Distance from Baghdad to Shenzhen
The great-circle distance between Baghdad, Iraq and Shenzhen, China is 6,826 km (4,242 mi · 3,686 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,826 km · 4,242 mi · 3,686 nmi
- Initial bearing Baghdad → Shenzhen
- 81° (E)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Baghdad
- 297° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Baghdad UTC+03:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 295 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
- 03:28 UTC / 14:06 UTC
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:33 UTC / 09:44 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.