Distance from London to São Paulo
The great-circle distance between London, United Kingdom and São Paulo, Brazil is 9,497 km (5,901 mi · 5,128 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,497 km · 5,901 mi · 5,128 nmi
- Initial bearing London → São Paulo
- 222° (SW)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → London
- 27° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 50 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+00:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 71 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
- 07:07 UTC / 16:23 UTC
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:18 UTC / 21:25 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.