Distance from Beijing to Wuhan
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Wuhan, China is 1,055 km (655 mi · 569 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,055 km · 655 mi · 569 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Wuhan
- 191° (S)
- Initial bearing Wuhan → Beijing
- 10° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 54 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Wuhan UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 9 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
- Wuhan
- 30.5833, 114.2667
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:12 UTC / 10:20 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.