✈ FCO → CPT
ROME → CAPE TOWN IN 10H 49M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Rome to Cape Town
From Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe → Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Cape Town → Rome
How long is the flight from Rome to Cape Town?
A nonstop flight from Rome (FCO) to Cape Town (CPT) takes about 10 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,251 miles (8,450 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 49m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,251 mi
8,450 km · great-circle
Avg speed
782 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rome timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Rome
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 Rome
Nearest destinations
- Rome → Milan
- Rome → Zurich
- Rome → Munich
- Rome → Vienna
- Rome → Budapest
- Rome → Barcelona
- Rome → Prague
- Rome → Frankfurt
- Rome → Athens
- Rome → Paris
Long-haul from Rome
- Rome → Auckland
- Rome → Sydney
- Rome → Melbourne
- Rome → Santiago
- Rome → Bali (Denpasar)
- Rome → Buenos Aires
- Rome → Manila
- Rome → Mexico City
- Rome → Los Angeles
- Rome → San Francisco
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