Distance from Beijing to Kabul
Beijing (China) and Kabul (Afghanistan) are 4,175 km apart — that's 2,595 miles or 2,255 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,175 km · 2,595 mi · 2,255 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Kabul
- 277° (W)
- Initial bearing Kabul → Beijing
- 67° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 34 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Kabul UTC+04:30 (-3.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 200 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
- Kabul
- 34.5281, 69.1723
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:39 UTC / 14:20 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.