Distance from Madrid to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between Madrid, Spain and Tokyo, Japan is 10,762 km (6,687 mi · 5,811 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,762 km · 6,687 mi · 5,811 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Tokyo
- 29° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Madrid
- 333° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 19 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+02:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 564 min — the sun rises later 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
- 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.