Distance from Barcelona to Rome
Barcelona (Spain) and Rome (Italy) are 862 km apart — that's 535 miles or 465 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 43 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
- 04:54 UTC / 19:02 UTC
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.