Distance from Beijing to Johannesburg
Flying the shortest possible route, Johannesburg lies 11,706 km (7,274 miles, 6,321 nautical miles) from Beijing — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,706 km · 7,274 mi · 6,321 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Johannesburg
- 248° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Johannesburg → Beijing
- 53° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 26 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Johannesburg UTC+02:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 444 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
- Johannesburg
- -26.2023, 28.0436
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:43 UTC / 15:45 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.