Distance from London to Mexico City
London (United Kingdom) and Mexico City (Mexico) are 8,929 km apart — that's 5,548 miles or 4,821 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,929 km · 5,548 mi · 4,821 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Mexico City
- 289° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Mexico City → London
- 39° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 10 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+01:00 · Mexico City UTC-06:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 398 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- 05:48 UTC / 17:59 UTC
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:26 UTC / 00:33 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.