Distance from Beijing to Buenos Aires
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Buenos Aires, Argentina is 19,267 km (11,972 mi · 10,403 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 19,267 km · 11,972 mi · 10,403 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Buenos Aires
- 320° (NW)
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → Beijing
- 37° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 23 h 20 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 (-11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 802 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
- Buenos Aires
- -34.6131, -58.3772
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:42 UTC / 21:18 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.