Distance from Hong Kong to São Paulo
Hong Kong (Hong Kong) and São Paulo (Brazil) are 18,046 km apart — that's 11,213 miles or 9,744 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 18,046 km · 11,213 mi · 9,744 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → São Paulo
- 262° (W)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Hong Kong
- 90° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 21 h 53 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 700 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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:38 UTC / 20:48 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.