Distance from Johannesburg to Shenzhen

Flying the shortest possible route, Shenzhen lies 10,722 km (6,662 miles, 5,789 nautical miles) from Johannesburg — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.

The numbers
Great-circle distance
10,722 km · 6,662 mi · 5,789 nmi
Initial bearing Johannesburg → Shenzhen
68° (ENE)
Initial bearing Shenzhen → Johannesburg
244° (WSW)
Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
≈ 13 h 16 min
Time zones
Johannesburg UTC+02:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
Sunrise gap today
405 min — the sun rises later in Johannesburg

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
Johannesburg
-26.2023, 28.0436
Sunrise / sunset today
04:43 UTC / 15:45 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.