Distance from Hong Kong to Moscow
The great-circle distance between Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Moscow, Russia is 7,144 km (4,439 mi · 3,858 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,144 km · 4,439 mi · 3,858 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Moscow
- 323° (NW)
- Initial bearing Moscow → Hong Kong
- 88° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 04 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · Moscow UTC+03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 304 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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:17 UTC / 15:29 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.