Distance from London to Sydney
Flying the shortest possible route, Sydney lies 16,994 km (10,559 miles, 9,176 nautical miles) from London — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,994 km · 10,559 mi · 9,176 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Sydney
- 61° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → London
- 319° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 20 h 39 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+00:00 · Sydney UTC+11:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 737 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:50 UTC / 08:30 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.