Distance from Beijing to Tokyo
Beijing (China) and Tokyo (Japan) are 2,093 km apart — that's 1,301 miles or 1,130 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,093 km · 1,301 mi · 1,130 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Tokyo
- 96° (E)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Beijing
- 290° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 3 h 07 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 101 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
- 22:51 UTC / 09:07 UTC
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:10 UTC / 07:41 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.