Distance from Guangzhou to Wuhan
Guangzhou (China) and Wuhan (China) are 836 km apart — that's 520 miles or 452 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 836 km · 520 mi · 452 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Wuhan
- 7° (N)
- Initial bearing Wuhan → Guangzhou
- 187° (S)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 39 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · Wuhan UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 7 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
- Wuhan
- 30.5833, 114.2667
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:44 UTC / 09:31 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.