Distance from Madrid to Mexico City
Flying the shortest possible route, Mexico City lies 9,063 km (5,631 miles, 4,893 nautical miles) from Madrid — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,063 km · 5,631 mi · 4,893 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Mexico City
- 288° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Madrid
- 50° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 19 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+01:00 · Mexico City UTC-06:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 348 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- 06:53 UTC / 17:06 UTC
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:42 UTC / 00:01 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.