Distance from Beijing to Cairo
Beijing (China) and Cairo (Egypt) are 7,541 km apart — that's 4,686 miles or 4,072 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,541 km · 4,686 mi · 4,072 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Cairo
- 291° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Cairo → Beijing
- 56° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 32 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Cairo UTC+03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 359 min — the sun rises earlier in Beijing
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
- Beijing
- 39.9075, 116.3972
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:20 UTC / 11:22 UTC
- Cairo
- 30.0626, 31.2497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:19 UTC / 16:44 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.