Distance from Delhi to Sydney
Flying the shortest possible route, Sydney lies 10,429 km (6,480 miles, 5,631 nautical miles) from Delhi — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,429 km · 6,480 mi · 5,631 nmi
- Initial bearing Delhi → Sydney
- 127° (SE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Delhi
- 302° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 56 min
- Time zones
- Delhi UTC+05:30 · Sydney UTC+11:00 (+5.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 379 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
- 01:09 UTC / 12:02 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:50 UTC / 08:30 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.