Distance from Guangzhou to Taipei
The great-circle distance between Guangzhou, China and Taipei, Taiwan is 867 km (539 mi · 468 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 867 km · 539 mi · 468 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Taipei
- 74° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Taipei → Guangzhou
- 257° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 41 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · Taipei UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 36 min — the sun rises later in Guangzhou
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
- Guangzhou
- 23.1167, 113.2500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:01 UTC / 11:06 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.