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JNB Johannesburg ⇄ MRU Mauritius

O.R. Tambo International Airport (South Africa) and Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (Mauritius): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance3,066 km1,905 mi1,655 nautical miles
JNB → MRU4 h 20 minestimated block time
MRU → JNB4 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change+2 hMauritius vs Johannesburg, today
Great-circle route from Johannesburg (JNB) to Mauritius (MRU)JNBJohannesburgMRUMauritius
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

JNB → MRU

4 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 84° (E).

Leave Johannesburg Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Mauritius Sat 7 Nov, 16:20 local.

MRU → JNB

4 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 252° (WSW).

Leave Mauritius Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Johannesburg Sat 7 Nov, 12:45 local.

JNB-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 distance3,066 km · 1,905 mi · 1,655 nmi
Initial heading84° (E) from JNB; 252° (WSW) from MRU
Farthest from the equator26.1°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip15% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

JNBAfrica/Johannesburg — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 all year (no daylight saving time)
MRUIndian/Mauritius — UTC+4 now; UTC+4 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMauritius is 2 hours ahead of Johannesburg today.

Jet lag, flying JNB → MRU. Your body clock has to move 2 hours 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

JNB O.R. Tambo International AirportJohannesburg, South Africa · longest runway 14,495 ft4,418 m MRU Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportMauritius, Mauritius · longest runway 11,056 ft3,370 m

More routes from JNB and MRU

JNBDUR Johannesburg – Durban 478 km297 mi · 1 h 35 min JNBNBO Johannesburg – Nairobi 2,912 km1,810 mi · 4 h 20 min ISTJNB Istanbul – Johannesburg 7,496 km4,658 mi · 9 h 35 min FRAJNB Frankfurt – Johannesburg 8,690 km5,400 mi · 10 h 50 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 CDGMRU Paris – Mauritius 9,447 km5,870 mi · 11 h 25 min LHRMRU London – Mauritius 9,784 km6,080 mi · 11 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

MANTFS Manchester – Tenerife 3,048 km1,894 mi · 4 h 40 min DXBMLE Dubai – Malé 3,040 km1,889 mi · 4 h 25 min DXBIST Dubai – Istanbul 3,030 km1,883 mi · 4 h 45 min LAXATL Los Angeles – Atlanta 3,126 km1,942 mi · 4 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).