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LHR London ⇄ NCE Nice

London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) and Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (France): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,041 km647 mi562 nautical miles
LHR → NCE2 h 10 minestimated block time
NCE → LHR2 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hNice vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Nice (NCE)LHRLondonNCENice
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

LHR → NCE

2 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 144° (SE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Nice Sat 7 Nov, 13:10 local.

NCE → LHR

2 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 329° (NNW).

Leave Nice Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 11:20 local.

The two directions differ by 8 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,041 km · 647 mi · 562 nmi
Initial heading144° (SE) from LHR; 329° (NNW) from NCE
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip5% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
NCEEurope/Paris — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceNice is 1 hour ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LHR → NCE. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m NCE Nice-Côte d'Azur AirportNice, France · longest runway 9,721 ft2,963 m

More routes from LHR and NCE

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min LHRMAD London – Madrid 1,244 km773 mi · 2 h 30 min AMMLHR Amman – London 3,683 km2,288 mi · 5 h 35 min LHRDEL London – Delhi 6,731 km4,183 mi · 8 h 05 min LHRSEZ London – Mahé 8,176 km5,080 mi · 10 h LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min ORYNCE Paris – Nice 676 km420 mi · 1 h 45 min CDGNCE Paris – Nice 694 km431 mi · 1 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

DFWDEN Dallas–Fort Worth – Denver 1,032 km641 mi · 2 h 20 min CDGMAD Paris – Madrid 1,062 km660 mi · 2 h 20 min DENLAS Denver – Las Vegas 1,009 km627 mi · 2 h 20 min PEKSHA Beijing – Shanghai 1,076 km668 mi · 2 h 15 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).