Distance from Guangzhou to Tehran
The great-circle distance between Guangzhou, China and Tehran, Iran is 6,052 km (3,761 mi · 3,268 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,052 km · 3,761 mi · 3,268 nmi
- Initial bearing Guangzhou → Tehran
- 298° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Tehran → Guangzhou
- 85° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 47 min
- Time zones
- Guangzhou UTC+08:00 · Tehran UTC+03:30 (-4.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 227 min — the sun rises earlier 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
- Tehran
- 35.6944, 51.4215
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:48 UTC / 15:33 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.