Distance from Berlin to Madrid
Berlin (Germany) and Madrid (Spain) are 1,870 km apart — that's 1,162 miles or 1,010 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 102 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
- 03:38 UTC / 18:48 UTC
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 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.