Distance from Buenos Aires to São Paulo
The great-circle distance between Buenos Aires, Argentina and São Paulo, Brazil is 1,675 km (1,041 mi · 905 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,675 km · 1,041 mi · 905 nmi
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → São Paulo
- 46° (NE)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Buenos Aires
- 220° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 38 min
- Time zones
- Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 64 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
- 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.