Distance from Berlin to Madrid
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Madrid, Spain is 1,870 km (1,162 mi · 1,010 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,870 km · 1,162 mi · 1,010 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Madrid
- 231° (SW)
- Initial bearing Madrid → Berlin
- 38° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 51 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Madrid UTC+02:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 70 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:04 UTC / 18:12 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.