Distance from Abidjan to Shenzhen
Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and Shenzhen (China) are 12,608 km apart — that's 7,834 miles or 6,808 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,608 km · 7,834 mi · 6,808 nmi
- Initial bearing Abidjan → Shenzhen
- 63° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Abidjan
- 287° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 29 min
- Time zones
- Abidjan UTC+00:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 473 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
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:13 UTC / 10:21 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.