Distance from Guangzhou to Moscow
The great-circle distance between Guangzhou, China and Moscow, Russia is 7,013 km (4,357 mi · 3,786 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,013 km · 4,357 mi · 3,786 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Moscow
- 322° (NW)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Guangzhou
- 88° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 55 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 227 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
- 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.