Distance from London to Rome
The great-circle distance between London, United Kingdom and Rome, Italy is 1,435 km (892 mi · 775 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,435 km · 892 mi · 775 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Rome
- 133° (SE)
- Initial bearing Rome → London
- 322° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 21 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+01:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 24 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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.