Distance from Guangzhou to São Paulo
Guangzhou (China) and São Paulo (Brazil) are 17,963 km apart — that's 11,161 miles or 9,699 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 581 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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:18 UTC / 21:25 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.