Distance from Hong Kong to Melbourne
The great-circle distance between Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Melbourne, Australia is 7,417 km (4,608 mi · 4,005 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,417 km · 4,608 mi · 4,005 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Melbourne
- 154° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Hong Kong
- 329° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 23 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · Melbourne UTC+10:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 44 min — the sun rises later in Hong Kong
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
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:01 UTC
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:15 UTC / 07:39 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.