Distance from Cape Town to São Paulo
Cape Town (South Africa) and São Paulo (Brazil) are 6,345 km apart — that's 3,943 miles or 3,426 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,345 km · 3,943 mi · 3,426 nmi
- Initial bearing Cape Town → São Paulo
- 262° (W)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Cape Town
- 116° (ESE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 07 min
- Time zones
- Cape Town UTC+02:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 277 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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:18 UTC / 21:25 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.