Distance from Delhi to Melbourne
Delhi (India) and Melbourne (Australia) are 10,207 km apart — that's 6,342 miles or 5,511 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,207 km · 6,342 mi · 5,511 nmi
- Initial bearing Delhi → Melbourne
- 133° (SE)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Delhi
- 306° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 40 min
- Time zones
- Delhi UTC+05:30 · Melbourne UTC+10:00 (+4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 271 min — the sun rises later in Delhi
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
- Delhi
- 28.6519, 77.2315
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:40 UTC / 12:48 UTC
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:10 UTC / 08:17 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.