Distance from Hong Kong to New York City
Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and New York City (United States) are 12,960 km apart — that's 8,053 miles or 6,998 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,960 km · 8,053 mi · 6,998 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → New York City
- 7° (N)
- Initial bearing New York City → Hong Kong
- 352° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 54 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · New York City UTC-04:00 (-12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 722 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
- 21:59 UTC / 11:01 UTC
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:00 UTC / 00:05 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.