Distance from Beijing to Guangzhou
Flying the shortest possible route, Guangzhou lies 1,890 km (1,175 miles, 1,021 nautical miles) from Beijing — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,890 km · 1,175 mi · 1,021 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Guangzhou
- 190° (S)
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Beijing
- 8° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 53 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Guangzhou UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 14 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
- Guangzhou
- 23.1167, 113.2500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:17 UTC / 10:24 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.