Mars Travel Time Calculator
Calculate how long it would take to reach Mars using different modes of transport: walking, by car, by rocket, or at the speed of light.
55 Mkm (closest)225 Mkm (average)401 Mkm (farthest)
Current distance: 225 million km (225,000,000 km)
Travel time by vehicle
Walking(5 km/h)
5,133 years
Bicycle(20 km/h)
1,283 years
Car(130 km/h)
197 years
High-speed train(320 km/h)
80 year(s) and 3 month(s)
Commercial airplane(900 km/h)
28 year(s) and 6 month(s)
Speed of sound(1,235 km/h)
20 year(s) and 9 month(s)
Rocket (Saturn V)(40,000 km/h)
7 month(s) and 21 day(s)
Speed of light(1,079,252,849 km/h)
13 minutes
Amazing comparisons
On foot, you would need to walk for 5,133 years non-stop — roughly 64 entire human lifetimes.
By high-speed train, the trip would take 80 year(s) and 3 month(s). Enough time to listen to your playlist about 351,563 times.
At the speed of light, you would arrive in just 13 minutes. Not even enough time to finish your coffee!
Did you know?
- The Earth-Mars distance varies from 55 to 401 million km depending on their orbits.
- The Mars Perseverance rover took about 7 months to reach Mars in 2021.
- With current technology, a crewed mission would take between 6 and 9 months.
- A radio signal takes between 3 and 22 minutes to travel between Earth and Mars.
- SpaceX aims for a travel time of 80 days with the Starship.