How far is it?
The shortest distance over the earth’s surface between two places, then a walking, cycling, driving and flying time at a steady speed.
0 viewsNew York to London
5,570 km (3,461 miles) in a straight line.
- Walking, 5 km/h46 days
- Cycling, 20 km/h12 days
- Driving, 90 km/h2.6 days
- Flying, 900 km/h6.2 hours
A straight line on a sphere, not roads, wind or a real timetable. The sphere’s radius is 6,371 km.
Questions people ask
Is this the driving distance?
No. It is the great-circle distance, the shortest path over the globe. Roads, ferries and flight paths are longer.
Where do the place names come from?
When you search, the page asks OpenStreetMap for a matching town. The New York to London figure above is worked out on the page from those cities’ well-known coordinates.
Place search uses OpenStreetMap Nominatim. Distances are calculated here.
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