Distance from Bogotá to Shenzhen
The great-circle distance between Bogotá, Colombia and Shenzhen, China is 16,868 km (10,481 mi · 9,108 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 16,868 km · 10,481 mi · 9,108 nmi
- Initial bearing Bogotá → Shenzhen
- 344° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Bogotá
- 17° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 20 h 30 min
- Time zones
- Bogotá UTC-05:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 775 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
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:02 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.