Distance from Johannesburg to Shenzhen
Johannesburg (South Africa) and Shenzhen (China) are 10,722 km apart — that's 6,662 miles or 5,789 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,722 km · 6,662 mi · 5,789 nmi
- Initial bearing Johannesburg → Shenzhen
- 68° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Johannesburg
- 244° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Johannesburg UTC+02:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 282 min — the sun rises later in Johannesburg
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
- Johannesburg
- -26.2023, 28.0436
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:15 UTC / 16:30 UTC
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:33 UTC / 09:44 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.