Distance from Beijing to Riyadh
Flying the shortest possible route, Riyadh lies 6,598 km (4,100 miles, 3,562 nautical miles) from Beijing — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,598 km · 4,100 mi · 3,562 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Riyadh
- 278° (W)
- Initial bearing Riyadh → Beijing
- 57° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 25 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Riyadh UTC+03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 305 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
- Riyadh
- 24.6877, 46.7219
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:25 UTC / 15:34 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.