Distance from Madrid to São Paulo
Madrid (Spain) and São Paulo (Brazil) are 8,385 km apart — that's 5,210 miles or 4,527 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,385 km · 5,210 mi · 4,527 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → São Paulo
- 220° (SW)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Madrid
- 32° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 31 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+02:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 259 min — the sun rises earlier in Madrid
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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 UTC
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:38 UTC / 20:48 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.