Distance from Berlin to London
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and London, United Kingdom is 932 km (579 mi · 503 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 932 km · 579 mi · 503 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → London
- 268° (W)
- Initial bearing London → Berlin
- 78° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 45 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · London UTC+01:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 58 min — the sun rises earlier in Berlin
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
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:38 UTC / 18:48 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.