Distance from Beijing to Lahore
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Lahore, Pakistan is 3,870 km (2,404 mi · 2,089 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,870 km · 2,404 mi · 2,089 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Lahore
- 270° (W)
- Initial bearing Lahore → Beijing
- 64° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 13 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Lahore UTC+05:00 (-3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 184 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
- Lahore
- 31.5580, 74.3507
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:24 UTC / 13:55 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.