Distance from Mexico City to Sydney
The great-circle distance between Mexico City, Mexico and Sydney, Australia is 12,973 km (8,061 mi · 7,005 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,973 km · 8,061 mi · 7,005 nmi
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Sydney
- 241° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Mexico City
- 84° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 55 min
- Time zones
- Mexico City UTC-06:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+16 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 933 min — the sun rises later in Mexico City
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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:16 UTC / 01:10 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:43 UTC / 07:21 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.