Distance from Beijing to Hong Kong
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Hong Kong, Hong Kong is 1,971 km (1,225 mi · 1,065 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,971 km · 1,225 mi · 1,065 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Hong Kong
- 187° (S)
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Beijing
- 6° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 59 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Hong Kong UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 39 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
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:01 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.