Distance from Barcelona to Mexico City
The great-circle distance between Barcelona, Spain and Mexico City, Mexico is 9,488 km (5,896 mi · 5,123 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,488 km · 5,896 mi · 5,123 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Mexico City
- 292° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Barcelona
- 48° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 49 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+01:00 · Mexico City UTC-06:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 370 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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:42 UTC / 00:01 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.