Distance from Melbourne to Moscow
Melbourne (Australia) and Moscow (Russia) are 14,427 km apart — that's 8,964 miles or 7,790 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 14,427 km · 8,964 mi · 7,790 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Moscow
- 316° (NW)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Melbourne
- 101° (ESE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 17 h 38 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+10:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 273 min — the sun rises earlier in Melbourne
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
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:15 UTC / 07:39 UTC
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:48 UTC / 17:24 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.