Distance from Beijing to Berlin
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Berlin, Germany is 7,356 km (4,571 mi · 3,972 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,356 km · 4,571 mi · 3,972 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Berlin
- 320° (NW)
- Initial bearing Berlin → Beijing
- 55° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 19 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Berlin UTC+02:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 378 min — the sun rises earlier in Beijing
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
- Beijing
- 39.9075, 116.3972
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:20 UTC / 11:22 UTC
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:38 UTC / 18:48 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.