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MIA Miami ⇄ CDG Paris

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

Distance7,372 km4,580 mi3,980 nautical miles
MIA → CDG8 h 45 minestimated block time
CDG → MIA10 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change+5 hParis vs Miami, today
Great-circle route from Miami (MIA) to Paris (CDG)MIAMiamiCDGParis
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

MIA → CDG

8 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 45° (NE).

Leave Miami Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sun 8 Nov, 00:45 local +1 day.

CDG → MIA

10 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 283° (WNW).

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

MIA-bound flights are the slower direction by about 90 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 distance7,372 km · 4,580 mi · 3,980 nmi
Initial heading45° (NE) from MIA; 283° (WNW) from CDG
Farthest from the equator50.2°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip37% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MIAAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
CDGEurope/Paris — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceParis is 5 hours ahead of Miami today.

Jet lag, flying MIA → CDG. Your body clock has to move 5 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 5 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

MIA Miami International AirportMiami, United States · longest runway 13,016 ft3,967 m CDG Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis, France · longest runway 13,829 ft4,215 m

More routes from MIA and CDG

MIACUN Miami – Cancún 855 km531 mi · 2 h 05 min JFKMIA New York – Miami 1,757 km1,092 mi · 3 h 05 min MIAPTY Miami – Panama City 1,862 km1,157 mi · 3 h 10 min LAXMIA Los Angeles – Miami 3,763 km2,338 mi · 5 h MIASCL Miami – Santiago 6,658 km4,137 mi · 8 h 35 min MIAEZE Miami – Buenos Aires 7,119 km4,424 mi · 9 h 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

Routes of a similar length

HNLICN Honolulu – Seoul 7,353 km4,569 mi · 10 h 15 min SYDHKG Sydney – Hong Kong 7,394 km4,595 mi · 9 h 35 min ATLFRA Atlanta – Frankfurt 7,409 km4,604 mi · 8 h 50 min ORDMUC Chicago – Munich 7,270 km4,517 mi · 8 h 45 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).