Distance from Beijing to Taipei
Beijing (China) and Taipei (Taiwan) are 1,720 km apart — that's 1,068 miles or 928 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,720 km · 1,068 mi · 928 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Taipei
- 162° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Taipei → Beijing
- 345° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Taipei UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 20 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
- 22:03 UTC / 10:13 UTC
- Taipei
- 25.0531, 121.5264
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:43 UTC / 09:51 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.