Distance from New York City to Rome
Flying the shortest possible route, Rome lies 6,892 km (4,282 miles, 3,721 nautical miles) from New York City — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,892 km · 4,282 mi · 3,721 nmi
- Initial bearing New York City → Rome
- 57° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Rome → New York City
- 301° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 46 min
- Time zones
- New York City UTC-04:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 349 min — the sun rises later in New York City
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
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:00 UTC / 00:05 UTC
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.