Distance from Moscow to São Paulo
Moscow (Russia) and São Paulo (Brazil) are 11,806 km apart — that's 7,336 miles or 6,375 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,806 km · 7,336 mi · 6,375 nmi
- Initial bearing Moscow → São Paulo
- 252° (WSW)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Moscow
- 36° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 33 min
- Time zones
- Moscow UTC+03:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 207 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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:18 UTC / 21:25 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.