✈ MAN → CPT
12H 33M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,162 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Manchester to Cape Town
From Manchester Airport (MAN), United Kingdom Europe → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Manchester
How long is the flight from Manchester to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Manchester (MAN) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 12 hours 33 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,162 miles (9,917 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 33m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,162 mi
9,917 km · great-circle
Avg speed
790 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Manchester 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.
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 Manchester
Nearest destinations
- Manchester → London
- Manchester → Dublin
- Manchester → Edinburgh
- Manchester → Amsterdam
- Manchester → Brussels
- Manchester → Paris
- Manchester → Frankfurt
- Manchester → Copenhagen
- Manchester → Zurich
- Manchester → Berlin
Long-haul from Manchester
- Manchester → Auckland
- Manchester → Sydney
- Manchester → Melbourne
- Manchester → Bali (Denpasar)
- Manchester → Santiago
- Manchester → Buenos Aires
- Manchester → Singapore
- Manchester → Manila
- Manchester → Kuala Lumpur
- Manchester → Taipei
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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
- Dubai → Cape Town
Long-haul to Cape Town
- San Francisco → Cape Town
- Vancouver → Cape Town
- Seattle → Cape Town
- Los Angeles → Cape Town
- Las Vegas → Cape Town
- Tokyo → Cape Town
- Osaka → Cape Town
- Dallas → Cape Town
- Mexico City → Cape Town
- Chicago → Cape Town