Distance from Istanbul to Taipei
The great-circle distance between Istanbul, Türkiye and Taipei, Taiwan is 8,416 km (5,230 mi · 4,544 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,416 km · 5,230 mi · 4,544 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Taipei
- 69° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Taipei → Istanbul
- 309° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 34 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Taipei UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 370 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
- 03:53 UTC / 16:02 UTC
- Taipei
- 25.0531, 121.5264
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:43 UTC / 09:51 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.