Distance from Bangkok to Beijing
Bangkok (Thailand) and Beijing (China) are 3,296 km apart — that's 2,048 miles or 1,780 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,296 km · 2,048 mi · 1,780 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → Beijing
- 25° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Beijing → Bangkok
- 213° (SSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 32 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · Beijing UTC+08:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 65 min — the sun rises later in Bangkok
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
- Bangkok
- 13.7540, 100.5014
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:08 UTC / 11:15 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.