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CDG Paris ⇄ JNB Johannesburg

Charles de Gaulle International Airport (France) and O.R. Tambo International Airport (South Africa): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance8,737 km5,429 mi4,718 nautical miles
CDG → JNB10 h 50 minestimated block time
JNB → CDG11 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hJohannesburg vs Paris, today
Great-circle route from Paris (CDG) to Johannesburg (JNB)CDGParisJNBJohannesburg
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 → JNB

10 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 157° (SSE).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Johannesburg Sat 7 Nov, 21:50 local.

JNB → CDG

11 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 343° (NNW).

Leave Johannesburg Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 20:10 local.

CDG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 20 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly 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 distance8,737 km · 5,429 mi · 4,718 nmi
Initial heading157° (SSE) from CDG; 343° (NNW) from JNB
Farthest from the equator49.0°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip44% 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
JNBAfrica/Johannesburg — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceJohannesburg is 1 hour ahead of Paris today; +1 h in January and ±0 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying CDG → JNB. 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 JNB O.R. Tambo International AirportJohannesburg, South Africa · longest runway 14,495 ft4,418 m

More routes from CDG and JNB

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 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 JNBDUR Johannesburg – Durban 478 km297 mi · 1 h 35 min JNBNBO Johannesburg – Nairobi 2,912 km1,810 mi · 4 h 20 min DXBJNB Dubai – Johannesburg 6,413 km3,985 mi · 8 h 25 min JNBPER Johannesburg – Perth 8,310 km5,163 mi · 9 h 40 min JNBSYD Johannesburg – Sydney 11,024 km6,850 mi · 12 h 35 min ATLJNB Atlanta – Johannesburg 13,583 km8,440 mi · 15 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

LAXNRT Los Angeles – Tokyo 8,753 km5,439 mi · 12 h 05 min LHRCMB London – Colombo 8,715 km5,415 mi · 10 h 20 min LAXLHR Los Angeles – London 8,760 km5,443 mi · 10 h 25 min SFOAMS San Francisco – Amsterdam 8,785 km5,459 mi · 10 h 35 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).