Distance from Alexandria to Beijing
The great-circle distance between Alexandria, Egypt and Beijing, China is 7,575 km (4,707 mi · 4,090 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,575 km · 4,707 mi · 4,090 nmi
- Initial bearing Alexandria → Beijing
- 56° (NE)
- Initial bearing Beijing → Alexandria
- 293° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 34 min
- Time zones
- Alexandria UTC+03:00 · Beijing UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 347 min — the sun rises later in Alexandria
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
- Alexandria
- 31.2018, 29.9158
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:50 UTC / 15:58 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.