Distance from Mexico City to Tokyo
Mexico City (Mexico) and Tokyo (Japan) are 11,307 km apart — that's 7,026 miles or 6,105 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,307 km · 7,026 mi · 6,105 nmi
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Tokyo
- 315° (NW)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Mexico City
- 55° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 58 min
- Time zones
- Mexico City UTC-06:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+15 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 981 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
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:55 UTC / 09:41 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.