Distance from Bangkok to New York City
Bangkok (Thailand) and New York City (United States) are 13,932 km apart — that's 8,657 miles or 7,523 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,932 km · 8,657 mi · 7,523 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → New York City
- 355° (N)
- Initial bearing New York City → Bangkok
- 7° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 17 h 03 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · New York City UTC-05:00 (-12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 740 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- 23:16 UTC / 10:50 UTC
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:35 UTC / 21:46 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.