Distance from Beijing to Taipei
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Taipei, Taiwan is 1,720 km (1,068 mi · 928 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 1,720 km · 1,068 mi · 928 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Taipei
- 162° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Taipei → Beijing
- 345° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 2 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Taipei UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 5 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
- Taipei
- 25.0531, 121.5264
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:25 UTC / 10:36 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.