Distance from Istanbul to Madrid
The great-circle distance between Istanbul, Türkiye and Madrid, Spain is 2,737 km (1,700 mi · 1,478 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,737 km · 1,700 mi · 1,478 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Madrid
- 279° (W)
- Initial bearing Madrid → Istanbul
- 78° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 53 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Madrid UTC+02:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 131 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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:04 UTC / 18:12 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.