Distance from Beijing to Kolkata
Beijing (China) and Kolkata (India) are 3,267 km apart — that's 2,030 miles or 1,764 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,267 km · 2,030 mi · 1,764 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Kolkata
- 242° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Kolkata → Beijing
- 47° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 30 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Kolkata UTC+05:30 (-2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 142 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
- Kolkata
- 22.5626, 88.3630
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:41 UTC / 12:45 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.