Distance from Bangkok to Beijing
The great-circle distance between Bangkok, Thailand and Beijing, China is 3,296 km (2,048 mi · 1,780 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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
- 105 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
- 23:05 UTC / 11:44 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.