Distance from Melbourne to Paris
Melbourne (Australia) and Paris (France) are 16,792 km apart — that's 10,434 miles or 9,067 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,792 km · 10,434 mi · 9,067 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Paris
- 304° (NW)
- Initial bearing Paris → Melbourne
- 82° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 20 h 25 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+11:00 · Paris UTC+01:00 (-10 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 702 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
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:49 UTC / 16:21 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.