Distance from Baghdad to Guangzhou
The great-circle distance between Baghdad, Iraq and Guangzhou, China is 6,723 km (4,177 mi · 3,630 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,723 km · 4,177 mi · 3,630 nmi
- Initial bearing Baghdad → Guangzhou
- 80° (E)
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Baghdad
- 296° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 34 min
- Time zones
- Baghdad UTC+03:00 · Guangzhou UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 275 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
- 02:52 UTC / 15:00 UTC
- Guangzhou
- 23.1167, 113.2500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:17 UTC / 10:24 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.