Distance from Beijing to Lima
Beijing (China) and Lima (Peru) are 16,648 km apart — that's 10,345 miles or 8,989 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,648 km · 10,345 mi · 8,989 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Lima
- 27° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Lima → Beijing
- 339° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 20 h 15 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Lima UTC-05:00 (-13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 845 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
- Lima
- -12.0432, -77.0282
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:25 UTC / 23:04 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.