Distance from Cape Town to Dubai
The great-circle distance between Cape Town, South Africa and Dubai, United Arab Emirates is 7,630 km (4,741 mi · 4,120 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,630 km · 4,741 mi · 4,120 nmi
- Initial bearing Cape Town → Dubai
- 36° (NE)
- Initial bearing Dubai → Cape Town
- 212° (SSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 38 min
- Time zones
- Cape Town UTC+02:00 · Dubai UTC+04:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 69 min — the sun rises later in Cape Town
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
- Cape Town
- -33.9258, 18.4232
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:41 UTC / 17:21 UTC
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:31 UTC / 13:35 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.