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CDG Paris ⇄ ATH Athens

Charles de Gaulle International Airport (France) and Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (Greece): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,108 km1,310 mi1,138 nautical miles
CDG → ATH3 h 15 minestimated block time
ATH → CDG3 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hAthens vs Paris, today
Great-circle route from Paris (CDG) to Athens (ATH)CDGParisATHAthens
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

CDG → ATH

3 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 118° (ESE).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Athens Sat 7 Nov, 14:15 local.

ATH → CDG

3 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 313° (NW).

Leave Athens Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 12:40 local.

CDG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance2,108 km · 1,310 mi · 1,138 nmi
Initial heading118° (ESE) from CDG; 313° (NW) from ATH
Farthest from the equator49.0°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip11% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

CDGEurope/Paris — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
ATHEurope/Athens — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 standard time, UTC+3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAthens is 1 hour ahead of Paris today.

Jet lag, flying CDG → ATH. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

CDG Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis, France · longest runway 13,829 ft4,215 m ATH Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportAthens, Greece · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from CDG and ATH

LHRCDG London – Paris 348 km216 mi · 1 h 25 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 min BOSCDG Boston – Paris 5,535 km3,439 mi · 6 h 50 min ORDCDG Chicago – Paris 6,665 km4,141 mi · 8 h 05 min MEXCDG Mexico City – Paris 9,199 km5,716 mi · 10 h 45 min CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min ATHJMK Athens – Mykonos 136 km84 mi · 1 h 10 min ATHJTR Athens – Santorini 218 km136 mi · 1 h 15 min ATHIST Athens – Istanbul 553 km344 mi · 1 h 40 min FCOATH Rome – Athens 1,085 km674 mi · 2 h 10 min LHRATH London – Athens 2,427 km1,508 mi · 3 h 35 min JFKATH New York – Athens 7,933 km4,929 mi · 9 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

TPEHND Taipei – Tokyo 2,122 km1,319 mi · 3 h 20 min LHRCMN London – Casablanca 2,094 km1,301 mi · 3 h 30 min PEKKMG Beijing – Kunming 2,094 km1,301 mi · 3 h 35 min SYDCHC Sydney – Christchurch 2,126 km1,321 mi · 3 h 15 min

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Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).