Distance from Istanbul to Melbourne
The great-circle distance between Istanbul, Türkiye and Melbourne, Australia is 14,632 km (9,092 mi · 7,901 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 14,632 km · 9,092 mi · 7,901 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Melbourne
- 108° (ESE)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Istanbul
- 295° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 17 h 52 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Melbourne UTC+10:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 463 min — the sun rises later 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
- 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.