Distance from Berlin to Sydney
Berlin (Germany) and Sydney (Australia) are 16,094 km apart — that's 10,000 miles or 8,690 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,094 km · 10,000 mi · 8,690 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Sydney
- 75° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Berlin
- 315° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 19 h 36 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 415 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:43 UTC / 07:21 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.