Distance from Chengdu to Johannesburg
Flying the shortest possible route, Johannesburg lies 10,255 km (6,372 miles, 5,537 nautical miles) from Chengdu — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,255 km · 6,372 mi · 5,537 nmi
- Initial bearing Chengdu → Johannesburg
- 241° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Johannesburg → Chengdu
- 57° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 43 min
- Time zones
- Chengdu UTC+08:00 · Johannesburg UTC+02:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 230 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- 23:24 UTC / 10:12 UTC
- Johannesburg
- -26.2023, 28.0436
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:15 UTC / 16:30 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.