Distance from Chengdu to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between Chengdu, China and Tokyo, Japan is 3,344 km (2,078 mi · 1,805 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,344 km · 2,078 mi · 1,805 nmi
- Initial bearing Chengdu → Tokyo
- 71° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Chengdu
- 271° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 36 min
- Time zones
- Chengdu UTC+08:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 151 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
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:55 UTC / 09:41 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.