✈ CDG → SYD

20H 55M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
20h 55m
Distance
10,529 mi
Or
16,944 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Paris to Sydney

From Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe  →  Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania

How long is the flight from Paris to Sydney?

A nonstop flight from Paris (CDG) to Sydney (SYD) takes about 20 hours 55 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,529 miles (16,944 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

20h 55m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

10,529 mi

16,944 km · great-circle

Avg speed

810 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Paris timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Paris

Sydney timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Sydney

Time difference

+8h

8 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~8d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2508 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2897 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 695 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.