Distance from Bamako to Beijing
Flying the shortest possible route, Beijing lies 11,833 km (7,352 miles, 6,389 nautical miles) from Bamako — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,833 km · 7,352 mi · 6,389 nmi
- Initial bearing Bamako → Beijing
- 41° (NE)
- Initial bearing Beijing → Bamako
- 303° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Bamako UTC+00:00 · Beijing UTC+08:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 540 min — the sun rises later in Bamako
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
- Bamako
- 12.6091, -7.9752
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:20 UTC / 18:57 UTC
- Beijing
- 39.9075, 116.3972
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:20 UTC / 11:22 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.