Distance from Cairo to Shenzhen

Cairo (Egypt) and Shenzhen (China) are 8,120 km apart — that's 5,045 miles or 4,384 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).

The numbers
Great-circle distance
8,120 km · 5,045 mi · 4,384 nmi
Initial bearing Cairo → Shenzhen
73° (ENE)
Initial bearing Shenzhen → Cairo
296° (WNW)
Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
≈ 10 h 13 min
Time zones
Cairo UTC+03:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
Sunrise gap today
331 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
03:44 UTC / 15:52 UTC
Shenzhen
22.5455, 114.0683
Sunrise / sunset today
22:13 UTC / 10:21 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.