Distance from Hong Kong to São Paulo

Flying the shortest possible route, São Paulo lies 18,046 km (11,213 miles, 9,744 nautical miles) from Hong Kong — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.

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
586 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
São Paulo
-23.5475, -46.6361
Sunrise / sunset today
08:18 UTC / 21:25 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.