Distance from Chengdu to Moscow
Chengdu (China) and Moscow (Russia) are 5,787 km apart — that's 3,596 miles or 3,125 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,787 km · 3,596 mi · 3,125 nmi
- Initial bearing Chengdu → Moscow
- 319° (NW)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Chengdu
- 90° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Chengdu UTC+08:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 202 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
- 22:26 UTC / 11:54 UTC
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:48 UTC / 17:24 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.