Distance from Hong Kong to Shenzhen
Flying the shortest possible route, Shenzhen lies 32 km (20 miles, 17 nautical miles) from Hong Kong — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 32 km · 20 mi · 17 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Shenzhen
- 340° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Hong Kong
- 160° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 0 h 33 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 0 min — the sun rises later in Hong Kong
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
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:01 UTC
- Shenzhen
- 22.5455, 114.0683
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:02 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.