Distance from Melbourne to São Paulo
Flying the shortest possible route, São Paulo lies 13,085 km (8,131 miles, 7,065 nautical miles) from Melbourne — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,085 km · 8,131 mi · 7,065 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → São Paulo
- 168° (SSE)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Melbourne
- 190° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 03 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+10:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 766 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
- 20:10 UTC / 08:17 UTC
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:56 UTC / 21:04 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.