Distance from Istanbul to Shenzhen
Flying the shortest possible route, Shenzhen lies 7,993 km (4,967 miles, 4,316 nautical miles) from Istanbul — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,993 km · 4,967 mi · 4,316 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Shenzhen
- 76° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Istanbul
- 308° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 04 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 309 min — the sun rises later in Istanbul
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
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:07 UTC / 17:14 UTC
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:02 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.