Distance from Moscow to Paris
The great-circle distance between Moscow, Russia and Paris, France is 2,487 km (1,545 mi · 1,343 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,487 km · 1,545 mi · 1,343 nmi
- Initial bearing Moscow → Paris
- 267° (W)
- Initial bearing Paris → Moscow
- 59° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Moscow UTC+03:00 · Paris UTC+01:00 (-2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 119 min — the sun rises earlier in Moscow
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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:50 UTC / 13:38 UTC
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:49 UTC / 16:21 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.