Distance from Melbourne to São Paulo
Melbourne (Australia) and São Paulo (Brazil) are 13,085 km apart — that's 8,131 miles or 7,065 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 744 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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:38 UTC / 20:48 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.