Distance from Buenos Aires to Melbourne
Flying the shortest possible route, Melbourne lies 11,609 km (7,213 miles, 6,268 nautical miles) from Buenos Aires — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,609 km · 7,213 mi · 6,268 nmi
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → Melbourne
- 199° (SSW)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Buenos Aires
- 160° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 19 min
- Time zones
- Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 · Melbourne UTC+11:00 (+14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 819 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
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:07 UTC / 09:02 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.