✈ GIG → CPT
RIO DE JANEIRO → CAPE TOWN: 8H, 3,782 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town
From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Rio de Janeiro
How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 8 hours, covering a great-circle distance of 3,782 miles (6,087 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,782 mi
6,087 km · great-circle
Avg speed
761 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rio de Janeiro timezone
UTC-3
America/Sao_Paulo
Cape Town timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
+5h
5 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~5d
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 Rio de Janeiro
Nearest destinations
- Rio de Janeiro → São Paulo
- Rio de Janeiro → Buenos Aires
- Rio de Janeiro → Santiago
- Rio de Janeiro → Miami
- Rio de Janeiro → Cancun
- Rio de Janeiro → Johannesburg
- Rio de Janeiro → Casablanca
- Rio de Janeiro → Atlanta
- Rio de Janeiro → Mexico City
- Rio de Janeiro → Lisbon
Long-haul from Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro → Osaka
- Rio de Janeiro → Tokyo
- Rio de Janeiro → Taipei
- Rio de Janeiro → Shanghai
- Rio de Janeiro → Manila
- Rio de Janeiro → Seoul
- Rio de Janeiro → Hong Kong
- Rio de Janeiro → Beijing
- Rio de Janeiro → Bangkok
- Rio de Janeiro → Bali (Denpasar)
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Flights to Cape Town
Nearest origins
- Johannesburg → Cape Town
- Nairobi → 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
- Santiago → Cape Town