Distance from Moscow to Shenzhen
Moscow (Russia) and Shenzhen (China) are 7,114 km apart — that's 4,420 miles or 3,841 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,114 km · 4,420 mi · 3,841 nmi
- Initial bearing Moscow → Shenzhen
- 88° (E)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Moscow
- 322° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 02 min
- Time zones
- Moscow UTC+03:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 378 min — the sun rises later in Moscow
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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:50 UTC / 13:38 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.