Distance from Guangzhou to Lima
Guangzhou (China) and Lima (Peru) are 18,373 km apart — that's 11,416 miles or 9,920 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 18,373 km · 11,416 mi · 9,920 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Lima
- 43° (NE)
- Initial bearing Lima → Guangzhou
- 320° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 22 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · Lima UTC-05:00 (-13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 804 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
- Lima
- -12.0432, -77.0282
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:25 UTC / 23:04 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.