Distance from Beijing to London
Flying the shortest possible route, London lies 8,140 km (5,058 miles, 4,395 nautical miles) from Beijing — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,140 km · 5,058 mi · 4,395 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → London
- 324° (NW)
- Initial bearing London → Beijing
- 46° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 14 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · London UTC+00:00 (-8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 495 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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 07:07 UTC / 16:23 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.