Distance from Buenos Aires to Madrid
Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Madrid (Spain) are 10,046 km apart — that's 6,242 miles or 5,424 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,046 km · 6,242 mi · 5,424 nmi
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → Madrid
- 38° (NE)
- Initial bearing Madrid → Buenos Aires
- 222° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 29 min
- Time zones
- Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 · Madrid UTC+01:00 (+4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 113 min — the sun rises later in Buenos Aires
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
- Buenos Aires
- -34.6131, -58.3772
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:46 UTC / 22:30 UTC
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:53 UTC / 17:06 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.