Distance from Madrid to Rome
The great-circle distance between Madrid, Spain and Rome, Italy is 1,365 km (848 mi · 737 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,365 km · 848 mi · 737 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Rome
- 78° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Rome → Madrid
- 269° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+01:00 · Rome UTC+01:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 62 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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:51 UTC / 15:58 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.