Distance from Guangzhou to London
The great-circle distance between Guangzhou, China and London, United Kingdom is 9,496 km (5,901 mi · 5,128 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,496 km · 5,901 mi · 5,128 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → London
- 325° (NW)
- Initial bearing London → Guangzhou
- 58° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 50 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · London UTC+00:00 (-8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 510 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
- 22:37 UTC / 09:46 UTC
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 07:07 UTC / 16:23 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.