Distance from Moscow to Paris
Moscow (Russia) and Paris (France) are 2,487 km apart — that's 1,545 miles or 1,343 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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+02:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 142 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
- 03:17 UTC / 15:29 UTC
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:39 UTC / 17:49 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.