Distance from Guangzhou to Hanoi
Guangzhou (China) and Hanoi (Vietnam) are 798 km apart — that's 496 miles or 431 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 798 km · 496 mi · 431 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Hanoi
- 254° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Hanoi → Guangzhou
- 72° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 36 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · Hanoi UTC+07:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 33 min — the sun rises earlier in Guangzhou
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
- Guangzhou
- 23.1167, 113.2500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:01 UTC / 11:06 UTC
- Hanoi
- 21.0245, 105.8412
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:34 UTC / 11:33 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.