✈ SYD → FCO

20H 12M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.

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

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.