Distance from Baghdad to Beijing
The great-circle distance between Baghdad, Iraq and Beijing, China is 6,292 km (3,910 mi · 3,397 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,292 km · 3,910 mi · 3,397 nmi
- Initial bearing Baghdad → Beijing
- 61° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Beijing → Baghdad
- 288° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 04 min
- Time zones
- Baghdad UTC+03:00 · Beijing UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 301 min — the sun rises later in Baghdad
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
- Baghdad
- 33.3406, 44.4009
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:21 UTC / 15:57 UTC
- Beijing
- 39.9075, 116.3972
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:20 UTC / 11:22 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.