Distance from Berlin to Melbourne
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Melbourne, Australia is 15,973 km (9,925 mi · 8,625 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,973 km · 9,925 mi · 8,625 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Melbourne
- 86° (E)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Berlin
- 310° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 19 h 27 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Melbourne UTC+10:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 383 min — the sun rises later 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
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:15 UTC / 07:39 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.