HOW MANY HOURS DOES IT TAKE TO FLY TO A SPECIFIC COUNTRY FROM MOSCOW?
Tourists from other departure cities can roughly compare the time and subtract or add an hour or two to calculate how long does it take to fly to the desired country.
Reference: The cost of a direct flight is often higher than a flight with transfers. But sometimes it is much more expensive, it all depends on the airline.
Australia — there are no direct flights due to the very large distance. But there are a large number of flights with transfers:
flight Moscow - Sydney in transit via Tokyo,
Or fly to Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland, Perth or Melbourne via Dubai, Seoul or Bangkok.
Or to Sydney or Melbourne with a stopover in Abu Dhabi.
Flight time to Australia averages between 18 and 24 hours.
Austria – to Vienna – 2 hours 55 minutes.
— Klagenfurt — 2 hours 45 minutes.
Andorra — Andorra does not have its own airports. The nearest airports are located in France — Toulouse Airport and Spain — Barcelona Airport.
The flight time from Moscow to Barcelona is about 4 hours 20 minutes. The distance from Barcelona to Andorra is about 210 km.
The flight time from Moscow to Toulouse is about 6 hours 30 minutes, taking into account the minimum connection of two flights. From Moscow to Toulouse there are flights with a transfer, so the travel time may vary depending on the connection of flights. The distance from Toulouse to Andorra is less than 200 km.
Argentina – to Buenos Aires (Ministero Pistarini Airport) – approximately 15 h. - 17 h. Transfer in Paris, Madrid or Frankfurt.
Bahamas — to the Bahamas (Nassau airport) approximately 16 h-20 h. Transfer in London, New York or Miami.
Belgium – to Brussels (National Airport) – 3 hours 50 minutes.
Bulgaria — There are 4 international airports in Bulgaria – in the cities of Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas and Varna.
The flight to Sofia will take from 2 hours 10 minutes to 3 hours, and to Varna or Burgas from 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours 20 minutes, depending on the flight and airline. It should be noted that you can fly to Bulgaria with a transfer, since recently several European low-cost airlines have started flying to this country. This makes the flight longer, but often makes it significantly cheaper.
Brazil – to Rio de Janeiro (Galeão airport) – approximately 17:00-19:00. Transfer in London or Paris.
United Kingdom — to London (Gatwick Airport) — 4 hours 20 minutes.
Hungary – to Budapest, (Feriegi Airport) – 2 hours 40 minutes.
Venezuela – to Caracas (Simon Bolivar airport) – 16:00–18:00. Direct flight.
Vietnam — From Moscow to Vietnam you can fly with or without a transfer (Hanoi, Noi Bai Airport)
Direct flights: Travel time: 9 hrs 05 mins - 9 hrs 10 mins.
With one transfer:
Via Guangzhou on China Southern to Hanoi - 13 hr 40 min travel time + 1 hr 55 min at the airport between flights.
Via Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific to Hanoi - 11 hr 10 min travel time + 2 hr 40 min at the airport between flights.
Haiti – Haiti (Port-au-Prince, Toissant Louveture Airport), flight time from 10 hours.
Germany – You can fly from Moscow to Berlin on direct flights – 2 hours 50 minutes.
— Dusseldorf, (Dusseldorf airport) — 3 hours 30 minutes.
Hong Kong - Hong Kong - 9 hours 40 minutes.
Greece — From Moscow to Athens (Elftherios Venizelos Airport) - 3 hours 30 minutes - 3 hours 45 minutes.
To Thessaloniki (Macedonia Airport) about 2 hours 40 minutes.
To Crete about 3 hours 30 minutes
To Corfu from Moscow about 3 hours 20 minutes.
To the island of Kos about 3 hours 40 minutes
To Rhodes about 3 hours 30 minutes
Holland (Netherlands) — to Amsterdam (Schiphol Airport) — 3 hours 30 minutes. — 3 hours 40 minutes
Dominican Republic — Transaero currently operates direct charter flights.
A direct flight takes 12 hours, plus or minus an hour depending on weather conditions.
Direct flights from Moscow go to the city of Punta Cana, and you can only get to the capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, with connections. This significantly increases the total travel time - up to 18 or even 30-33 hours. Of course, in the latter case, an overnight stay is required at one of the transfers.
Egypt - Moscow - Hurghada – 4 hours 20 minutes. – 4 hours 50 minutes.
Moscow - Sharm El Sheikh, — 4 hours 10 minutes. — 4 hours 40 minutes.
Moscow - Cairo — by direct flight — from 4 hours 10 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes.
