Distance from Mexico City to Tianjin
The great-circle distance between Mexico City, Mexico and Tianjin, China is 12,487 km (7,759 mi · 6,743 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,487 km · 7,759 mi · 6,743 nmi
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Tianjin
- 330° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Tianjin → Mexico City
- 37° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 15 h 21 min
- Time zones
- Mexico City UTC-06:00 · Tianjin UTC+08:00 (+14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 835 min — the sun rises later in Mexico City
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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:42 UTC / 00:01 UTC
- Tianjin
- 39.1422, 117.1767
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:47 UTC / 09:05 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.