✈ SYD → FCO

20H 12M, 10,155 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
20h 12m
Distance
10,155 mi
Or
16,343 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Sydney to Rome

From Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania  →  Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Rome → Sydney

How long is the flight from Sydney to Rome?

A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to Rome (FCO) takes about 20 hours 12 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 10,155 miles (16,343 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

20h 12m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

10,155 mi

16,343 km · great-circle

Avg speed

809 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Sydney timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Sydney

Rome timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Rome

Time difference

-8h

8 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~5.6d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 2419 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2795 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 670 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.