Distance from Guangzhou to Taipei
Guangzhou (China) and Taipei (Taiwan) are 867 km apart — that's 539 miles or 468 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 867 km · 539 mi · 468 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Taipei
- 74° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Taipei → Guangzhou
- 257° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · Taipei UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 30 min — the sun rises later 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
- Taipei
- 25.0531, 121.5264
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:06 UTC / 09:11 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.