Distance from Beijing to Rio de Janeiro
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is 17,321 km (10,763 mi · 9,352 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 17,321 km · 10,763 mi · 9,352 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Rio de Janeiro
- 308° (NW)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Beijing
- 41° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 21 h 02 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 639 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
- Rio de Janeiro
- -22.9064, -43.1822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:42 UTC / 20:50 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.