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Cape Town (CPT) – Sao Paulo (GRU)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
6,362 km
3,953 mi · 3,435 nm
Flight time
8 h 20 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
5 h
CO2 per passenger
743 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (440 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
51,520
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · +89.6%
Flights / week
5
Both directions, average
Seats filled
76%
67,992 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
2
SAA, TAM

Traffic: ANAC (Brazil), Dados Estatísticos do Transporte Aéreo, scheduled flights, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from CPT to GRUCPTGRU
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from CPT
262°
Heading from GRU
116°
Halfway point
-33.01, -15.77
Great-circle km
6,351 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Sao Paulo is 5 h behind Cape Town

The estimate for a route without real times is 8 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 9,563 passengers
05K10KSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul9.6KAug
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Month Passengers
Sep 20253,424
Oct 20253,231
Nov 20253,618
Dec 20253,516
Jan 20263,989
Feb 20263,353
Mar 20263,710
Apr 20263,067
May 20263,416
Jun 20262,738
Jul 20269,563
Aug 20267,895
Flights per month, both directions (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)Busiest: August 2026: 45 flights
0204060SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug45
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Month Flights
Sep 202518
Oct 202516
Nov 202518
Dec 202518
Jan 202618
Feb 202616
Mar 202618
Apr 202616
May 202618
Jun 202618
Jul 202643
Aug 202645

Airlines flying CPT–GRU nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
SAASouth African Airways State Owned Company (Soc) Limited4.0
77%
TAMTAM Linhas Aéreas S.A.1.0
23%

Both directions, Sep 2025 – Aug 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. ANAC (Brazil), Dados Estatísticos do Transporte Aéreo, scheduled flights. Sources

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 6,351 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Cape Town and Sao Paulo

GRUCGHVCP
CPT6,3626,3696,444

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Sao Paulo airports

More routes from CPT

Route Distance Passengers / year
CPT → AMS9,653 km 247,154
CPT → FRA9,357 km 222,419
CPT → IST8,396 km 201,012
CPT → ATL13,084 km 91,811
CPT → EWR12,581 km 76,779
CPT → IAD12,754 km 67,574
CPT → SJU10,659 km 499
CPT → MIA12,340 km 269
CPT → SAV12,739 km 262

More routes from GRU

Route Distance Passengers / year
GRU → POA864 km 1,939,098
GRU → REC2,095 km 1,925,053
GRU → GIG337 km 1,487,249
GRU → CWB359 km 1,457,725
GRU → CNF494 km 1,441,048
GRU → SCL2,617 km 1,380,638
GRU → SSA1,448 km 1,305,608
GRU → BSB851 km 1,287,822
GRU → AEP1,693 km 1,282,051
GRU → FOR2,336 km 1,249,285

Questions

Cape Town (CPT) and Sao Paulo (GRU) are 6,362 km (3,953 miles, 3,435 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.