Distance from Beijing to Surat
Flying the shortest possible route, Surat lies 4,603 km (2,860 miles, 2,485 nautical miles) from Beijing — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,603 km · 2,860 mi · 2,485 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Surat
- 256° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Surat → Beijing
- 53° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 04 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Surat UTC+05:30 (-2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 175 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
- Surat
- 21.1959, 72.8302
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:58 UTC / 13:06 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.