Distance from Moscow to Sydney
The great-circle distance between Moscow, Russia and Sydney, Australia is 14,496 km (9,007 mi · 7,827 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 14,496 km · 9,007 mi · 7,827 nmi
- Initial bearing Moscow → Sydney
- 93° (E)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Moscow
- 317° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 17 h 43 min
- Time zones
- Moscow UTC+03:00 · Sydney UTC+11:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 601 min — the sun rises later 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:50 UTC / 08:30 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.