Distance from Kuala Lumpur to Mexico City
The great-circle distance between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Mexico City, Mexico is 16,628 km (10,332 mi · 8,978 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,628 km · 10,332 mi · 8,978 nmi
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → Mexico City
- 41° (NE)
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Kuala Lumpur
- 316° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 20 h 13 min
- Time zones
- Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 · Mexico City UTC-06:00 (-14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 783 min — the sun rises earlier in Kuala Lumpur
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
- Kuala Lumpur
- 3.1412, 101.6865
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:13 UTC / 11:27 UTC
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:16 UTC / 01:10 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.