Distance from Hong Kong to Tokyo
Flying the shortest possible route, Tokyo lies 2,882 km (1,791 miles, 1,556 nautical miles) from Hong Kong — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,882 km · 1,791 mi · 1,556 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Tokyo
- 53° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Hong Kong
- 246° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 03 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 124 min — the sun rises later 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
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:55 UTC / 09:41 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.