Distance from Mexico City to Tianjin
Mexico City (Mexico) and Tianjin (China) are 12,487 km apart — that's 7,759 miles or 6,743 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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
- 898 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
- 12:16 UTC / 01:10 UTC
- Tianjin
- 39.1422, 117.1767
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:18 UTC / 11:17 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.