Distance from Beijing to Saint Petersburg
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Saint Petersburg, Russia is 6,054 km (3,762 mi · 3,269 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,054 km · 3,762 mi · 3,269 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Saint Petersburg
- 322° (NW)
- Initial bearing Saint Petersburg → Beijing
- 70° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 47 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Saint Petersburg UTC+03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 342 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
- Saint Petersburg
- 59.9386, 30.3141
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:45 UTC / 15:59 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.