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Distance between Moscow and Berlin

Driving non-stop from Moscow to Berlin

How far is Berlin from Moscow? Here's the quick answer if you have friends taking shifts as driver so that you can make the entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 1,130 miles or 1819 km

Driving time: 19 hours, 13 minutes

This is a really long drive, so it's not very realistic to drive nonstop. To get a better idea of how long this road trip would actually take, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would be if you drive with stops.


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Flying non-stop from Moscow to Berlin

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Moscow, Russia and Berlin, Germany. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula. For a long distance, this appears as a curve on the map, and this is often the route that commercial airlines will take so it's a good estimate of the frequent flyer miles you'll accumulate as well.

Flight distance: 1,003 miles or 1614 km

Flight time: 2 hours, 30 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 127 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.1x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/8th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a medium length flight, so unless you have a nice private jet, you might be booking a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.





Moscow to Berlin road trip

Realistically, you're not going to want to drive without stopping all the way from Moscow to Berlin, especially if you're the main driver. So let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Berlin, and you need to stop along the way to rest. Plus if it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over a number of days.

Road trip: 5 days of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 132 hours on the road with 4 overnights


Itinerary

Start in Moscow.

Drive for about 54.5 hours, then stop in Borodino and stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 61 hours, then stop in Smolensk and stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 2 hours, then stop in Orsha and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 2.5 hours then stop in Minsk. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 3.5 hours, then stop in Bialystok and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 2.5 hours then stop in Warsaw. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 3 hours, then stop in Poznan and stay for about 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 2.5 hours and arrive in Berlin.


To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:





Moscow to Berlin airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)

Arrival airport: Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 51 minutes

Getting to your destination: 17 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from SVO to TXL and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 2 hours, 30 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Moscow to Berlin including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 6 hours


To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:





Plan a trip to Berlin

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Berlin, Germany. Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Berlin. If you're looking for a place to stay, you might want to check out Melia Berlin. A great place to eat might be Burgermeister. Trippy members can suggest things to do in Berlin like Brandenburg Gate. Check out some of the questions people have asked about Berlin like Free things to do in Berlin?. Click the button below to explore Berlin in detail.





How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Berlin to Moscow, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

If you happen to know Moscow, don't forget to help other travelers and answer some questions about Moscow!





At a Glance
without making any stops
total driving distance is 1,130 miles
driving time of 19 hours, 13 minutes
flight distance is 1,003 miles
flight time of 2 hours, 30 minutes
Berlin is 1 hour behind Moscow
41 Moscow travel answers
334 Berlin travel answers








   
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