Distance from Beijing to Madrid
Beijing (China) and Madrid (Spain) are 9,222 km apart — that's 5,730 miles or 4,979 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,222 km · 5,730 mi · 4,979 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Madrid
- 318° (NW)
- Initial bearing Madrid → Beijing
- 42° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 30 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Madrid UTC+02:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 480 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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:19 UTC / 19:23 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.