Israel — Tel Aviv (Ben Gurion Airport) — 3 hours 35 minutes. – 4 hours 15 minutes
Ovda (Uvda) – 4 hours 20 minutes. — 4 hours 45 minutes
Indonesia (O. Bali) — direct flight time to Bali (Denpasar) is approximately 12 hours.
(Jakarta, Soekarno Hatta Airport) - from 15 hours, connection in Dubai, Frankfurt or Hong Kong
India — to GOA (Dabolim) – approximately 7 hours 25 minutes (depending on weather conditions) by direct flight on Aeroflot.
With transfer:
Via Doha - 8 hours 15 minutes on the way + 2 hours 15 minutes at airports between flights.
Via Frankfurt am Main - 13 hours 30 minutes on the road + 1 hour 35 minutes at airports between flights.
— to Delhi, (Indira Gandhi Airport) - 6 hours 10 minutes.
Jordan - to Amman (Queen Alia Airport) - 4 hours 05 minutes. — 4 hours 30 minutes (up to 5 hours)
— to Aqaba — the flight from Moscow to Aqaba is only a connecting flight with a transfer in Amman.
Spain - Moscow - Barcelona (El Prat) - 4 hours 20 minutes. — 4 hours 40 minutes
- Madrid (Barajas) - 5 hours - 5 hours 20 minutes.
- Alicante — 4 hours 50 minutes — 5 hours 10 minutes
- Malaga — 5 hours 10 minutes — 5 hours 20 minutes
- Tenerife — 7 hours 10 minutes — 7 hours 30 minutes
- Palma de Mallorca - 13:00-16:00 (depending on the flight)
Italy - Rome (Fiumicino Airport) – 3 hours 30 minutes. — 4 hours
— Milan - 3 hours 30 minutes - 3 hours 50 minutes.
— Rimini — 3 hours 20 minutes — 3 hours 35 minutes.
— Venice – 3 hours 30 minutes.
— Genoa – 4 hours.
Cambodia — to Phnom Penh (Pochentong airport) — from 11 hours.
Canada — to Toronto — 9 hours 45 minutes.
- to Ottawa (M. Carter Airport) approximately 11 hours - 14 hours 25 minutes (via Frankfurt)
Please note: Please remember that Canada has multiple time zones!
Kenya — there are no direct flights Moscow-Nairobi or Moscow-Mombasa yet.
It is more convenient to fly to Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta Airport) via Cairo - travel time is 11 hours 45 minutes.
If the connection is in Dubai, Doha or Istanbul – from 12 hours.
Cyprus - to the airport Larnaca — 3 hours 45 minutes (up to 4 hours)
— to Paphos 3 h 50 min
China — Sanya (Hainan Island) — 9 hours 40 minutes. - 10 o'clock
Beijing (Capital Airport) - 7 hours 30 minutes.
Shanghai - 8 hours 30 minutes.
Hong Kong - 10 hours.
Colombia — to Bogota (Eldorado airport) — from 16 hours. Connection in Paris.
Korea — Seoul (Incheon International Airport) 8 hours 20 minutes. — 8 hours 35 minutes
Costa Rica – flight from Moscow to San Jose (Juan Santamaria airport) from 20 h 20 min. Connection via New York.
Cuba — Direct flights to Havana and Varadero depart only from Moscow.
If you fly with Aeroflot from Sheremetyevo to Havana (Jose Marti Airport), you will have to spend approximately 12.5 hours - 13 hours on the road.
To Varadero Transaero non-stop flights depart from Domodedovo - flight duration 12 hrs. - 13 hrs. 20 min.
Mauritius – to Port Louis (Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Airport) – 19 h 10 min – 11 h 30 min. Transfer in Paris.
Madagascar — to Madagascar (Antenanarivo airport) – from 14 hours. Transfer in Paris or via Dubai and Mauritius.
Malaysia — to Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lum Int Airport) — approximately 10 hours. Direct flight
Maldives — you can fly from Moscow to Male and back with or without a transfer.
Direct flights – 8 hours – 8 hours 30 minutes.
With one transfer:
— Via Dubai on Emirates — 9 hrs 05 mins en route + 4 hrs 05 mins at the airport between flights
— Via Doha on Qatar Airways — 9 hours 45 minutes on the way + 1 hour 20 minutes at the airport between flights.
Malta – to Valletta (Malta Int Airport) – approximately 4 hours. Direct flight.
Morocco - to Casablanca by non-stop scheduled or charter flight - about 6 hours - 6.5 hours.
With regular flights with 1-2 transfers, the total travel time will be from 9 to 20 hours.
— to Marrakech (Marrakech-Menara Airport) - approximately 6 hours by direct flight.Mexico — to Mexico City, (B. Juarez Airport) flight time 10 h. - 13 h. direct flight.
