Distance from London to Moscow
London (United Kingdom) and Moscow (Russia) are 2,500 km apart — that's 1,554 miles or 1,350 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,500 km · 1,554 mi · 1,350 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Moscow
- 64° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Moscow → London
- 275° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 36 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+01:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 167 min — the sun rises later 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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:48 UTC / 17:24 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.