How long does sunlight take to travel from the sun to earth?

Answer 1

The Earth is (on average) 93 million miles from the Sun, and light travels at 186,000 miles per second. It's a curious coincidence tha the math on this says that light travels from the Sun to the Earth in a nice, round, 500 seconds.

This is equal to 8 minutes 20 seconds.

Answer 2

Sunlight takes approximately 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the sun to Earth at the speed of light, which is about 299,792 kilometers per second. This is known as the light travel time.