Distance from Mexico City to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between Mexico City, Mexico and Tokyo, Japan is 11,307 km (7,026 mi · 6,105 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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
- 956 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
- 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.