Distance from Mexico City to Sydney
Flying the shortest possible route, Sydney lies 12,973 km (8,061 miles, 7,005 nautical miles) from Mexico City — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
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
- 1001 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
- 12:26 UTC / 00:33 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:45 UTC / 07:52 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.