Distance from Hong Kong to London
Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and London (United Kingdom) are 9,627 km apart — that's 5,982 miles or 5,198 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,627 km · 5,982 mi · 5,198 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → London
- 325° (NW)
- Initial bearing London → Hong Kong
- 58° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 59 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · London UTC+01:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 456 min — the sun rises earlier in Hong Kong
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
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:13 UTC / 10:20 UTC
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:48 UTC / 17:59 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.