Distance from Berlin to Istanbul
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Istanbul, Türkiye is 1,736 km (1,079 mi · 937 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,736 km · 1,079 mi · 937 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Istanbul
- 131° (SE)
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Berlin
- 323° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 42 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Istanbul UTC+03:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 61 min — the sun rises later in Berlin
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
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:54 UTC / 17:05 UTC
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:53 UTC / 16:02 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.