Distance from Istanbul to Rome
Istanbul (Türkiye) and Rome (Italy) are 1,371 km apart — that's 852 miles or 740 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,371 km · 852 mi · 740 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Rome
- 280° (W)
- Initial bearing Rome → Istanbul
- 89° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 64 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
- 03:07 UTC / 17:14 UTC
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.