Distance from Berlin to Cape Town
Berlin (Germany) and Cape Town (South Africa) are 9,625 km apart — that's 5,981 miles or 5,197 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 19 min — the sun rises later 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
- 04:54 UTC / 17:05 UTC
- Cape Town
- -33.9258, 18.4232
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:36 UTC / 16:44 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.