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MAN Manchester ⇄ CUN Cancún

Manchester Airport (United Kingdom) and Cancún International Airport (Mexico): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance7,794 km4,843 mi4,208 nautical miles
MAN → CUN10 h 40 minestimated block time
CUN → MAN9 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change−5 hCancún vs Manchester, today
Great-circle route from Manchester (MAN) to Cancún (CUN)MANManchesterCUNCancún
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

MAN → CUN

10 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 279° (W).

Leave Manchester Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Cancún Sat 7 Nov, 15:40 local.

CUN → MAN

9 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 39° (NE).

Leave Cancún Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Manchester Sun 8 Nov, 00:15 local +1 day.

CUN-bound flights are the slower direction by about 80 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 distance7,794 km · 4,843 mi · 4,208 nmi
Initial heading279° (W) from MAN; 39° (NE) from CUN
Farthest from the equator53.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip39% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MANEurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
CUNAmerica/Cancun — UTC−5 now; UTC−5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceCancún is 5 hours behind Manchester today; −5 h in January and −6 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying MAN → CUN. Your body clock has to move 5 hours later, like a westward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 5 days to fully adjust. Shifting later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

MAN Manchester AirportManchester, United Kingdom · longest runway 10,007 ft3,050 m CUN Cancún International AirportCancún, Mexico · longest runway 11,483 ft3,500 m

More routes from MAN and CUN

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min MANPMI Manchester – Palma de Mallorca 1,581 km982 mi · 2 h 50 min MANFAO Manchester – Faro 1,869 km1,161 mi · 3 h 15 min MANTFS Manchester – Tenerife 3,048 km1,894 mi · 4 h 40 min EWRMAN Newark – Manchester 5,383 km3,345 mi · 6 h 45 min DXBMAN Dubai – Manchester 5,656 km3,515 mi · 8 h MIACUN Miami – Cancún 855 km531 mi · 2 h 05 min IAHCUN Houston – Cancún 1,307 km812 mi · 2 h 30 min ORDCUN Chicago – Cancún 2,330 km1,448 mi · 3 h 40 min YYZCUN Toronto – Cancún 2,605 km1,618 mi · 4 h 05 min MADCUN Madrid – Cancún 7,960 km4,946 mi · 11 h FRACUN Frankfurt – Cancún 8,605 km5,347 mi · 11 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

FRAPEK Frankfurt – Beijing 7,789 km4,840 mi · 9 h 20 min SYDHND Sydney – Tokyo 7,818 km4,858 mi · 10 h IAHLHR Houston – London 7,763 km4,824 mi · 9 h 15 min HELHND Helsinki – Tokyo 7,825 km4,862 mi · 9 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).