Distance from London to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between London, United Kingdom and Tokyo, Japan is 9,559 km (5,939 mi · 5,161 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,559 km · 5,939 mi · 5,161 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Tokyo
- 32° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → London
- 336° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 54 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+01:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 520 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
- 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.