Distance from Chengdu to Guangzhou
Chengdu (China) and Guangzhou (China) are 1,238 km apart — that's 769 miles or 668 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,238 km · 769 mi · 668 nmi
- Initial bearing Chengdu → Guangzhou
- 131° (SE)
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Chengdu
- 315° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 07 min
- Time zones
- Chengdu UTC+08:00 · Guangzhou UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 25 min — the sun rises later in Chengdu
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
- Chengdu
- 30.6667, 104.0667
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:26 UTC / 11:54 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.