Distance from Melbourne to Mumbai
Flying the shortest possible route, Mumbai lies 9,820 km (6,102 miles, 5,303 nautical miles) from Melbourne — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,820 km · 6,102 mi · 5,303 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Mumbai
- 296° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Mumbai → Melbourne
- 131° (SE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 13 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+11:00 · Mumbai UTC+05:30 (-5.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 365 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
- 19:07 UTC / 09:02 UTC
- Mumbai
- 19.0728, 72.8826
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:13 UTC / 12:33 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.