✈ LHR → CUN
LONDON → CANCUN: 10H 13M, 4,941 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from London to Cancun
From Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe → Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Cancun → London
How long is the flight from London to Cancun?
A nonstop flight from London (LHR) to Cancun (CUN) takes about 10 hours 13 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,941 miles (7,952 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 13m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,941 mi
7,952 km · great-circle
Avg speed
778 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
London timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Cancun timezone
UTC-5
America/Cancun
Time difference
-6h
6 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.2d
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 London
Nearest destinations
- London → Manchester
- London → Paris
- London → Brussels
- London → Amsterdam
- London → Dublin
- London → Edinburgh
- London → Frankfurt
- London → Zurich
- London → Milan
- London → Munich
Long-haul from London
- London → Auckland
- London → Sydney
- London → Melbourne
- London → Bali (Denpasar)
- London → Santiago
- London → Buenos Aires
- London → Singapore
- London → Manila
- London → Kuala Lumpur
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Flights to Cancun
Nearest origins
- Miami → Cancun
- Mexico City → Cancun
- Atlanta → Cancun
- Dallas → Cancun
- Chicago → Cancun
- New York → Cancun
- Toronto → Cancun
- Boston → Cancun
- Las Vegas → Cancun
- Los Angeles → Cancun
Long-haul to Cancun
- Bali (Denpasar) → Cancun
- Singapore → Cancun
- Kuala Lumpur → Cancun
- Bangkok → Cancun
- Mumbai → Cancun
- Manila → Cancun
- Melbourne → Cancun
- Hong Kong → Cancun
- Delhi → Cancun
- Sydney → Cancun