Distance from Madrid to Sydney
Madrid (Spain) and Sydney (Australia) are 17,684 km apart — that's 10,989 miles or 9,549 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 17,684 km · 10,989 mi · 9,549 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Sydney
- 80° (E)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Madrid
- 296° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 21 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+01:00 · Sydney UTC+11:00 (+10 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 723 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:50 UTC / 08:30 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.