Distance from Melbourne to Rome
Flying the shortest possible route, Rome lies 15,983 km (9,931 miles, 8,630 nautical miles) from Melbourne — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,983 km · 9,931 mi · 8,630 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Rome
- 292° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Rome → Melbourne
- 100° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 19 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+11:00 · Rome UTC+01:00 (-10 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 644 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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:51 UTC / 15:58 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.