Distance from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney
The great-circle distance between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Sydney, Australia is 6,615 km (4,110 mi · 3,572 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,615 km · 4,110 mi · 3,572 nmi
- Initial bearing Kuala Lumpur → Sydney
- 133° (SE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Kuala Lumpur
- 298° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 26 min
- Time zones
- Kuala Lumpur UTC+08:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 198 min — the sun rises later 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
- 23:03 UTC / 11:10 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:45 UTC / 07:52 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.