Distance from Lima to Shenzhen
The great-circle distance between Lima, Peru and Shenzhen, China is 18,358 km (11,407 mi · 9,912 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 18,358 km · 11,407 mi · 9,912 nmi
- Initial bearing Lima → Shenzhen
- 316° (NW)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Lima
- 47° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 22 h 15 min
- Time zones
- Lima UTC-05:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 722 min — the sun rises later in Lima
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
- Lima
- -12.0432, -77.0282
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:35 UTC / 23:11 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.