Distance from Beijing to Peshawar
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Peshawar, Pakistan is 3,994 km (2,482 mi · 2,156 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,994 km · 2,482 mi · 2,156 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Peshawar
- 275° (W)
- Initial bearing Peshawar → Beijing
- 67° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 21 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Peshawar UTC+05:00 (-3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 180 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
- Peshawar
- 34.0080, 71.5785
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:03 UTC / 13:11 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.