Distance from Cape Town to Paris
The great-circle distance between Cape Town, South Africa and Paris, France is 9,342 km (5,805 mi · 5,044 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,342 km · 5,805 mi · 5,044 nmi
- Initial bearing Cape Town → Paris
- 349° (N)
- Initial bearing Paris → Cape Town
- 167° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 39 min
- Time zones
- Cape Town UTC+02:00 · Paris UTC+02:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 60 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
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:34 UTC / 19:20 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.