Distance from Bangkok to Tokyo
Bangkok (Thailand) and Tokyo (Japan) are 4,603 km apart — that's 2,860 miles or 2,486 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,603 km · 2,860 mi · 2,486 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → Tokyo
- 51° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Bangkok
- 248° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 04 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 158 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
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:30 UTC / 08:39 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.