Distance from Sydney to Tokyo
Flying the shortest possible route, Tokyo lies 7,826 km (4,863 miles, 4,226 nautical miles) from Sydney — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,826 km · 4,863 mi · 4,226 nmi
- Initial bearing Sydney → Tokyo
- 350° (N)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Sydney
- 170° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 52 min
- Time zones
- Sydney UTC+11:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (-2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 140 min — the sun rises earlier in Sydney
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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:50 UTC / 08:30 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.