Distance from Madrid to Sydney
The great-circle distance between Madrid, Spain and Sydney, Australia is 17,684 km (10,989 mi · 9,549 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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+02:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 619 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
- 06:04 UTC / 18:12 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:45 UTC / 07:52 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.