Distance from Bangkok to Melbourne
The great-circle distance between Bangkok, Thailand and Melbourne, Australia is 7,373 km (4,581 mi · 3,981 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,373 km · 4,581 mi · 3,981 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → Melbourne
- 143° (SE)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Bangkok
- 312° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 20 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · Melbourne UTC+11:00 (+4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 248 min — the sun rises later 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
- 23:16 UTC / 10:50 UTC
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:07 UTC / 09:02 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.