Distance from Madrid to Tokyo
Madrid (Spain) and Tokyo (Japan) are 10,762 km apart — that's 6,687 miles or 5,811 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,762 km · 6,687 mi · 5,811 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Tokyo
- 29° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Madrid
- 333° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 19 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+01:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 583 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
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:10 UTC / 07:41 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.