Distance from Guangzhou to São Paulo
Flying the shortest possible route, São Paulo lies 17,963 km (11,161 miles, 9,699 nautical miles) from Guangzhou — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 17,963 km · 11,161 mi · 9,699 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → São Paulo
- 265° (W)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Guangzhou
- 87° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 21 h 47 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 639 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
- 22:17 UTC / 10:24 UTC
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:56 UTC / 21:04 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.