Distance from Melbourne to Mexico City
The great-circle distance between Melbourne, Australia and Mexico City, Mexico is 13,562 km (8,427 mi · 7,323 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,562 km · 8,427 mi · 7,323 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Mexico City
- 89° (E)
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Melbourne
- 237° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 37 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+10:00 · Mexico City UTC-06:00 (-16 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 901 min — the sun rises earlier in Melbourne
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
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:15 UTC / 07:39 UTC
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:16 UTC / 01:10 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.