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CDG Paris ⇄ BKK Bangkok

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

Distance9,448 km5,871 mi5,102 nautical miles
CDG → BKK11 hestimated block time
BKK → CDG12 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change+6 hBangkok vs Paris, today
Great-circle route from Paris (CDG) to Bangkok (BKK)CDGParisBKKBangkok
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 → BKK

11 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 75° (ENE).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Bangkok Sun 8 Nov, 03:00 local +1 day.

BKK → CDG

12 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 319° (NW).

Leave Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 16:40 local.

CDG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 100 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 distance9,448 km · 5,871 mi · 5,102 nmi
Initial heading75° (ENE) from CDG; 319° (NW) from BKK
Farthest from the equator50.7°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip47% 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
BKKAsia/Bangkok — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBangkok is 6 hours ahead of Paris today; +6 h in January and +5 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying CDG → BKK. Your body clock has to move 6 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 6 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. 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 BKK Suvarnabhumi AirportBangkok, Thailand · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from CDG and BKK

LHRCDG London – Paris 348 km216 mi · 1 h 25 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 min YULCDG Montreal – Paris 5,524 km3,433 mi · 6 h 50 min CDGDEL Paris – Delhi 6,565 km4,080 mi · 7 h 55 min LAXCDG Los Angeles – Paris 9,103 km5,656 mi · 10 h 50 min CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min BKKCNX Bangkok – Chiang Mai 597 km371 mi · 1 h 45 min BKKHAN Bangkok – Hanoi 995 km618 mi · 2 h 10 min SINBKK Singapore – Bangkok 1,417 km880 mi · 2 h 40 min DXBBKK Dubai – Bangkok 4,903 km3,047 mi · 6 h 20 min ISTBKK Istanbul – Bangkok 7,514 km4,669 mi · 9 h LHRBKK London – Bangkok 9,578 km5,951 mi · 11 h 15 min

Routes of a similar length

GRULHR São Paulo – London 9,460 km5,878 mi · 11 h 30 min SFOPEK San Francisco – Beijing 9,494 km5,899 mi · 12 h 40 min LIMMAD Lima – Madrid 9,526 km5,919 mi · 11 h 25 min FRAHND Frankfurt – Tokyo 9,363 km5,818 mi · 11 h 15 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

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