Distance from Beijing to Kabul
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Kabul, Afghanistan is 4,175 km (2,595 mi · 2,255 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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
- 179 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
- Kabul
- 34.5281, 69.1723
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:50 UTC / 12:25 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.