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Route · North Atlantic

YYZ Toronto ⇄ CDG Paris

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

Distance6,020 km3,741 mi3,251 nautical miles
YYZ → CDG7 h 20 minestimated block time
CDG → YYZ8 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change+5 hParis vs Toronto, today
Great-circle route from Toronto (YYZ) to Paris (CDG)YYZTorontoCDGParis
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

YYZ → CDG

7 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 53° (NE).

Leave Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 23:20 local.

CDG → YYZ

8 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 298° (WNW).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 12:30 local.

YYZ-bound flights are the slower direction by about 70 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 distance6,020 km · 3,741 mi · 3,251 nmi
Initial heading53° (NE) from YYZ; 298° (WNW) from CDG
Farthest from the equator54.6°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip30% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

YYZAmerica/Toronto — 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 Toronto today.

Jet lag, flying YYZ → 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

YYZ Toronto Pearson International AirportToronto, Canada · longest runway 11,120 ft3,389 m CDG Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis, France · longest runway 13,829 ft4,215 m

More routes from YYZ and CDG

YULYYZ Montreal – Toronto 507 km315 mi · 1 h 40 min YYZMCO Toronto – Orlando 1,702 km1,058 mi · 3 h YYZYYC Toronto – Calgary 2,689 km1,671 mi · 4 h 25 min YYZYVR Toronto – Vancouver 3,346 km2,079 mi · 5 h 15 min YYZLHR Toronto – London 5,707 km3,546 mi · 7 h 05 min YYZHKG Toronto – Hong Kong 12,548 km7,797 mi · 15 h 35 min 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 ORDCDG Chicago – Paris 6,665 km4,141 mi · 8 h 05 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

MELSIN Melbourne – Singapore 6,033 km3,748 mi · 8 h 10 min LHRADD London – Addis Ababa 5,920 km3,678 mi · 7 h 30 min DXBHKG Dubai – Hong Kong 5,919 km3,678 mi · 7 h 20 min FRADEL Frankfurt – Delhi 6,122 km3,804 mi · 7 h 25 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).