Distance from Shenzhen to Tokyo
Shenzhen (China) and Tokyo (Japan) are 2,873 km apart — that's 1,785 miles or 1,551 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 2,873 km · 1,785 mi · 1,551 nmi
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Tokyo
- 54° (NE)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Shenzhen
- 246° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 02 min
- Time zones
- Shenzhen UTC+08:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 124 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
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:55 UTC / 09:41 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.