Distance from Abidjan to Beijing
The great-circle distance between Abidjan, Ivory Coast and Beijing, China is 12,127 km (7,535 mi · 6,548 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,127 km · 7,535 mi · 6,548 nmi
- Initial bearing Abidjan → Beijing
- 44° (NE)
- Initial bearing Beijing → Abidjan
- 295° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 56 min
- Time zones
- Abidjan UTC+00:00 · Beijing UTC+08:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 483 min — the sun rises later in Abidjan
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Abidjan
- 5.3544, -4.0017
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:06 UTC / 18:13 UTC
- Beijing
- 39.9075, 116.3972
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:03 UTC / 10:13 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.