Distance from Beijing to Chengdu
Beijing (China) and Chengdu (China) are 1,517 km apart — that's 942 miles or 819 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,517 km · 942 mi · 819 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Chengdu
- 231° (SW)
- Initial bearing Chengdu → Beijing
- 44° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 27 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Chengdu UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 67 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
- Chengdu
- 30.6667, 104.0667
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:26 UTC / 11:54 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.