✈ CDG → CPT
PARIS → CAPE TOWN IN 11H 54M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Paris to Cape Town
From Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Paris
How long is the flight from Paris to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Paris (CDG) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 11 hours 54 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,817 miles (9,362 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 54m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,817 mi
9,362 km · great-circle
Avg speed
787 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Paris timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Paris
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
Same
Same time zone
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 Paris
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Long-haul from Paris
- Paris → Auckland
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More flights to Africa
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