Distance from Beijing to Santiago
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Santiago, Chile is 19,062 km (11,845 mi · 10,293 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 19,062 km · 11,845 mi · 10,293 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Santiago
- 43° (NE)
- Initial bearing Santiago → Beijing
- 321° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 23 h 05 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Santiago UTC-04:00 (-12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 849 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
- Santiago
- -33.4569, -70.6483
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:29 UTC / 22:09 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.