Distance from São Paulo to Sydney
Flying the shortest possible route, Sydney lies 13,358 km (8,300 miles, 7,213 nautical miles) from São Paulo — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,358 km · 8,300 mi · 7,213 nmi
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Sydney
- 197° (SSW)
- Initial bearing Sydney → São Paulo
- 161° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 22 min
- Time zones
- São Paulo UTC-03:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 791 min — the sun rises later in São Paulo
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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:56 UTC / 21:04 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:45 UTC / 07:52 UTC
Open in the distance calculator Find the halfway point
Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.