Distance from Beijing to Mumbai
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Mumbai, India is 4,744 km (2,948 mi · 2,561 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,744 km · 2,948 mi · 2,561 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Mumbai
- 254° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Mumbai → Beijing
- 51° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 14 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Mumbai UTC+05:30 (-2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 175 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
- Mumbai
- 19.0728, 72.8826
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:58 UTC / 13:05 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.