Distance from Madrid to Melbourne
Madrid (Spain) and Melbourne (Australia) are 17,311 km apart — that's 10,756 miles or 9,347 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 17,311 km · 10,756 mi · 9,347 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Melbourne
- 94° (E)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Madrid
- 286° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 21 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+02:00 · Melbourne UTC+10:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 485 min — the sun rises later in Madrid
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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 UTC
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:15 UTC / 07:39 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.