Distance from Berlin to Cape Town
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Cape Town, South Africa is 9,625 km (5,981 mi · 5,197 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,625 km · 5,981 mi · 5,197 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Cape Town
- 176° (S)
- Initial bearing Cape Town → Berlin
- 357° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 59 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Cape Town UTC+02:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 116 min — the sun rises earlier in Berlin
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:38 UTC / 18:48 UTC
- Cape Town
- -33.9258, 18.4232
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:34 UTC / 16:12 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.