
JOHANNESBURG → MEXICO CITY: 18H 8M. BUSINESS CLASS OR THERAPY. PICK ONE.
Flight from Johannesburg to Mexico City
From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa → Benito Juárez (MEX), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Mexico City → Johannesburg
How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Mexico City?
A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Mexico City (MEX) takes about 18 hours 8 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,071 miles (14,598 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
18h 8m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
9,071 mi
14,598 km · great-circle
Avg speed
805 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Mexico City timezone
UTC-6
America/Mexico_City
Time difference
-8h
8 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~5.6d
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 Johannesburg
Nearest destinations
- Johannesburg → Cape Town
- Johannesburg → Nairobi
- Johannesburg → Doha
- Johannesburg → Cairo
- Johannesburg → Abu Dhabi
- Johannesburg → Dubai
- Johannesburg → Tel Aviv
- Johannesburg → Mumbai
- Johannesburg → Athens
- Johannesburg → Rio de Janeiro
Long-haul from Johannesburg
- Johannesburg → San Francisco
- Johannesburg → Los Angeles
- Johannesburg → Seattle
- Johannesburg → Vancouver
- Johannesburg → Las Vegas
- Johannesburg → Dallas
- Johannesburg → Chicago
- Johannesburg → Atlanta
- Johannesburg → Tokyo
- Johannesburg → Cancun
More flights to North America
Flights to Mexico City
Nearest origins
- Cancun → Mexico City
- Dallas → Mexico City
- Miami → Mexico City
- Atlanta → Mexico City
- Las Vegas → Mexico City
- Los Angeles → Mexico City
- Chicago → Mexico City
- San Francisco → Mexico City
- Toronto → Mexico City
- New York → Mexico City
Long-haul to Mexico City
- Kuala Lumpur → Mexico City
- Singapore → Mexico City
- Bali (Denpasar) → Mexico City
- Bangkok → Mexico City
- Mumbai → Mexico City
- Nairobi → Mexico City
- Delhi → Mexico City
- Abu Dhabi → Mexico City
- Dubai → Mexico City
- Manila → Mexico City