Distance from Buenos Aires to Madrid
The great-circle distance between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Madrid, Spain is 10,046 km (6,242 mi · 5,424 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,046 km · 6,242 mi · 5,424 nmi
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → Madrid
- 38° (NE)
- Initial bearing Madrid → Buenos Aires
- 222° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 29 min
- Time zones
- Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 · Madrid UTC+02:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 322 min — the sun rises later in Buenos Aires
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
- Buenos Aires
- -34.6131, -58.3772
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:42 UTC / 21:18 UTC
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 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.