Distance from Karachi to Shenzhen
The great-circle distance between Karachi, Pakistan and Shenzhen, China is 4,775 km (2,967 mi · 2,578 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,775 km · 2,967 mi · 2,578 nmi
- Initial bearing Karachi → Shenzhen
- 83° (E)
- Initial bearing Shenzhen → Karachi
- 283° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 17 min
- Time zones
- Karachi UTC+05:00 · Shenzhen UTC+08:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 185 min — the sun rises later in Karachi
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
- Karachi
- 24.8608, 67.0104
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 01:04 UTC / 14:13 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.