Distance from Guangzhou to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between Guangzhou, China and Tokyo, Japan is 2,904 km (1,805 mi · 1,568 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,904 km · 1,805 mi · 1,568 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Tokyo
- 55° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Guangzhou
- 248° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 05 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 126 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
- 22:01 UTC / 11:06 UTC
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:55 UTC / 09:41 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.