Distance from Mumbai to Sydney
The great-circle distance between Mumbai, India and Sydney, Australia is 10,156 km (6,311 mi · 5,484 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,156 km · 6,311 mi · 5,484 nmi
- Initial bearing Mumbai → Sydney
- 126° (SE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Mumbai
- 292° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 36 min
- Time zones
- Mumbai UTC+05:30 · Sydney UTC+11:00 (+5.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 383 min — the sun rises later in Mumbai
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
- Mumbai
- 19.0728, 72.8826
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:13 UTC / 12:33 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.