Distance from Beijing to Peshawar
Flying the shortest possible route, Peshawar lies 3,994 km (2,482 miles, 2,156 nautical miles) from Beijing — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,994 km · 2,482 mi · 2,156 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Peshawar
- 275° (W)
- Initial bearing Peshawar → Beijing
- 67° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 21 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Peshawar UTC+05:00 (-3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 191 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
- Peshawar
- 34.0080, 71.5785
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:31 UTC / 14:10 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.