Distance from London to Moscow
The great-circle distance between London, United Kingdom and Moscow, Russia is 2,500 km (1,554 mi · 1,350 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,500 km · 1,554 mi · 1,350 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Moscow
- 64° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Moscow → London
- 275° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 36 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+00:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 136 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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:50 UTC / 13:38 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.