Distance from London to Shenzhen
The great-circle distance between London, United Kingdom and Shenzhen, China is 9,596 km (5,963 mi · 5,182 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,596 km · 5,963 mi · 5,182 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Shenzhen
- 58° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → London
- 325° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 57 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+01:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 455 min — the sun rises later in London
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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:48 UTC / 17:59 UTC
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:13 UTC / 10:21 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.