Distance from Beijing to Karachi
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Karachi, Pakistan is 4,861 km (3,020 mi · 2,625 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,861 km · 3,020 mi · 2,625 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Karachi
- 265° (W)
- Initial bearing Karachi → Beijing
- 57° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 23 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Karachi UTC+05:00 (-3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 198 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
- Karachi
- 24.8608, 67.0104
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:22 UTC / 13:29 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.