✈ SYD → CUN
17H 39M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Sydney to Cancun
From Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania → Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America
↔ Flying the other way? Cancun → Sydney
How long is the flight from Sydney to Cancun?
A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to Cancun (CUN) takes about 17 hours 39 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,817 miles (14,189 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
17h 39m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,817 mi
14,189 km · great-circle
Avg speed
804 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Sydney timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Sydney
Cancun timezone
UTC-5
America/Cancun
Time difference
-15h
15 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~10.5d
Westward — easier
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 Sydney
Nearest destinations
- Sydney → Melbourne
- Sydney → Auckland
- Sydney → Bali (Denpasar)
- Sydney → Manila
- Sydney → Singapore
- Sydney → Kuala Lumpur
- Sydney → Taipei
- Sydney → Hong Kong
- Sydney → Bangkok
- Sydney → Osaka
Long-haul from Sydney
- Sydney → Lisbon
- Sydney → Casablanca
- Sydney → Madrid
- Sydney → Dublin
- Sydney → Barcelona
- Sydney → London
- Sydney → Manchester
- Sydney → Paris
- Sydney → Edinburgh
- Sydney → Brussels
More flights to North America
Flights to Cancun
Nearest origins
- Miami → Cancun
- Mexico City → Cancun
- Atlanta → Cancun
- Dallas → Cancun
- Chicago → Cancun
- New York → Cancun
- Toronto → Cancun
- Boston → Cancun
- Las Vegas → Cancun
- Los Angeles → Cancun
Long-haul to Cancun
- Bali (Denpasar) → Cancun
- Singapore → Cancun
- Kuala Lumpur → Cancun
- Bangkok → Cancun
- Mumbai → Cancun
- Manila → Cancun
- Melbourne → Cancun
- Hong Kong → Cancun
- Delhi → Cancun
- Taipei → Cancun