Distance from Beijing to Rome
Flying the shortest possible route, Rome lies 8,124 km (5,048 miles, 4,387 nautical miles) from Beijing — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,124 km · 5,048 mi · 4,387 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Rome
- 311° (NW)
- Initial bearing Rome → Beijing
- 51° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 13 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 416 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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:59 UTC / 17:08 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.