Distance from London to Paris
The great-circle distance between London, United Kingdom and Paris, France is 344 km (214 mi · 186 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 344 km · 214 mi · 186 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Paris
- 148° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Paris → London
- 330° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 04 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+01:00 · Paris UTC+02:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 1 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
- 04:35 UTC / 19:39 UTC
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:34 UTC / 19:20 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.