Distance from Cape Town to Mexico City
The great-circle distance between Cape Town, South Africa and Mexico City, Mexico is 13,699 km (8,512 mi · 7,397 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,699 km · 8,512 mi · 7,397 nmi
- Initial bearing Cape Town → Mexico City
- 272° (W)
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Cape Town
- 118° (ESE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 47 min
- Time zones
- Cape Town UTC+02:00 · Mexico City UTC-06:00 (-8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 541 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:42 UTC / 00:01 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.