Distance from Berlin to New York City
Flying the shortest possible route, New York City lies 6,385 km (3,967 miles, 3,448 nautical miles) from Berlin — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,385 km · 3,967 mi · 3,448 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → New York City
- 296° (WNW)
- Initial bearing New York City → Berlin
- 46° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 10 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · New York City UTC-04:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 383 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
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:00 UTC / 00:05 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.