Distance from Beijing to New Territories
Beijing (China) and New Territories (Hong Kong) are 1,956 km apart — that's 1,215 miles or 1,056 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,956 km · 1,215 mi · 1,056 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → New Territories
- 187° (S)
- Initial bearing New Territories → Beijing
- 6° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 58 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · New Territories UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 39 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
- New Territories
- 22.4244, 114.1110
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:02 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.