Distance from Jakarta to Sydney
Jakarta (Indonesia) and Sydney (Australia) are 5,496 km apart — that's 3,415 miles or 2,967 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,496 km · 3,415 mi · 2,967 nmi
- Initial bearing Jakarta → Sydney
- 130° (SE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Jakarta
- 294° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 07 min
- Time zones
- Jakarta UTC+07:00 · Sydney UTC+11:00 (+4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 216 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
- 22:26 UTC / 10:48 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:50 UTC / 08:30 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.