Distance from Bangkok to Madrid
The great-circle distance between Bangkok, Thailand and Madrid, Spain is 10,182 km (6,327 mi · 5,498 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,182 km · 6,327 mi · 5,498 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → Madrid
- 312° (NW)
- Initial bearing Madrid → Bangkok
- 70° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 38 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · Madrid UTC+02:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 416 min — the sun rises earlier in Bangkok
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Bangkok
- 13.7540, 100.5014
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:08 UTC / 11:15 UTC
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:04 UTC / 18:12 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.