--- title: "Paris to Barcelona (CDG → BCN): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "Paris to Barcelona is 858 km (533 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 34m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map." url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-bcn --- CDG → BCN # Paris to Barcelona: distance, flight time and the route it really takes Charles de Gaulle to Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat is 858 km of great circle — 533 mi — and an estimated 1h 34m in the air. Both ends are in Europe. **Great circle** 858 km 533 mi **Estimated in the air** 1h 34m block time **Furthest from equator** 49.0°N at 0% along **One lap of Earth** 2.1% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 258th longest. The Paris to Barcelona route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From Paris the path crosses France, then Spain. The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 49.0°N, 0% of the way along. Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree. The heading barely moves: south out of Paris, south into Barcelona. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass. One economy seat on it is about 127 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [CDG–BCN carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=CDG&to=BCN) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=CDG-BCN) From CDG ## Charles de Gaulle Paris, France · Europe 49.0°N, 2.6°E [CDG airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/cdg) [Flights to Paris →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/paris) To BCN ## Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Barcelona, Spain · Europe 41.3°N, 2.1°E [BCN airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/bcn) [Flights to Barcelona →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/barcelona) ## Paris to Barcelona, asked and answered **How far is Paris to Barcelona?** Paris to Barcelona (CDG to BCN) is 858 km, or 533 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from Paris to Barcelona?** About 1h 34m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing. **What route does a Paris to Barcelona flight take?** The great circle passes over France, then Spain. It reaches 49.0°N at its furthest from the equator. ## Where these numbers come from Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules. [Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained) ## Flown this one? Orbit logs it in two taps and draws the arc on your own globe, along with every other flight you can remember. Free for your first 15. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) ## Nearby routes [BCN → FCO Barcelona to Rome 848 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/bcn-to-fco) [CDG → FCO Paris to Rome 1,101 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-fco) [LHR → BCN London to Barcelona 1,148 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bcn) [MAD → BCN Madrid to Barcelona 483 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-bcn) [AMS → BCN Amsterdam to Barcelona 1,241 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-bcn) [LHR → CDG London to Paris 348 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cdg) ## Further reading [How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-bcn for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt