Distance from Cape Town to Hong Kong
The great-circle distance between Cape Town, South Africa and Hong Kong, Hong Kong is 11,872 km (7,377 mi · 6,411 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,872 km · 7,377 mi · 6,411 nmi
- Initial bearing Cape Town → Hong Kong
- 74° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Cape Town
- 240° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 38 min
- Time zones
- Cape Town UTC+02:00 · Hong Kong UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 455 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
- 05:34 UTC / 16:12 UTC
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:01 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.