Distance from São Paulo to Sydney
The great-circle distance between São Paulo, Brazil and Sydney, Australia is 13,358 km (8,300 mi · 7,213 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,358 km · 8,300 mi · 7,213 nmi
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Sydney
- 197° (SSW)
- Initial bearing Sydney → São Paulo
- 161° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 22 min
- Time zones
- São Paulo UTC-03:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 775 min — the sun rises later in São Paulo
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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:38 UTC / 20:48 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:43 UTC / 07:21 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.