Distance from Jakarta to Melbourne
Jakarta (Indonesia) and Melbourne (Australia) are 5,207 km apart — that's 3,235 miles or 2,811 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,207 km · 3,235 mi · 2,811 nmi
- Initial bearing Jakarta → Melbourne
- 138° (SE)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Jakarta
- 303° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 47 min
- Time zones
- Jakarta UTC+07:00 · Melbourne UTC+10:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 108 min — the sun rises later in Jakarta
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
- Jakarta
- -6.2146, 106.8451
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:03 UTC / 10:55 UTC
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:15 UTC / 07:39 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.