Distance from Istanbul to São Paulo
Flying the shortest possible route, São Paulo lies 10,582 km (6,575 miles, 5,714 nautical miles) from Istanbul — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,582 km · 6,575 mi · 5,714 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → São Paulo
- 243° (WSW)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Istanbul
- 47° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 06 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 303 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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:56 UTC / 21:04 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.