Distance from Delhi to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between Delhi, India and Tokyo, Japan is 5,834 km (3,625 mi · 3,150 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,834 km · 3,625 mi · 3,150 nmi
- Initial bearing Delhi → Tokyo
- 65° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Delhi
- 281° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 31 min
- Time zones
- Delhi UTC+05:30 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+3.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 262 min — the sun rises later in Delhi
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
- Delhi
- 28.6519, 77.2315
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:17 UTC / 13:38 UTC
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:55 UTC / 09:41 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.