Distance from Beijing to Sydney
Beijing (China) and Sydney (Australia) are 8,949 km apart — that's 5,560 miles or 4,832 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,949 km · 5,560 mi · 4,832 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Sydney
- 151° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Beijing
- 334° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 11 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 37 min — the sun rises later 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:43 UTC / 07:21 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.