Distance from Istanbul to Wuhan
The great-circle distance between Istanbul, Türkiye and Wuhan, China is 7,476 km (4,646 mi · 4,037 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,476 km · 4,646 mi · 4,037 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Wuhan
- 69° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Wuhan → Istanbul
- 305° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 27 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Wuhan UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 322 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
- Wuhan
- 30.5833, 114.2667
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:46 UTC / 11:13 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.