Distance from Barcelona to Rome
Flying the shortest possible route, Rome lies 862 km (535 miles, 465 nautical miles) from Barcelona — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 862 km · 535 mi · 465 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Rome
- 83° (E)
- Initial bearing Rome → Barcelona
- 270° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 40 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+02:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 41 min — the sun rises later 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
- 05:40 UTC / 17:49 UTC
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:59 UTC / 17:08 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.