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ORY Paris ⇄ NCE Nice

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

Distance676 km420 mi365 nautical miles
ORY → NCE1 h 45 minestimated block time
NCE → ORY1 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hNice vs Paris, today
Great-circle route from Paris (ORY) to Nice (NCE)ORYParisNCENice
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

ORY → NCE

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 145° (SE).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Nice Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

NCE → ORY

1 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 328° (NNW).

Leave Nice Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 11:50 local.

The two directions differ by 5 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 distance676 km · 420 mi · 365 nmi
Initial heading145° (SE) from ORY; 328° (NNW) from NCE
Farthest from the equator48.7°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip3% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ORYEurope/Paris — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
NCEEurope/Paris — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceNice is on the same clock as Paris today.

Jet lag, flying ORY → NCE. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

ORY Paris-Orly AirportParis, France · longest runway 11,975 ft3,650 m NCE Nice-Côte d'Azur AirportNice, France · longest runway 9,721 ft2,963 m

Same cities, other airports

CDGNCE Paris – Nice 694 km431 mi · 1 h 50 min

More routes from ORY and NCE

CDGNCE Paris – Nice 694 km431 mi · 1 h 50 min LHRNCE London – Nice 1,041 km647 mi · 2 h 10 min

Routes of a similar length

BKKHKT Bangkok – Phuket 674 km419 mi · 1 h 50 min SYDOOL Sydney – Gold Coast 680 km422 mi · 1 h 50 min EDIAMS Edinburgh – Amsterdam 666 km414 mi · 1 h 45 min YYCYVR Calgary – Vancouver 687 km427 mi · 1 h 55 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).