Distance from Berlin to Rome
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Rome, Italy is 1,184 km (736 mi · 639 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,184 km · 736 mi · 639 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Rome
- 184° (S)
- Initial bearing Rome → Berlin
- 3° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 03 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 34 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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.