Distance from Hong Kong to Paris
The great-circle distance between Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Paris, France is 9,631 km (5,984 mi · 5,200 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,631 km · 5,984 mi · 5,200 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Paris
- 322° (NW)
- Initial bearing Paris → Hong Kong
- 59° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 59 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · Paris UTC+01:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 497 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
- 22:32 UTC / 09:44 UTC
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:49 UTC / 16:21 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.