Distance from Bogotá to Guangzhou
The great-circle distance between Bogotá, Colombia and Guangzhou, China is 16,831 km (10,458 mi · 9,088 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,831 km · 10,458 mi · 9,088 nmi
- Initial bearing Bogotá → Guangzhou
- 346° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Bogotá
- 15° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 20 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Bogotá UTC-05:00 · Guangzhou UTC+08:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 773 min — the sun rises later in Bogotá
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
- Bogotá
- 4.6097, -74.0817
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:54 UTC / 23:12 UTC
- Guangzhou
- 23.1167, 113.2500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:01 UTC / 11:06 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.