Distance from Beijing to Kano
Beijing (China) and Kano (Nigeria) are 10,626 km apart — that's 6,603 miles or 5,738 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,626 km · 6,603 mi · 5,738 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Kano
- 291° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Kano → Beijing
- 47° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 10 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Kano UTC+01:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 433 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
- 22:03 UTC / 10:13 UTC
- Kano
- 12.0001, 8.5167
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:16 UTC / 17:23 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.