Distance from Barcelona to São Paulo
Barcelona (Spain) and São Paulo (Brazil) are 8,797 km apart — that's 5,466 miles or 4,750 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,797 km · 5,466 mi · 4,750 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → São Paulo
- 225° (SW)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Barcelona
- 35° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 00 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+01:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 106 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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:18 UTC / 21:25 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.