✈ SYD → CDG

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 Sydney to Paris

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

How long is the flight from Sydney to Paris?

A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to Paris (CDG) 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

Sydney timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Sydney

Paris timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Paris

Time difference

-8h

8 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~5.6d

Westward — easier

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.