Distance from Rome to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between Rome, Italy and Tokyo, Japan is 9,854 km (6,123 mi · 5,320 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,854 km · 6,123 mi · 5,320 nmi
- Initial bearing Rome → Tokyo
- 40° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Rome
- 324° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 15 min
- Time zones
- Rome UTC+02:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 496 min — the sun rises later in Rome
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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.