Distance from Sydney to Tokyo
Sydney (Australia) and Tokyo (Japan) are 7,826 km apart — that's 4,863 miles or 4,226 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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+10:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 48 min — the sun rises later 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
- 20:43 UTC / 07:21 UTC
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:55 UTC / 09:41 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.