Distance from Cape Town to Hong Kong
Cape Town (South Africa) and Hong Kong (Hong Kong) are 11,872 km apart — that's 7,377 miles or 6,411 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 383 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
- 04:36 UTC / 16:44 UTC
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:13 UTC / 10:20 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.