Distance from Cape Town to Moscow
Cape Town (South Africa) and Moscow (Russia) are 10,137 km apart — that's 6,299 miles or 5,474 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,137 km · 6,299 mi · 5,474 nmi
- Initial bearing Cape Town → Moscow
- 11° (N)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Cape Town
- 196° (SSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Cape Town UTC+02:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 70 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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:50 UTC / 13:38 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.