Distance from Barcelona to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between Barcelona, Spain and Tokyo, Japan is 10,414 km (6,471 mi · 5,623 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,414 km · 6,471 mi · 5,623 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Tokyo
- 33° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Barcelona
- 329° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 55 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+02:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 550 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
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:30 UTC / 08:39 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.