Distance from Buenos Aires to New York City
Buenos Aires (Argentina) and New York City (United States) are 8,527 km apart — that's 5,299 miles or 4,604 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,527 km · 5,299 mi · 4,604 nmi
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → New York City
- 348° (NNW)
- Initial bearing New York City → Buenos Aires
- 167° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 · New York City UTC-04:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 42 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
- 10:42 UTC / 21:18 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.