— to Cancun — 14 h 30 min.
New Zealand — Auckland Airport in the Mangere district of the western suburb of Manukau – 25 hours - 28 hours. Transfer in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul or Dubai.
Abu Dhabi – 5 hours 30 minutes – 5 hours 50 minutes.
Connecting flights Moscow - Dubai can take from 5 to 10 hours. The waiting time for transfers in cities such as Baku, Doha, Kyiv or Damascus is at least 50 minutes.
Poland – to Warsaw (F. Chopin Airport) – 2 hours 15 minutes. Direct flight.
Portugal – to Lisbon (Portela Airport) – 5 hours 40 minutes. Direct flight
Seychelles — to Mahe Island — 9 hours 35 minutes (but in 2012 direct flights were cancelled, they may appear again in the “high season”). So far only with transfers:
A one-stop flight takes 11 hours 5 minutes – 15 hours.
A flight with two transfers takes from 15 hours 40 minutes. Please note! The minimum time between transfers is 40 minutes.
Transfers take place in Paris, Dubai or Doha.
Singapore — to Singapore (Changi Airport) 10 h 30 min. - 10 h 40 min. Direct flight.
USA – to Washington (Dulles Airport) – flight time 11 hours. Direct flight
to New York (John Kennedy Airport) - flight time 10 hours. Direct flight.
Thailand - Bangkok (Bangkok International Airport) - 8 hours 50 minutes - 9 hours 20 minutes. Route to Pattaya also passes through Bangkok.
— Phuket — 9 a.m. - 9 a.m. 30 a.m.
Tunisia – flight from Moscow to Tunis (Carthage airport) – flight time 4 hours 30 minutes.
— Enfidha airport (located between Sousse and Hammamet) – 4 hours - 4 hours 30 minutes.
- Monastir and Djerba - 4 hours - 4 hours 30 minutes.
Türkiye – From Moscow to Turkey (Antalya) and you can fly back with or without a transfer.
Direct flights – travel time: 3 hrs 15 mins – 3 hrs 40 mins.
With one transfer:
Via Ankara on Turkish Airlines to Antalya – 6 hr 05 min en route + 1 hr 30 min at the airport between flights
— Istanbul — 2 hours 40 minutes.
— Dalaman — 3 hours 35 minutes.
France – Paris, (Charles de Gaulle airport) – 3.5 hours - 4 hours.
Philippines – to Manila (Manila Ninoy Aquino Airport (MNL)) – approximately 14-16 hours. Transfer in Qatar or Bangkok.
Finland – to Helsinki (Malmi Airport or also called Malmi) – 1 hour 40 minutes. Direct flight.
Croatia — Dubrovnik — 3 hours 25 minutes.
— Zadar — 3 hours 05 minutes.
— Pula — 3 hours 10 minutes.
— Rijeka — 3 hours 5 minutes.
— Split 3 h. 20 min.
Montenegro – to Podgorica (Golubovci airport) – 3 hours - 3 hours 20 minutes.
– Tivat – 3 hours – 3 hours 15 minutes.
Czech Republic – to Prague (Ruzine airport) – 2 hours 40 minutes – 2 hours 45 minutes.
With a transfer via Minsk - 3 hours 05 minutes on the way + 3 hours 05 minutes at the airport between flights.
Chile – to Santiago (Arturo Merino Benitez airport) – 19:00-20:00. Transfer in Paris.
Switzerland – to Geneva International Airport – 4 hours. Direct flight.
Sweden – to Stockholm (Arlanda Airport) – 2 hours 20 minutes. Direct flight.
Sri Lanka – flight from Moscow to Sri Lanka (Colombo, Bandaranaike airport) flight time 8 hours 40 minutes. Direct flight
With transfer:
- Via Bangkok
Travel time: 12 hrs 30 mins on the road + 15 hrs at the airport between flights
- Via Doha
Travel time: 9 hrs 55 mins on the road + 1 hr 15 mins at the airport between flights
South Africa – to Cape Town International Airport – 15 h.-18 h. Direct flight or transfer in Amsterdam.
Jamaica — There are no direct flights to Jamaica from Russia and the CIS. You can get to Jamaica by plane using various transit routes from Moscow. The most convenient way is to fly via Europe.
Transit points are London (to Kingston or Montego Bay) and Frankfurt (to Montego Bay).
Flight duration is about 16 hours, excluding connections.
Attention! Flying via London is a bit of a hassle: changing airports in London, and for some flights, an overnight stay in London (from Heathrow to Gatwick).
Japan — Tokyo (Narita Airport) – 9 h 40 min. Direct flight.
