Distance from Rome to Sydney
The great-circle distance between Rome, Italy and Sydney, Australia is 16,320 km (10,141 mi · 8,812 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,320 km · 10,141 mi · 8,812 nmi
- Initial bearing Rome → Sydney
- 90° (E)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Rome
- 296° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 19 h 51 min
- Time zones
- Rome UTC+01:00 · Sydney UTC+11:00 (+10 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 662 min — the sun rises later in Rome
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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:51 UTC / 15:58 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.