Distance from London to Madrid
Flying the shortest possible route, Madrid lies 1,264 km (785 miles, 682 nautical miles) from London — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,264 km · 785 mi · 682 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Madrid
- 194° (SSW)
- Initial bearing Madrid → London
- 11° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 09 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+01:00 · Madrid UTC+02:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 44 min — the sun rises earlier in London
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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:35 UTC / 19:39 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.