Distance from Barcelona to Madrid
Barcelona (Spain) and Madrid (Spain) are 504 km apart — that's 313 miles or 272 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 504 km · 313 mi · 272 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Madrid
- 260° (W)
- Initial bearing Madrid → Barcelona
- 76° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 15 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+02:00 · Madrid UTC+02:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 26 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
- 04:54 UTC / 19:02 UTC
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 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.