Distance from Bangkok to Rome
The great-circle distance between Bangkok, Thailand and Rome, Italy is 8,828 km (5,485 mi · 4,767 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,828 km · 5,485 mi · 4,767 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → Rome
- 311° (NW)
- Initial bearing Rome → Bangkok
- 81° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 03 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 307 min — the sun rises earlier in Bangkok
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
- Bangkok
- 13.7540, 100.5014
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:05 UTC / 11:44 UTC
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.