Distance from Beijing to Jeddah
Beijing (China) and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) are 7,434 km apart — that's 4,619 miles or 4,014 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,434 km · 4,619 mi · 4,014 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Jeddah
- 279° (W)
- Initial bearing Jeddah → Beijing
- 54° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 24 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Jeddah UTC+03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 279 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
- 22:51 UTC / 09:07 UTC
- Jeddah
- 21.4901, 39.1862
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:31 UTC / 14:45 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.