Distance from New York City to Singapore
The great-circle distance between New York City, United States and Singapore, Singapore is 15,339 km (9,531 mi · 8,283 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,339 km · 9,531 mi · 8,283 nmi
- Initial bearing New York City → Singapore
- 3° (N)
- Initial bearing Singapore → New York City
- 358° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 42 min
- Time zones
- New York City UTC-04:00 · Singapore UTC+08:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 654 min — the sun rises later in New York City
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
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:00 UTC / 00:05 UTC
- Singapore
- 1.2897, 103.8501
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:06 UTC / 11:16 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.