Distance from Melbourne to Paris
The great-circle distance between Melbourne, Australia and Paris, France is 16,792 km (10,434 mi · 9,067 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,792 km · 10,434 mi · 9,067 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Paris
- 304° (NW)
- Initial bearing Paris → Melbourne
- 82° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 20 h 25 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+10:00 · Paris UTC+02:00 (-8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 439 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
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:34 UTC / 19:20 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.