Distance from Cairo to Guangzhou
The great-circle distance between Cairo, Egypt and Guangzhou, China is 8,017 km (4,981 mi · 4,329 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,017 km · 4,981 mi · 4,329 nmi
- Initial bearing Cairo → Guangzhou
- 73° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Cairo
- 296° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 05 min
- Time zones
- Cairo UTC+02:00 · Guangzhou UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 338 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
- Guangzhou
- 23.1167, 113.2500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:37 UTC / 09:46 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.