Distance from Beijing to Delhi
Flying the shortest possible route, Delhi lies 3,775 km (2,346 miles, 2,038 nautical miles) from Beijing — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,775 km · 2,346 mi · 2,038 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Delhi
- 263° (W)
- Initial bearing Delhi → Beijing
- 60° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 06 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Delhi UTC+05:30 (-2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 157 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
- 22:03 UTC / 10:13 UTC
- Delhi
- 28.6519, 77.2315
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:40 UTC / 12:48 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.