Distance from Rio de Janeiro to Shenzhen
The great-circle distance between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Shenzhen, China is 17,684 km (10,988 mi · 9,549 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 17,684 km · 10,988 mi · 9,549 nmi
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Shenzhen
- 87° (E)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Rio de Janeiro
- 265° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 21 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 629 min — the sun rises later in Rio de Janeiro
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
- Rio de Janeiro
- -22.9064, -43.1822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:42 UTC / 20:50 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.