Distance from Beijing to Moscow
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Moscow, Russia is 5,793 km (3,600 mi · 3,128 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,793 km · 3,600 mi · 3,128 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Moscow
- 316° (NW)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Beijing
- 72° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 359 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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:50 UTC / 13:38 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.