Distance from Beijing to New Taipei City
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and New Taipei City, Taiwan is 1,717 km (1,067 mi · 927 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,717 km · 1,067 mi · 927 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → New Taipei City
- 163° (SSE)
- Initial bearing New Taipei City → Beijing
- 345° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · New Taipei City UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 6 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
- New Taipei City
- 25.0620, 121.4570
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:25 UTC / 10:36 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.