Distance from Melbourne to Sydney
Melbourne (Australia) and Sydney (Australia) are 713 km apart — that's 443 miles or 385 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 713 km · 443 mi · 385 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Sydney
- 54° (NE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Melbourne
- 230° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 30 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+11:00 · Sydney UTC+11:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 17 min — the sun rises later 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:50 UTC / 08:30 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.