Distance from Cape Town to Rome
Cape Town (South Africa) and Rome (Italy) are 8,452 km apart — that's 5,252 miles or 4,564 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,452 km · 5,252 mi · 4,564 nmi
- Initial bearing Cape Town → Rome
- 355° (N)
- Initial bearing Rome → Cape Town
- 175° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 36 min
- Time zones
- Cape Town UTC+02:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 82 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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.