Distance from Barcelona to Beijing
Barcelona (Spain) and Beijing (China) are 8,803 km apart — that's 5,470 miles or 4,753 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,803 km · 5,470 mi · 4,753 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Beijing
- 45° (NE)
- Initial bearing Beijing → Barcelona
- 316° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 01 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+02:00 · Beijing UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 457 min — the sun rises later in Barcelona
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
- Barcelona
- 41.3888, 2.1590
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:40 UTC / 17:49 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.