Distance from Rome to Tokyo
Flying the shortest possible route, Tokyo lies 9,854 km (6,123 miles, 5,320 nautical miles) from Rome — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,854 km · 6,123 mi · 5,320 nmi
- Initial bearing Rome → Tokyo
- 40° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Rome
- 324° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 15 min
- Time zones
- Rome UTC+01:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 521 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
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:10 UTC / 07:41 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.