Distance from Berlin to Moscow
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Moscow, Russia is 1,608 km (999 mi · 868 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,608 km · 999 mi · 868 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Moscow
- 68° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Berlin
- 267° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 33 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 110 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
- 03:38 UTC / 18:48 UTC
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:48 UTC / 17:24 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.