Distance from Barcelona to London
The great-circle distance between Barcelona, Spain and London, United Kingdom is 1,139 km (708 mi · 615 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,139 km · 708 mi · 615 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → London
- 352° (N)
- Initial bearing London → Barcelona
- 170° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 00 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+01:00 · London UTC+00:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 35 min — the sun rises earlier in Barcelona
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
- Barcelona
- 41.3888, 2.1590
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:32 UTC / 16:40 UTC
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 07:07 UTC / 16:23 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.