Distance from Beijing to Paris
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Paris, France is 8,217 km (5,106 mi · 4,437 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,217 km · 5,106 mi · 4,437 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Paris
- 321° (NW)
- Initial bearing Paris → Beijing
- 47° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 19 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Paris UTC+01:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 478 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
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:49 UTC / 16:21 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.