Distance from Berlin to Paris
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Paris, France is 878 km (546 mi · 474 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 878 km · 546 mi · 474 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Paris
- 247° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Paris → Berlin
- 58° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 42 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Paris UTC+02:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 45 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
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:39 UTC / 17:49 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.