Distance from Melbourne to Mumbai
Melbourne (Australia) and Mumbai (India) are 9,820 km apart — that's 6,102 miles or 5,303 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,820 km · 6,102 mi · 5,303 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Mumbai
- 296° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Mumbai → Melbourne
- 131° (SE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 13 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+10:00 · Mumbai UTC+05:30 (-4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 214 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
- Mumbai
- 19.0728, 72.8826
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:48 UTC / 13:42 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.