Distance from Berlin to São Paulo
Berlin (Germany) and São Paulo (Brazil) are 10,253 km apart — that's 6,371 miles or 5,536 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,253 km · 6,371 mi · 5,536 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → São Paulo
- 233° (SW)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Berlin
- 32° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 43 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 361 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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:38 UTC / 20:48 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.