Distance from London to Melbourne
The great-circle distance between London, United Kingdom and Melbourne, Australia is 16,904 km (10,503 mi · 9,127 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,904 km · 10,503 mi · 9,127 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Melbourne
- 74° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → London
- 311° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 20 h 33 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+00:00 · Melbourne UTC+11:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 719 min — the sun rises later in London
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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 07:07 UTC / 16:23 UTC
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:07 UTC / 09:02 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.