Distance from Beijing to Mexico City
Beijing (China) and Mexico City (Mexico) are 12,459 km apart — that's 7,742 miles or 6,727 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,459 km · 7,742 mi · 6,727 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Mexico City
- 36° (NE)
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Beijing
- 331° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 19 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Mexico City UTC-06:00 (-14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 863 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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:26 UTC / 00:33 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.