Distance from Barcelona to London
Barcelona (Spain) and London (United Kingdom) are 1,139 km apart — that's 708 miles or 615 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,139 km · 708 mi · 615 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → London
- 352° (N)
- Initial bearing London → Barcelona
- 170° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 00 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+02:00 · London UTC+01:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 18 min — the sun rises later in Barcelona
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
- Barcelona
- 41.3888, 2.1590
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:54 UTC / 19:02 UTC
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:35 UTC / 19:39 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.