Distance from Melbourne to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between Melbourne, Australia and Tokyo, Japan is 8,191 km (5,090 mi · 4,423 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,191 km · 5,090 mi · 4,423 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Tokyo
- 356° (N)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Melbourne
- 176° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 18 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+10:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 20 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
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:30 UTC / 08:39 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.