Distance from Beijing to Dar es Salaam
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is 9,411 km (5,848 mi · 5,082 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,411 km · 5,848 mi · 5,082 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Dar es Salaam
- 256° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Dar es Salaam → Beijing
- 49° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 44 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Dar es Salaam UTC+03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 374 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
- Dar es Salaam
- -6.8235, 39.2695
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:34 UTC / 15:25 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.