Distance from Beijing to Toronto
Beijing (China) and Toronto (Canada) are 10,584 km apart — that's 6,576 miles or 5,715 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,584 km · 6,576 mi · 5,715 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Toronto
- 11° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Toronto → Beijing
- 348° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 07 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Toronto UTC-04:00 (-12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 783 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
- Toronto
- 43.7064, -79.3986
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:07 UTC / 23:15 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.