Distance from Istanbul to Moscow
The great-circle distance between Istanbul, Türkiye and Moscow, Russia is 1,756 km (1,091 mi · 948 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,756 km · 1,091 mi · 948 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Moscow
- 18° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Istanbul
- 205° (SSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 43 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 36 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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:17 UTC / 15:29 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.