Distance from Istanbul to London
Flying the shortest possible route, London lies 2,498 km (1,552 miles, 1,349 nautical miles) from Istanbul — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,498 km · 1,552 mi · 1,349 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → London
- 308° (NW)
- Initial bearing London → Istanbul
- 106° (ESE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 36 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · London UTC+01:00 (-2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 115 min — the sun rises earlier in Istanbul
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
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:53 UTC / 16:02 UTC
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:48 UTC / 17:59 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.