Distance from Madrid to Moscow
The great-circle distance between Madrid, Spain and Moscow, Russia is 3,440 km (2,138 mi · 1,858 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,440 km · 2,138 mi · 1,858 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Moscow
- 46° (NE)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Madrid
- 258° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 42 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+02:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 211 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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:48 UTC / 17:24 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.