Distance from Cairo to Chengdu

Cairo (Egypt) and Chengdu (China) are 6,851 km apart — that's 4,257 miles or 3,699 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).

The numbers
Great-circle distance
6,851 km · 4,257 mi · 3,699 nmi
Initial bearing Cairo → Chengdu
69° (ENE)
Initial bearing Chengdu → Cairo
290° (WNW)
Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
≈ 8 h 43 min
Time zones
Cairo UTC+02:00 · Chengdu UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
Sunrise gap today
290 min — the sun rises later in Cairo

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
Cairo
30.0626, 31.2497
Sunrise / sunset today
04:15 UTC / 15:04 UTC
Chengdu
30.6667, 104.0667
Sunrise / sunset today
23:24 UTC / 10:12 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.