Distance from São Paulo to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between São Paulo, Brazil and Tokyo, Japan is 18,534 km (11,516 mi · 10,007 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 18,534 km · 11,516 mi · 10,007 nmi
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Tokyo
- 337° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → São Paulo
- 26° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 22 h 28 min
- Time zones
- São Paulo UTC-03:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 746 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
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:30 UTC / 08:39 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.