Distance from Cape Town to Melbourne
Cape Town (South Africa) and Melbourne (Australia) are 10,314 km apart — that's 6,409 miles or 5,569 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,314 km · 6,409 mi · 5,569 nmi
- Initial bearing Cape Town → Melbourne
- 141° (SE)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Cape Town
- 222° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 48 min
- Time zones
- Cape Town UTC+02:00 · Melbourne UTC+11:00 (+9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 513 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
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:07 UTC / 09:02 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.