Distance from Bangkok to Cape Town
Bangkok (Thailand) and Cape Town (South Africa) are 10,145 km apart — that's 6,304 miles or 5,478 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,145 km · 6,304 mi · 5,478 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → Cape Town
- 235° (SW)
- Initial bearing Cape Town → Bangkok
- 74° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 36 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · Cape Town UTC+02:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 389 min — the sun rises earlier in Bangkok
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
- Bangkok
- 13.7540, 100.5014
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:05 UTC / 11:44 UTC
- Cape Town
- -33.9258, 18.4232
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:34 UTC / 16:12 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.