Distance from Madrid to Paris
The great-circle distance between Madrid, Spain and Paris, France is 1,052 km (654 mi · 568 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,052 km · 654 mi · 568 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Paris
- 25° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Paris → Madrid
- 209° (SSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 54 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+01:00 · Paris UTC+01:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 4 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
- 06:53 UTC / 17:06 UTC
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:49 UTC / 16:21 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.