Distance from Shenzhen to Taipei
Shenzhen (China) and Taipei (Taiwan) are 808 km apart — that's 502 miles or 436 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 808 km · 502 mi · 436 nmi
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Taipei
- 68° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Taipei → Shenzhen
- 251° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 37 min
- Time zones
- Shenzhen UTC+08:00 · Taipei UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 33 min — the sun rises later in Shenzhen
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
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:02 UTC
- Taipei
- 25.0531, 121.5264
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:25 UTC / 10:36 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.